Japanese Service Group (jsg) Tax Manager

This role is for a Japanese Service Group (JSG) Tax Manager at Deloitte, focusing on federal tax consulting and compliance services for a diverse client base. Responsibilities include managing client relationships, advising on tax issues, overseeing complex projects, managing engagement teams, and providing leadership. The role requires fluency in Japanese and English, 5+ years of experience in federal taxation, and a Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, or finance. Preferred qualifications include an advanced degree and previous Big 4 experience. The position involves a hybrid work model and potential travel.

What you'd actually do

  1. Maintaining and developing strong client relationships on various federal tax consulting/compliance engagements.
  2. Advising clients on a variety of tax issues including accounting for income taxes, FTA (periods, methods & credits), tax provisions, tax compliance, business restructuring, and tax controversy.
  3. Overseeing complex federal tax compliance and consulting projects requiring tax analysis for a variety of entities and their affiliates.
  4. Managing engagement workflow, engagement team resources, and engagement billing.
  5. Providing leadership, counseling, and career guidance for the development and motivation of the engagement team.

Skills

Required

  • Language fluency in Japanese and English (both written and verbal)
  • 5+ years’ experience in federal taxation, preparation and review experience of federal tax returns for corporations, partnerships, and individuals
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance or other business-related field
  • Ability to travel up to 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree such as Masters of Tax, JD, and/or LLM
  • Previous Big 4 or large CPA firm experience
  • Solid understanding and experience with federal tax compliance, federal tax accounting and provisions, tax analysis, and tax research
  • Solid understanding with accounting for income taxes in accordance to ASC740
  • Excellent research and writing skills
  • Excellent presentation and communications skills
  • Strong management experience