Overview In this role you drive sophisticated real estate tax advisory for high-profile clients as part of KPMG's Business Tax Services. You will lead client relationships, manage engagement teams, and deliver high-quality tax guidance on REITs and real estate funds. The position blends client service, technical tax leadership, and business development within a collaborative, growth-focused culture. You'll operate in a dynamic network like the Ignition Centers to shape innovative tax solutions.
Compensation / Benefits- comprehensive compensation and benefits package
- medical and dental plans
- vision coverage
- disability and life insurance
- 401(k) plans
- personal well-being benefits
Responsibilities- Manage a portfolio of clients and serve as primary point of contact; foster client relationships and demonstrate deep knowledge of real estate investment funds and REITs
- Direct tax professionals and assistants on client projects
- Advise clients and ensure high-quality tax services and advice
- Assess tax impacts, develop supporting arguments, and propose client plans
- Participate in external market and business activities to promote KPMG and its services
- For Senior Manager: oversee risk and financial performance of engagements, including budgeting, billing, and collections; partner with colleagues to identify growth opportunities for the tax practice
Key requirements- Minimum five years of recent experience as a tax manager in a public accounting firm
- Partnership tax experience in financial services with real estate and real estate private equity funds
- Bachelor's degree
- Licensed CPA, EA or JD/LLM (or ability to obtain one of the listed credentials within 1 year)
- Extensive real estate tax technical and transaction skills (partnership taxation, REITs, allocations, compliance, due diligence, structuring)
- Experience managing engagements, teams, and budgets
- Knowledge of business development within the market
- Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to manage multiple client engagements and teams
- Senior Manager: minimum eight years of experience as a tax manager with public accounting; partnership tax experience in real estate/real estate private equity funds
- strong communication
- client service orientation
- leadership and people management
- partnership taxation
- REIT taxation and qualification
- partnership allocations
