United States National Tax Services Merger & Acquisition - Manager

Overview

Summary: At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.

Those in mergers and acquisition tax at PwC will focus on providing tax advice and guidance during mergers, acquisitions, and other business transactions. Your work will involve analysing the tax implications of such transactions, developing tax structures, and assisting clients in navigating complex tax regulations to optimise tax outcomes.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s 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.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to :

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

The Opportunity

As part of the United States National Tax Practice Mergers and Acquisitions team you are expected to manage consulting engagements involving M&A practices, including corporate reorganizations and divestitures. As a Manager you are expected to supervise, develop, and coach teams, manage client service accounts, and drive assigned client engagement workstreams by supervising teams and independently solving and analyzing complex problems to develop top-quality deliverables. You are also responsible for leveraging team strengths, managing performance to deliver on client expectations, and identifying opportunities while embracing technology and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Manage consulting engagements involving M&A practices, including corporate reorganizations and divestitures
• Supervise, develop, and coach teams to achieve top-quality deliverables
• Oversee client service accounts and drive assigned client engagement workstreams
• Solve and analyze complex problems independently
• Leverage team strengths and manage performance to meet client expectations
• Identify opportunities while embracing technology and innovation
• Assure successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion of projects
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement and professional growth

What You Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5 years of experience
• CPA, Member of the Bar or other tax, technology, or finance-specific credentials may qualify for this opportunity
• A Juris Doctorate (JD), Master of Laws (LLM), or Master's degree in Accounting or Taxation field of study can be considered in lieu of a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.

What Sets You Apart

• Juris Doctorate in Accounting, Taxation preferred
• Experience with mergers and acquisition tax matters
• Proficient communication skills in presentations and written work
• Developing junior staff from a tax technical perspective
• Building and utilizing networks of client relationships
• Managing resource requirements and project workflow
• Supervising teams to foster trust and innovation
• Coaching staff with timely and meaningful feedback
• Innovating through new and existing technologies

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

EEO & Notice

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, veteran status, marital status, citizenship status, or any other status protected by law.