Manager - Internal State & Local Tax

Citrin Cooperman offers a dynamic work environment, fostering professional growth and collaboration. We’re continuously seeking talented individuals who bring a problem-solving mindset, fresh perspectives, and sharp technical expertise. We know you have choices, so our team of collaborative, innovative professionals are ready to support your professional development. At Citrin Cooperman, we offer competitive compensation and benefits and most importantly, the flexibility to manage your personal and professional life to focus on what matters most to you!

We are seeking a talented and experienced Manager, State & Local Tax Services to join Internal Tax team within the Administrative Support Department. This is a remote position or has the option to sit hybrid at any of our USA locations.

Responsibilities are, but not limited to:

• Working in a collaborative team environment within Citrin Cooperman’s Internal Tax department and other internal firm personnel including staff in India.

• Overseeing the indirect tax compliance for the firm including sales and use tax, personal property tax and other miscellaneous state and local non-income-based tax.

• Develop and recommend process improvements to strengthen controls, improve efficiency, ensure compliance, and mitigate tax risk.

• Providing instruction and guidance to staff for preparation of returns and review of such returns.

• Helping to implement policies and procedures for compliance with sales and use tax, including taxability for various types of revenue streams and purchases.

• Performing tax research analysis on a wide array of SALT matters and subjects, including but not limited to:

  • Apportionment and revenue sourcing for business activity, income, and indirect taxes
  • Personal property taxes
  • Sales taxability matrices and analysis for indirect taxes
  • SALT planning and implementation
  • M&A SALT due diligence for pending transactions
  • SALT controversies involving audits and administrative appeals
  • Sales and use-tax compliance, including but not limited to taxability, registration, filings, and remittance

The ideal candidate must have:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting or similar field, LLM, or a Master’s in Taxation
• CPA and/or JD (preferred)
• Broad SALT experience, inducing but not limited to income/franchise tax and sales/use tax
• 6+ years of tax experience, in which at least four of those years are exclusively in SALT (public accounting or law firm required)
• The ability to develop strong team relationships
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, both internally and externally
• Strong analytical and research skills (corporate or firm environment required)
• Be highly organized
• A strong desire to learn new concepts and apply them in real time
• A comprehensive understanding of multi-state tax concepts