**Mergers & Acquisitions \(M&A\) Tax Manager** **Description** At Moss Adams, we champion authenticity. For us, that means fostering a culture of talented people who care—about you, about our clients, and about our communities. Here, you’ll work towards our mission of empowering others to embrace opportunity, growing as a leader along the way. Our firm’s size, middle-market clients, customized career paths, and supportive culture make this a reality. Join a values-driven firm where you’ll have fun while solving complex and interesting business challenges. **Introduction to the team** Our Mergers and Acquisitions practice works with owners and investors to help them ease their tax burden and quantify tax exposures in a wide range of transactions, including buy-side and sell-side, restructuring, taxable and tax-free transactions. We provide our clients with tax due diligence, tax structuring, quantitative tax modeling services, transaction agreement review and consultation and tax technical support. Individuals who thrive at Moss Adams exhibit the following success skills – Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Executive Presence, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity and Results Focus. **Responsibilities:** + Develop and serve as a firm technical resource for the U.S. federal income tax aspects of due diligence and mergers and acquisitions + Solve complex tax, accounting and business issues, with a focus on developing tax structures and providing tax due diligence services for buy-side and sell-side transactions + Analyze target-company tax information to understand historical trends, quantify historic and future tax exposures, identify planning opportunities and participating in interviews with tax and accounting service providers and management + Prepare efficient tax structures for mergers and other corporate reorganizations + Tax impact modeling to quantify attribute availability, basis step-up, and structural impact on client and target tax profile + Leverage technical knowledge and experience to provide effective project management and practice development, delivering timely and responsive services and products that meet or exceed client expectations + Assist with proposals and business development, including development of marketing materials + Write and co-author technical articles for publication + Develop and participate in public speaking opportunities at tax conferences and events + Occasional domestic travel to visit clients and attend firm events **Qualifications:** + Bachelor’s in accounting or equivalent required; Master's degree in Taxation or JD with LLM in taxation preferred + CPA required. If not CPA, must meet educational requirements to obtain license upon hire in state of employment + Minimum 4 years of tax experience preferably with a public accounting firm or law firm + Experience must include significant tax due diligence and merger and acquisitions tax consulting + Significant experience working with private equity and strategic buyers and sellers + Possess the ability to analyze complex business and transactional situations + Experience supervising and training staff + Strong project management and organizational skills + Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills + Ability to work effectively both as part of a team and independently + Ability to handle multiple priorities, tasks and simultaneous projects Here, you’ll be challenged and rewarded for leadership, technical excellence, and inspired perspectives. That’s why we offer opportunities to build your skills and explore your career in a supportive environment. At Moss Adams, where you take your career is up to you. - - - **Moss Adams is an Equal Opportunity Employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.** **Moss Adams complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact careers@mossadams.com.** **Certain jurisdictions in the United States require employers to disclose the pay range in job postings. This is the typical range of pay for the position. Actual compensation may depend on factors such as qualifications, work experience, skills, and geographic location. This position may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For more information about our benefit offerings and other total rewards, visit our careers page.** **Compensation Range \(Denver Market ONLY\):** California State- $161,000 -$279,000 **Primary Location** Orange County, CA **Other Locations** Pasadena, CA, Woodland Hills, CA, El Segundo, CA, San Diego, CA **Employee Status:** Regular **Schedule:** Full Time **Req ID:** 28136