US Partnership Tax State Returns- Manager

FSO- Manager

Job purpose

Manager is primarily responsible for the planning of engagement(s), managing client accounts, gathering, validating and evaluating client information, generating Tax Compliance products and assuring quality. Serve as a point of contact for the engagement(s). Also, act as a counsellor for Assistant Manager.

Your client responsibilities:

• Responsible for client accounts;
• Ability to get the work completed within client deadlines and meet the due dates for filing;
• Assists the Assistant Manager with their queries and clarifies their questions;
• Communicates directly with the onshore engagement teams / clients.
• Manage own and/or others impact on project economics, including controlling costs, monitoring budget to actual differences
• Develops, mentors and supervises Advance Analyst(s), Tax Senior(s) and Assistant Manager(s)
• May act as a Counsellor
• Adheres to practice protocols and other internal processes consistently
• Upon approval by the TAL, the Manager may sign the federal and state tax returns as paid preparer.

Your people responsibilities - as an Manager you will:

• Develop people by encouraging individuals to think for themselves and take responsibility for their contribution to the team.
• Successfully delegate to all levels of staff/seniors.
• Demonstrate leadership and executive presence

Conduct performance reviews, serve as a positive leader and mentor and contribute to performance feedback/training.

• Foster teamwork and lead by example.
• Use technology to share knowledge with team members and enhance service delivery.
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop skills.
• Maintain cooperative relationships with other engagement teams.
• Articulate and support the strategies of the GCR US FSO group.
• Effectively fulfil the role of a change agent
• Possess high degree of analytical and analyzing capabilities.
• Posses good communication Skills
• Demonstrate high degree of accounting and analytical skills..
• Demonstrate good computer knowledge - Good knowledge in MS Excel and a basic knowledge of other MS Office, Web-based applications.
• Be a team-player.

We are looking for the candidates with the following: (Qualifications)

• Graduate/Post graduate in a finance, numerical or statistical background
• CPA will be an added advantage
• 4 to 6 years of experience