Senior Tax Manager

Summary

Join Kruze Consulting as a Senior Tax Manager and oversee the tax-related activities of our corporate clients, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations. You will manage a small team, ensuring company objectives are met. This fully remote position requires a strong background in corporate tax accounting and a consultative approach to problem-solving. The ideal candidate possesses excellent time management and attention to detail. Kruze Consulting offers a supportive environment for professional growth and development. We provide a fully remote work environment with flexibility and autonomy, along with a stable and collaborative team.

Requirements

• 8+ years of corporate income tax experience
• 5+ years in multi-client public accounting
• 3+ years of people management experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Tax
• Licensed CPA and/or an Enrolled Agent (EA) required
• Strong knowledge of federal/multi-state corporation income tax returns
• Experience in preparing, reviewing, and providing feedback on federal/multi-state corporation income tax returns, including consolidated return preparation and e-filing
• Strong experience in tax software systems, ideally CCH Axcess or similar platform
• Experience with international tax reporting for corporations (forms 5471 & 5472)
• Must be willing to work core business hours in their local time zone (approximately 8am to 5pm local time)
• Meticulous attention to detail – able to follow through and execute on a high volume of nuanced tasks
• Ability to work with a strong sense of urgency in a fast-paced setting with a wide variety of tasks
• Strict adherence to deadlines – understanding that governmental agencies don’t make exceptions
• A love of rapidly changing technology/software solutions that maximize efficiency and deliver firmwide value

Responsibilities

• Review and approve 150-200 corporation 1120 tax returns and applicable state corporation tax returns annually
• Review of Forms 5471, 5472, 3115, & 3921
• Review complex returns, including those with M3 requirements
• Provide feedback and corrections to the Senior Tax Accountant who prepared the returns
• Ensure tax returns and related documents are accurate, complete, and compliant with current tax laws and regulations
• Implement and maintain quality control procedures to uphold high standards for tax preparation and review
• Respond to client tax questions, and help to resolve federal/state notices and audit requests
• Assist in all M&A transactions by gathering documents and responding to due diligence requests
• Troubleshoot and resolve clients’ tax-related issues
• Connect with people and develop trusting relationships virtually
• Create standard operating behaviors and set clear expectations around the working style preferences of a team; from documentation management to core working hours
• Motivate people by offering multiple leadership approaches depending on different people’s needs
• Form standards for tool usage, accountability, and project management
• Design intentional virtual collaboration—setting clear guidelines and expectations
• Communicate effectively with proper tone, expectation setting, and contingencies management
• Develop people using contemporary coaching strategies that enhance the professional capabilities of the team
• Cultivate performance excellence through individualized coaching, training, and performance management
• Review monthly client billing reports to ensure completion and accuracy
• Provide weekly updates to the Tax Director on the progress of ongoing tasks and projects
• Provide periodic updates to the senior management regarding tax process status/goals/delays/roadblocks
• Attend weekly all-hands and tax meetings

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Accounting or Tax
• Experience with income tax provisions (ASC 740) and deferred tax concepts
• Experience with R&D tax credit and Sec. 174 R&D expense concepts
• Experience in a fully remote people-centric culture
• Experience in a high growth/startup/entrepreneurial environment
• Experience with newer systems/platforms such as Slack, Salesforce, 1Password, Airtable, Box, Kantata, Karbon, Loom and many others (we are always exploring and embracing new systems as part of our DNA!)

Benefits

• Fully Remote – We’ve completely embraced and invested in remote work and know the benefits.  Save time, save money, and decrease stress.  Our experience shows that remote work fosters a healthier work/life balance for our people.  We do get together once a year for an annual offsite meeting, but it’s optional
• Flexibility/Autonomy - Need to run to an appointment, your child's school, or just want to take a walk outside? No problem. If your clients’ needs are met and your work gets done on time, enjoy!
• Stability – While we serve startups, we aren’t one.  We’ve been around for almost a decade enjoying controlled growth over that time.  We don’t over-hire, and thankfully, we’ve never had to do a reduction in force.  Our service offering is niche, accounting is essential to businesses, and the potential market for our services is diversified/vast
• High-Quality Colleagues - We’re a diverse bunch, experts in our respective fields, and eager to help each other and clients.  We care about each other as whole human beings
• High-Quality Clients - We work exclusively with venture-funded technology startups and early-stage companies who are creating some of the most exciting and transformative products and services in the world !  (We also have a “no jerks” policy; our clients treat our people professionally and respectfully.)
• Purpose/Meaningful Work – Not your average accounting role. Kruze professionals get to work with innovative startups that are disrupting their respective industries and creating the products and services of tomorrow .  Like proud parents, we derive vicarious enjoyment as our clients grow, get additional rounds of funding, and ultimately get acquired by Fortune 500 firms
• Professional Development – You’ll gain exposure to many types of clients and industries including SaaS, eCommerce, Healthcare, Biotech, Crypto/Blockchain, and Manufacturing. At Kruze, you’ll have the opportunity to learn multiple disciplines and work with a wide variety of high-visibility clients and find your passion