Tax Senior Manager - Real Estate, San Francisco - 00IP2

Ernst & Young's Pacific Northwest Real Estate practice is centrally located in San Francisco but also supports people and clients in San Jose, Salt Lake City and Seattle. We serve public and private companies including, REITs ( Real Estate Investment Trusts), homebuilders, real estate core and opportunity funds, developers, construction companies, hotels companies and brokerage companies. It offers staff through senior managers the opportunity to do compliance and consulting, including significant transactional structuring and breadth of tax issues. Although industry focused, the Real Estate Tax Practice develops tax professionals by building broad based tax technical skills, including corporate, partnership, state and local, andaccounting methods.We currently have a career opportunity for a Real Estate Senior Manager in our Business TaxServices (BTS)practice. BTSprovides clients with tax guidance and planning related to working capital and long-term assets, as well as legislative analysis in the area of tax policy. Our people work on key client issues in domestic federal taxation, with a focus on implementing tax strategies that align with the client's business objectives; corporate tax; pass-through entities; S corporations; and industry focus. ResponsibilitiesProvide timely and high-quality services and work products that exceed client expectations.Build client relationships and demonstrate knowledge of client business.Help to develop and guide staff and other junior tax professionals by providing effective performance feedback and ensuring team responsibilities are consistent with skills and developmental goals.Build on technical competence by keeping up to date on trends, developments and technical authorities and apply them to moderately complex situations.Demonstrate professionalism through a positive and cooperative attitude and by maintaining the confidential and proprietary nature of client relationships and related work products.Contribute to the overall success of the team by developing a thorough understanding of E&Y methodologies and tools to enhance service delivery; keeping team members informed of work status; actively seeking assignments when unassigned; proactively seeking opportunities to provide tax services; challenging traditional procedures used in the past; and attempting to find new approaches. To qualify, candidates must have:a bachelor's degree, preferably with an emphasis in accounting, finance, or a related field (an advanced degree in tax or law is highly desirable) a minimum of 7 years of relevant tax experience or equivalent experience in business or industry CPA certification, EA or JD broad exposure to federal income taxation, partnership returns, Real Estate experience a plus excellent managerial, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills CA-San Francisco