Advises clients on state and local income franchise tax matters, including multistate compliance, tax optimization, payroll tax efficiency, reverse audits, and unclaimed property reviews. Leads tax projects from planning through completion, manages client accounts, coaches team members, resolves stakeholder conflicts, ensures professional and technical standards, and identifies business development opportunities. The manager also drives innovation and maintains high-quality client service.
The Opportunity
As a State and Local Tax - Income Franchise - Manager, you will provide advice and guidance to clients on local tax matters, helping them navigate complex regulations and optimize their tax positions. Within our Tax practice, you will analyze and interpret local tax laws, assist businesses in complying with local requirements, and enhance their tax strategies. As a Manager, you will lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for confirming project success and maintaining standards. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop, and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team members' unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same. In this role, you will take ownership of projects, confirming their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
Responsibilities
- Analyzing and interpreting local tax laws and regulations to assist clients in optimizing their tax positions
- Leading teams in the planning, budgeting, execution, and completion of tax compliance projects
- Coaching team members to leverage their strengths and deliver quality client service
- Developing strategies for multistate tax compliance and payroll tax efficiency reviews
- Engaging in strategic questioning to identify opportunities for tax optimization
- Addressing conflicts and facilitating difficult conversations with clients and stakeholders
- Upholding professional and technical standards, including PwC tax guidance and independence requirements
- Utilizing analytical thinking to navigate complex tax regulations and provide actionable insights
- Embracing change and innovation to enhance service delivery and client satisfaction
- Conducting reverse audits and unclaimed property compliance reviews to validate tax positions
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
- At least one of the following: Certified Public Accountant, Member of the Bar or other tax, technology, or finance-specific credentials may qualify for this opportunity
What Sets You Apart
- Excelling in multistate tax compliance and reverse audits
- Demonstrating analytical thinking and strategic questioning
- Embracing change and intellectual curiosity
- Developing skills in payroll tax efficiency reviews
- Utilizing local taxes and tax legislation knowledge
- Managing unclaimed property compliance in finance law
- Inspiring teams through coaching and feedback
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $266,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
As a State and Local Tax - Income Franchise - Manager, you will provide advice and guidance to clients on local tax matters, helping them navigate complex regulations and optimize their tax positions. Within our Tax practice, you will analyze and interpret local tax laws, assist businesses in complying with local requirements, and enhance their tax strategies. As a Manager, you will lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for confirming project success and maintaining standards. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop, and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team members' unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same. In this role, you will take ownership of projects, confirming their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
Responsibilities
- Analyzing and interpreting local tax laws and regulations to assist clients in optimizing their tax positions
- Leading teams in the planning, budgeting, execution, and completion of tax compliance projects
- Coaching team members to leverage their strengths and deliver quality client service
- Developing strategies for multistate tax compliance and payroll tax efficiency reviews
- Engaging in strategic questioning to identify opportunities for tax optimization
- Addressing conflicts and facilitating difficult conversations with clients and stakeholders
- Upholding professional and technical standards, including PwC tax guidance and independence requirements
- Utilizing analytical thinking to navigate complex tax regulations and provide actionable insights
- Embracing change and innovation to enhance service delivery and client satisfaction
- Conducting reverse audits and unclaimed property compliance reviews to validate tax positions
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
- At least one of the following: Certified Public Accountant, Member of the Bar or other tax, technology, or finance-specific credentials may qualify for this opportunity
What Sets You Apart
- Excelling in multistate tax compliance and reverse audits
- Demonstrating analytical thinking and strategic questioning
- Embracing change and intellectual curiosity
- Developing skills in payroll tax efficiency reviews
- Utilizing local taxes and tax legislation knowledge
- Managing unclaimed property compliance in finance law
- Inspiring teams through coaching and feedback
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $266,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
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