Pay Rate: $0
Location: Chicago IL
Job Type: Contract
What you will do:
- Coordinating the annual tax filings, quarterly state filings, regulatory filings, and reporting required
- Gather and maintain work papers, and ensure all tax returns are accurate and timely filed
- Assist in preparation of consolidated financial statements
- Coordinate all IRS and State Agency Income and Franchise Tax responses
- Assist partners with the preparation of quarterly estimates
- Lead and support the year-end tax preparation process
- Assist, Advise, and Recap tax research; explain complex tax concepts and procedures
- Implement tax planning initiatives, prepare taxable income estimates
- Manage, develop, train, and guide a team of accountants to support the business
- Collaborate with Finance CFO and Controllers on tax and accounting issues impacting the Company's financials
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting and/or Finance is required; with a specialty in tax or JD preferred
- CPA and/or 7 years of tax practice experience with public accounting firm
- 7-10 years of progressive tax experience working for a public accounting firm as well as within an accounting or finance department, working in corporate tax
- Big 10 public accounting tax experience preferred
- Must have experience preparing partnership returns, K-1s, state, local and composite returns
- Prior experience preparing the following: account roll-forwards and depreciation and Amortization schedules, corporate tax returns, all special allocation analyses leading to the return, working knowledge of corporate financial statements, summary recaps for senior management
- Must have a full understanding of financial consolidation and intercompany relationships, roll up to the individual 1040
- Proven ability to advise on Cash vs Accrual and State revenue Allocation matters
- Provided tax planning forecasts and estimated taxes
- Ability to work with multiple GL programs and tax preparation programs
- Knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Prior experience representing clients or assisting or practicing in front of regulatory or compliance bodies