Job Description

DALLAS, TX - SALARY RANGE UP TO 175K

JOB BRIEF:

 The Our Mergers and Acquisitions practice works with owners and investors to help them ease their tax burden and quantify tax exposures in a wide range of transactions, including buy-side and sell-side, restructuring, taxable and tax-free transactions. We provide our clients with tax due diligence, tax structuring, quantitative tax modeling services, transaction agreement review and consultation and tax technical support. Our experienced M&A tax services team is made up of tax practitioners from the Big Four accounting firms and tax attorneys from nationally prominent law firms. Each have a unique understanding of the tax code and its provisions that address business transactions. We're members of and frequent speakers at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and a number of other organizations. As a member of our team, you'll be part of a team working closely with private equity firms, advisors, publicly traded and privately held companies to advise them on the various tax impacts of M&A transactions, including advising them on tax structuring matters, tax due diligence, quantitative tax modeling services, transaction agreement review and consultation and tax technical support.

 RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and serve as a firm technical resource for the U.S. federal income tax aspects of due diligence and mergers and acquisitions
• Solve complex tax, accounting and business issues, with a focus on developing tax structures and providing tax due diligence services for buy-side and sell-side transactions
• Analyze target-company tax information to understand historical trends, quantify historic and future tax exposures, identify planning opportunities and participating in interviews with tax and accounting service providers and management
• Prepare efficient tax structures for mergers and other corporate reorganizations
• Tax impact modeling to quantify attribute availability, basis step-up, and structural impact on client and target tax profile
• Leverage technical knowledge and experience to provide effective project management and practice development, delivering timely and responsive services and products that meet or exceed client expectations
• Assist with proposals and business development, including development of marketing materials
• Write and co-author technical articles for publication
• Develop and participate in public speaking opportunities at tax conferences and events
• Occasional domestic travel to visit clients and attend firm events

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's in accounting or equivalent required; Master's degree in Taxation or JD with LLM in taxation preferred
• CPA required. If not CPA, must meet educational requirements to obtain license upon hire in state of employment
• Minimum 4 years of tax experience preferably with a public accounting firm or law firm
• Experience must include significant tax due diligence and merger and acquisitions tax consulting
• Significant experience working with private equity and strategic buyers and sellers
• Possess the ability to analyze complex business and transactional situations
• Experience supervising and training staff
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively both as part of a team and independently
• Ability to handle multiple priorities, tasks and simultaneous projects