at Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Description
Associate, Global Transaction Tax
Alvarez & Marsal Global Transaction Tax (GTT) is seeking highly qualified JD, Tax LLM as well as MsT and MACC (Tax concentration) students preferably with a background in accounting for full-time positions in our GTT practice. We are seeking students interested in federal and state tax, international tax, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate consulting. Previous or ongoing Tax coursework and JD/LLM/ MsT/MACC (Tax concentration) track is required.
What do we do?
GTT professionals provide corporate and private equity buyers with a broad continuum of transactional tax advisory services to support mergers, acquisitions, carve outs, investment and financing structures, disposition alternatives and post transaction activities.Assisting clients before, during and after the transaction, our GTT practice works with clients across corporate functions to analyze and evaluate the tax profile and to implement planning designed to help meet each organization's global goals, strategies and business objectives. As an associate with GTT, responsibilities may include:
- Performing tax due diligence, including reviewing targets historic tax profile, planning, tax examinations, acquisitions/dispositions, and filing history to assess potential risks and opportunities
- Using the due diligence process to identify opportunities for further tax efficiencies
- Structuring transactions in a tax-efficient manner
- Reviewing and evaluating significant tax attributes, credits and incentives
- Reviewing and commenting on purchase agreements and disclosure schedules
- Evaluating potential acquisition structures
- Modeling transaction scenarios
- Identifying matters to be addressed post-closing, including integration related risks and opportunities
How you'll contribute
- Develop and deliver quality tax planning approaches by providing timely and responsive services and work product that meets and/or exceeds client expectations;
- Perform due diligence, including review of tax returns, financials, and other documentation to evaluate potential tax risks and opportunities;
- Review and comment on tax aspects of financial models, purchase agreements, and structuring calculations;
- Take ownership of assigned workstreams, including creating and preserving relevant diligence work products, ensuring supervisors can timely review and provide constructive feedback of deliverables, and otherwise proactively responding to changes in workflow;
- Coordinate with federal and international tax team members, as well as financial and operational due diligence team members, to timely deliver highest quality integrated work product;
- Begin developing and taking responsibility for managing client relationships by communicating and responding to client expectations, gathering data relevant to the engagement, and tailoring project deliverables accordingly.
Who will you be working with?
We are not a typical tax firm. We are a group of entrepreneurial, action oriented and results oriented tax professionals who take a hands-on approach to solving our clients problems and helping them reach their potential. We are nimble, resourceful, and proactive but adapt quickly when changes are needed. This position offers the opportunity to network with existing and prospective clients and allows the individual to assume additional responsibility quickly. We present you with opportunities, not a playbook, and we reward you based on your achievements, not your tenure.
How will you grow and be supported?Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
