Job Description

Role

A Philadelphia-based real estate investment and management company is seeking a CPA, Tax Compliance Manager (Manager).

The Tax Compliance Manager will manage the enterprise-wide tax function for a portfolio of real estate investments held in complex Fund, Co-Investment, and SPE vehicles. The Tax Compliance Manager will be responsible for the tax books and records and managing the information flow to produce tax returns, K-1’s and other tax reporting by the firm’s 3rd party accountants. Reporting to the CFO, this role has competitive compensation, high visibility and excellent growth potential.

Responsibilities

• Act as main point of contact for all tax matters and proactively manage all external tax service providers.
• Coordinate with external tax accountants (currently 5+ firms) to ensure accurate and timely tax reporting/filing.
• Review deliverables provided by external preparers including, but not limited to, tax estimates returns & workpapers, GAAP to Tax adjustments, capital gain and state withholding calculations.
• Identify and manage transactional tax matters with external advisors related to acquisitions, dispositions, and capital events including 1031 exchanges, Membership Interest purchases/sales and Promote/Carried Interest.
• Create and document tax accounting procedures & assist with tax research.
• Enhance and streamline processes related to capturing & communicating accurate tax data while ensuring proper internal controls are in place with respect to the tax process.
• Handle tax related inquiries from external investors, in conjunction with 3rd party advisors.
• Interface with various internal accounting teams and stakeholders as necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, CPA required.
• 5-10 years of structured investment vehicle tax experience at a Private Equity Real Estate Fund, owner-operator, third-party administrator, or public accounting firm (with real estate clients).
• Skills and ability in managing outside accounting firms, with expediency, tact and diplomacy required.

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