Transaction Tax Senior Manager

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Position Profile

Weaver is looking for a Transaction Tax Advisory Senior Manager to join our growing firm. The team at Weaver helps private equity, strategic, and founder-owned clients identify potential tax exposures and understand key tax considerations throughout the entire transaction process, including through significant involvement in evaluating structuring alternatives. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Manager or Senior Manager with an entrepreneurial mindset to step into a leadership role in growing Weaver's Transaction Tax practice.

The Transaction Tax Senior Manager will be connected closely with many different transactions and will work efficiently to apply technical tax knowledge in an easy-to-understand manner to assist clients in a variety of M&A transactions. The candidate will manage tax due diligence engagements in leading the M&A tax staff and coordinate with other Weaver teams, such as state and local tax services and international tax teams, to complete diligence reports, evaluate transactions, and complete other transaction-related engagements.  As Weaver’s clients often look to the firm to assist with structuring transactions, this individual will also have a significant role in leading the research and creative processes around evaluating various alternatives.

The Candidate should be a team player who exhibits initiative, accepts responsibility, communicates effectively, and manages multiple concurrent assignments of varying sizes and complexity. As this role is transaction-focused, the candidate should have a strong work ethic and be a self-starter, be able to juggle multiple engagements at a time and understand that a busy season in the M&A space is often different from a typical tax busy season. This person plays an integral role in assisting and mentoring all staff levels, and will have a key role in the continued growth of Weaver’s Transaction Advisory practice.  This is a high-profile position within the firm, with very competitive compensation and an excellent opportunity for career advancement for the right individual. 

To be successful in this role, the following qualifications are required:

• Master’s degree in Accounting or related field and/or LLM in taxation
• CPA or CPA candidate or Bar Admission
• 5+ years of federal and/or state tax experience, ideally with a focus on private equity or private equity-backed clients

Additionally, the following qualifications are preferred:

• Experience in M&A and private equity transactions
• Experience researching and writing technical tax issues
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Proven ability to manage, mentor and develop staff
• Strong relationship management and practice development skills
• Ability to attract and service new clients and expand services to existing clients

Weaver Benefits At Weaver, our most valuable resource is our people. We take the time to evaluate our employees’ wants and needs and invest our resources accordingly. Weaver goes beyond offering competitive health benefits, such as medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan. Learn more here –Weaver benefits. We support our employees by offering flexible scheduled time off (STO), minimum of 56 hours of sick and safe leave, 11 holidays, and 2 scheduled recharge days!

We also offer in-house CPE and learning opportunities through our internal L&D department. Our multi-faceted internal learning program including technical improvement, practice development, management/leadership training, and whole-life growth. Our goal is to balance both high development with high performance to meet the long-term goals of each individual, team, and our firm.

WeaverLEAD We are committed to investing in the strength of our team. That is why we have created an internal leadership coaching program to train leaders to support other leaders at every level of the organization. The goal of WeaverLEAD is to inspire the growth and development of our leaders by:

Leaning into the experience of exploring new ideas for each individual’s growth as a leader.

Engaging the coaching mindset at work with new ways of thinking about challenges and opportunities.

Adapting to the transformation that takes place as a result of participating in the program.

Developing yourself and others with coaching competencies to create a firm-wide culture of coaching.

People are our formula! At Weaver, we recognize that everyone brings different strengths, backgrounds, and working styles to our team. We cultivate a safe and inclusive work environment that celebrates each individual’s unique qualities through visibility, progression, advocacy, and support. We are proudly an equal opportunity employer.

What’s next? Interested applicants should apply directly to the job posting. You may apply to multiple roles. Be sure to upload your most recent resume and ensure that it is attached to your application. By registering, you are only activating an account and creating a presence. Please apply directly to a position of interest. You will receive a confirmation email after completing an application for a role. After reviewing your application, a friendly Weaver Recruiter will contact you soon and walk you through the hiring process. Thank you for exploring a career with us. We look forward to meeting you!  

Currently, we are not accepting resume submissions from third-party staffing agencies for this role. This role is Employee Referral Program eligible.