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State and Local Tax Director
PwC
Mc Lean, VA, United States
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A career in our State and Local Indirect Tax practice, within State and Local Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients solve their business issues related to business restructuring, adoption of new tax laws, and communicating local tax developments. You’ll help with assessing our client’s state and local tax burden and recommend solutions that support their overall business objectives to ensure that their filling positions are consistent with good business practices and with the states applicable tax laws and rules. Our team helps our clients manage their indirect tax responsibilities related to value added taxes, sales and use taxes, goods and services taxes, federal excise taxes, and other transaction taxes. You’ll help with identifying and exploring indirect tax opportunities and issues related to business expansion, systems and controls, refunds and cash flow, and policy and design.
Responsibilities
As a Director, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Proactively lead the practise by setting strategy, drive the development of new business in the market, and provide technical advice across disciplines
• Building strong networks within the firm to spot and capitalise on opportunities to get involved in projects that others are leading across a number of different business units and sectors
• Identifying and discussing key issues with our clients to identify potential opportunities
• Responsibility for a majority of day to day client communications
• Responsibility to shape and deliver various projects that exceed the expectations of our clients and our own assignment quality criteria
• Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team
• Responsibility for management of engagement financials
• Helping to grow and develop our team through hands on training and coaching
Job Requirements and Preferences:
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree
Required Fields of Study:
Accounting
Minimum Years of Experience:
8 year(s)
Certification(s) Required:
CPA, Enrolled Agent or Member of the Bar
Preferred Qualifications:
Degree Preferred:
Juris Doctorate
Preferred Fields of Study:
Taxation
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Extensive knowledge of a variety of state and local tax sales and use tax laws, regulations, policies and procedures, as well as tax planning, restructuring, due diligence, audit defense, reverse audits and state controversy work. Thorough knowledge of sales and use tax implications on FAS 5, and software tools available to automate sales and use tax compliance decisions.
Extensive technical skills in a wide range of multistate sales and use tax matters, including FAS 5, reverse audits, tax planning, consulting, compliance, automation, mergers and acquisitions, controversy and audit defense. Thorough experience identifying and addressing client needs: developing and sustaining deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities; preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials; and defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection. Thorough experience as a team leader: leading teams to generate a vision, establish direction and motivate members, create an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views, coach staff, and encourage improvement and innovation.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.