Tax - Director - SALT Job

Position Description

As part of the SALT team, the Director will be responsible for providing and overseeing quality state and local income tax services for the Firm's clients, and will also be responsible for: 

- Managing and driving the success of multiple engagements.
- Attracting, developing, and retaining top talent.
- Keeping lines of communication open with staff and clients.
- Ability to manage within budgetary and time constraints while providing a high-level of client satisfaction.
- Anticipating and addressing client concerns and escalating problems as they arise.
- Initiating 'cross selling' business to other practices.
- Promoting new ideas and business solutions that result in extended services to existing clients.
- Developing an understanding of client's business and becoming a 'functional expert' in the area.
- Keeping abreast of changes in industry regulation, maintain competency through continuing education and obtaining additional professional certifications
- Providing appropriate and timely performance feedback to those supervised

Qualifications

- Minimum of 8+ years experience providing state and local income  tax consulting services, including experience with income franchise and other state and local tax services in a public accounting or tax consulting firm.
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or closely related field
- Experience selling professional services in a public accounting or tax consulting firm.
- Established record of building profitable, sustainable client relationships with small- to mid-sized, growing businesses.
- A proven record of simultaneously managing multiple projects and engagement teams for various clients.

Preferred Qualifications

- CPA certification preferred.
- Ability to travel on a limited basis
- Masters of Taxation or MBA

You have high expectations for yourself and your career. So does McGladrey. Imagine what we will achieve together.

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. McGladrey 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.

Experience McGladrey. Experience the power of being understood.™

EEO/AA

Location Street Address:
City: Chicago
State: IL
Region: Full Time
Position Type: Experienced
Job Type: Experienced
Degree Required: Bachelor
Travel Required: No
Relocation Eligible: No
Sponsor candidates who are not eligible to work in US: No
Requisition ID: GLMC9776