Private Client Services Tax Senior Manager - Family Office

RSM’s Private Client practice is looking for a dynamic tax senior manager to join our Family Office team. At RSM, our Private Client practice is rooted in strong relationships based on a deep understanding of what matters most to our clients. Our team of first choice advisors is aligned to serve family offices, closely held businesses and their owners, ultra-high net worth individuals and their multi-generational families and private equity fund owners. We take a holistic approach to advising our clients and in doing so we collaborate with our client’s team of professional advisors to develop tailored comprehensive solutions.
Our community of professionals is focused on your success. As part of the team, you will have the following to support you in your professional journey:

• exposure to strategic tax planning, business advisory and compliance work
• a customized well-defined career path to match your professional goals
• access to specialized trainings and programs, cutting edge technology, annual goal setting, career advisors and coaches with real time feedback for developmental growth

Our Family Office team focuses on families who have established family offices and ultra-high net worth family enterprises. We collaborate with our clients during all stages of the family office life cycle including creation, sustainability and restructuring. In addition to tax services, our team of professionals take a holistic approach through assistance with governance, family education and communication, risk management, privacy / data security and technology outsourcing. As a tax senior manager, you will be responsible for the following, which are focused around your technical expertise and ability to lead a collaborative team to deliver excellent client service:

• Advise family office and multi-generational families on a full spectrum of tax services including structuring and modeling, succession planning, wealth transfer planning and tax compliance
• Lead the engagement team focused on entity, individual, fiduciary and gift / estate taxation. This includes the planning and execution of client tax engagements that exceed client expectations and RSM profitability thresholds
• Anticipate client needs and collaborate with RSM colleagues in specialty tax areas as well as cross line of business to build client relationships and support growth
• Participate in prospective client proposals and intentionally plan to build new client relationships
• Delivers exceptional talent experience by building collaborative teams, developing and rewarding team members
• Participate in local and national committees focused on building technical expertise and strategic plans
• Develop and sustain strong relationships with clients, centers of influence and other RSM promoters through networking, thought leadership and community involvement
• Demonstrates alignment with RSM’s core values, vision and strategy while empowering people to work together in meaningful and productive ways across the firm as an enterprise leader

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business-related field
• CPA license in one’s principal place of business/home state, licensed J.D. or enrolled agent (with approval from regional tax leader)
• Minimum of 8 years of experience working in public accounting with an emphasis on private client taxation including working with family offices and multi-generational families. Most recent years should include experience in leading all aspects of client engagements and driving growth
• Proficient in at least one area: entity or individual and fiduciary taxation with an understanding of complex investments and the related tax implications
• Familiar with multi-state taxation
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to lead collaborative teams and manage a book of business that exceeds client expectations

Preferred Qualifications:

• LL.M. in Taxation and/or Master’s in Taxation
• Experience with gift and estate taxation

You want your next step to be the right one. You've worked hard to get where you are today. And now you're ready to use your unique skills, talents and personality to achieve great things. RSM is a place where you are valued as an individual, mentored as a future leader, and recognized for your accomplishments and potential. Working directly with clients, key decision makers and business owners across various industries and geographies, you'll move quickly along the learning curve and our clients will benefit from your fresh perspective.

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