Manager - Tax Credits & Incentives Advisory
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Tax Credits & Incentive Advisory (“TCIA”), within Cherry Bekaert’s Strategic Tax Advisory practice, is a quickly growing group generating more than $20 Million in annual revenue for the firm. TCIA provides the following services to its clients:
- Cost Segregation Services
- R&D Tax Incentive Services
- Fixed Asset Services
- Site Selection Services
- State Credits & Incentives
- Employee Retention Credit Services
- Energy Tax Consulting
- Section 179D
- Section 45L
- Investment Tax Credit and Production Tax Credits
- Inflation Reduction Act application-based incentives
What does your day look like?
As a Manager in this Strategic Tax Advisory Practice, you will help develop the vision, strategies, and action plans to grow Cherry Bekaert’s TCIA Practice.
- Separating the cost components of a building into their proper asset classifications and recovery periods
- Identifying assets that were capitalized with improper tax lives.
- Help develop the vision, strategies, and action plans to grow Cherry Bekaert’s TCIA Practice.
- Be responsible for helping to manage internal resources and work on IRC Section 41 Research credit engagements.
- Identifying Qualified Research Expenses in a variety of industries;
- Calculate the IRC Section 41 Research Credit.
- Understand the Controlled Group rules in the research credit calculation;
- Speak to tax managers and tax VPs with respect to the research credit rules;
- Speak to technical company personnel with respect to technical uncertainties associated with their research;
- Lead and working with both local and national C/AM team members.
Additionally, as part of this role, you will work closely with other members of our TCIA and Strategic Financial Services (SFS) as we continue to grow our practice in the following areas:
- Accounting Methods
- Qualified Opportunity Zone Benefits
- Energy Credits and Deductions
- State Credits and Incentives
- Historic Tax Credits
What you bring to the role:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, engineering, technology, or related field. A CPA, MST, MAcc, LLM or JD is required.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in federal tax compliance or tax consulting services.
- Experience with costing models utilizing excel pivot tables.
- Desire to participate in strategic planning initiatives
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Preference will be given to candidates that also have experience with accounting methods including uniform capitalization rules; tangible property regulations; capitalization and depreciation; unit of property reviews; cost segregation studies; revenue recognition; and advanced payments and experience preparing or reviewing Form 3115. Candidates can be located in any of our local offices or remotely.
What we offer you:
- Our shared values that foster inclusion and belonging, including uncompromising integrity, collaboration, trust, and mutual respect.
- The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you.
- A collaborative environment focused on enabling you to further your career growth and continuous professional development.
- Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing.
- Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work.
- Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures.
Cherry Bekaert cares about our people. We offer competitive compensation packages based on performance that recognize the value our people bring to our clients and our Firm. The salary range for this position is included below. Individual salaries within this range are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.
Pay Range:
$96,235 to $197,500
About Cherry Bekaert
Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. For more details, visit https://www.cbh.com/disclosure/
Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. https://careers.cbh.com/legal-disclosures/ contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws.
This role is expected to accept applications for at least five calendar days and may continue to be posted until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.
Candidates must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States. Cherry Bekaert will not provide work sponsorship for this position.
Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC are members of Allinial Global, an accountancy and business advisory global association. Visit us at https://careers.cbh.com/ and follow us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
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