Federal Tax Manager

KPMG LLP is the audit, tax and advisory firm that has maintained a continuous commitment throughout its history to providing leadership, integrity, and quality to the capital markets. The Big Four firm with the strongest growth record over the past decade, KPMG offers clients industry insights and a multidisciplinary range of services. We currently seek a Federal Tax Manager for our Birmingham office.

KPMG's Federal Tax Services practice is a resource for clients that need help complying with the latest IRS rules and regulations. Our tax professionals who handle federal tax issues bring the experience and commitment necessary to deliver tax compliance and advisory services to help meet our clients' specific needs.

KPMG's Federal Tax Services practice offers a broad range of capabilities in the following areas:
- Compliance and Advisory Services: comprehensive day-to-day tax advisory services, tax compliance services, regulatory representation, and tax provision preparation and review
- Accounting Methods and Credit Services: tax accounting services, research and experimentation tax credit review, and fixed asset review
- Mergers and Acquisitions: due diligence, acquisition and disposition tax planning, and services related to troubled companies
- Tax Controversy Services: tax court services and alternative dispute resolution services
- Tax Management Services: tax operational analysis, tax outsourcing, and tax technology
- Tax Planning for Tax-Exempt Organizations: tax management, transactions and reorganizations, advocacy, and compliance.

Responsibilities:
- Manage a portfolio of clients of varying size and scope and act as the first point of contact for internal and external clients
- Build and manage client relationships
- Manage teams of tax professionals/assistants working on client projects
- Manage risk and financial performance of engagements, including billing, collections, and the budget for projects
- Advise clients and be responsible for delivering high quality tax service and advice
- Help assesses tax impact on clients, develop tax arguments to support recommendations, and suggests plans to clients
- Participate in and contribute to market and business activities external to the firm, presenting a positive image of self and KPMG

Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college/university
- CPA license
- Five years of experience in a public accounting
- Proficiency in the taxation of corporations, consolidated entities, partnerships, and other flow-through entities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex financial information
- Exceptional skills in reviewing 1120, 1120S, and 1065 tax returns
- Applied working knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), accounting procedures, C-Corp tax regulations, and FAS-109
- Experience in managing multiple client engagements and client service teams

KPMG offers and supports flexible work arrangements as well as part-time schedules. We also offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

Interested? Please send your resume referencing Code 06786110. We strongly encourage you to apply online at www.kpmgcareers.com referencing the Job Code indicated above; resumes received through our Web site are available for consideration as early as the next business day. Alternatively, you may send a scannable resume to: KPMG Centre, Attn: Resume Processing, 717 North Harwood Street, Suite 3100, Dallas, TX 75201-6585. Include the Job Code indicated above in all cases.

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