Tax Senior - Mutual Funds

This role is for a Tax Senior specializing in Mutual Funds within Deloitte's Tax Services division. The position focuses on providing tax compliance and consulting services to Investment Management clients, involving complex tax issues, detailed reviews of tax work papers, financial statement provisions, and tax returns. Responsibilities include tax planning, supervising tax consultants, and attending training. The role requires a strong understanding of regulated investment companies, Subchapter M, and excise calculations.

What you'd actually do

  1. As a Tax Senior you will work within an engagement team and draw on experience in accounting and taxation to provide tax compliance and consulting services to Investment Management clients.
  2. You will identify complex tax issues and provide tax analyses for a variety of entities and their affiliates; and perform detail-level reviews of tax research, regulated investment company (RIC) tax work papers, financial statement provisions and related tax disclosures and federal and relevant state returns, excise calculations, and RIC compliance tests.
  3. Additionally, you will perform tax planning, supervise tax consultants, and attend required Deloitte Tax LLP and sector-specific training.

Skills

Required

  • 3+ years’ experience providing tax planning services or preparing and reviewing client work papers and income tax returns
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or other business-related field
  • Demonstrated basic understanding of Subchapter M, financial products, and book to tax adjustments common to regulated investment companies
  • Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA OR Licensed attorney OR Enrolled Agent OR Chartered Financial Advisor (CFA) OR Certified Financial Planner (CFP)

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree such as Masters of Tax, JD, and/or LLM
  • Previous Big 4 or large CPA firm experience
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, team environment
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

What the JD emphasized

  • regulated investment companies
  • Subchapter M
  • section 4982 excise calculations
  • tax compliance