Address- Client name - SAPRO
- Experience required - 10 to 15 years
- Mandatory skills - Federal taxation, form 1065, form 1120, people management, client management, Leadership skills
- Work mode - 4 days WFO, 1 day WFH
- Location - Bangalore
About SAPRO :
SAPRO is a full-service Consulting firm specializing in Assurance, Taxation and Advisory by strategically partnering with public accounting firms and corporate entities in the US.
- SAPRO is registered in the US and was established in 2017.
- SAPRO India was established in Nov 2021.
- Our people deliver on the promise of human ingenuity every day, serving clients across various business cases.
- We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, employees and communities.
They are at the centre of everything we do.
SAPRO Business Model:
Our clients are the US CPA firms, who outsource their projects related to taxation, assurance to SAPRO during the peak season.
By this SAPRO makes the busy season, an easy season for the Clients both with respect to the quality of work and depth of technical expertise.
About Internal Client Solutions:
Internal Client Solutions including Human Resources, Finance, Marketing Communications, IT and Operations powers SAPRO's people to keep our business progressive.
Job Description:
Job Title: Delivery Lead - Tax
Purpose of the role:
As a Delivery Lead Tax, you will join as part of a global tax team assisting the group from managing project assignments leading to the actual issuance of tax deliverables to our clients. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Client and Account management:
- Build new and existing client relationships and demonstrate knowledge of the industry.
- Work collaboratively with the client in order to resolve tax related issues faced by the client.
- Participate in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients.
- Keep up to date with relevant industry regulatory changes affecting the business operations
- Expertise in experience in US Federal and SALT - tax returns of Partnerships, Corporations and Individuals (Form 1065, 1120, 1040 and 1120S)
- Review and ensure quality of tax products work papers, tax returns and all other tax deliverables.
- Act as technical and knowledge resource to the tax practice
- Assist in the management of a portfolio of clients including the allocation of projects across the global tax team.
- Develop strategies to solve complex technical challenges.
- Maintain internal controls ensuring the Company remains compliant with all regulations.
People Leadership:
- Lead and support the set-up of Tax practices to assist with the production of tax deliverables by various tax functions.
- Plan and execute Tax developments by directing and coordinating with other departments of SAPRO.
- Ensure effective staff development: train, coach, supervise and appraise performance ofstaff.
- Manage and oversee a team of managers, supervisors, seniors, reviewer, staff/preparers.
- Acts as a role model and inspires others to embrace and live our purpose and values.
- Models, leads, trains, and motivates multiple levels of the organization to have the highest level of integrity.
Qualifications:
- Post graduate - MBA / CA / CPA / EA
- 10-12 years of US Taxation experience
- Partnerships and Corporations experience mandatory (involvement blend of 30%:70% in either direction for Corp: Partnership)
- Experience in US Tax (Forms 1065, 1120 and 1120S) - Mandatory
- International tax experience is a plus
- Preparation and review of individual, trust, partnership, and corporate income tax returns
- US Federal returns experience - Mandatory
- Not out of US Tax for more than 2 years
Technical Skills:
- Excellent Excel; Word; PowerPoint and MS project skills
- Strong software skills - CCH Axcess, ProSystem, ProSeries, Go System, One Source
- In general, candidates should have an intuitive feel and be a quick study for various software applications.
Behavioral /Non-Technical Skills:
- Result oriented, flexible and ability to stretch/ go beyond
- Effectively managing multiple, time critical tasks
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Good presence and the ability to manage teams and build key relationships with clients
- Develops relevant data, analytics, and insights to inform strategies, plans and decisions and measure their effectiveness
- Operationalizes goals for area of responsibility in line with the strategic intent and priorities
- Data driven, commercial and customer focused, proactive, creative and innovative problem solver
- Highly organized, pragmatic and results-focused
