Tax Manager - Fiduciary Services

Are you a trusted tax leader who enjoys solving complex problems, building client relationships, and developing talent? Do you bring deep technical knowledge across multiple areas of taxation and thrive in a role where you can advise clients on both compliance and consulting matters? Are you energized by working with individuals, trusts, estates, family offices, investment vehicles, charitable entities, and closely held businesses? If so, Deloitte's growing Private Wealth practice may be the right fit for you.

Recruiting for this role ends May 31, 2027.

Work You'll Do

As a Tax Manager, you will lead federal tax compliance and consulting engagements for a diverse portfolio of clients. You will serve as a trusted advisor, work directly with client stakeholders, manage engagement teams and workstreams, and collaborate with Deloitte specialists to address complex tax matters and deliver practical, high-quality solutions.

You will oversee engagements from planning through completion, including coordinating teams, managing deliverables and priorities, and maintaining appropriate standards for quality, accuracy, and timeliness. You will provide tax compliance, advisory, planning, and controversy services tailored to client needs, while helping clients respond to changing business, regulatory, and tax requirements. You will also identify opportunities to improve tax processes and functions through effective use of technology, data, and operating-model approaches.

Success in this role requires the ability to exercise sound judgment, lead projects and workstreams, manage competing priorities, and communicate complex tax matters clearly. You will build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues, coach and develop team members, and contribute to a collaborative environment in which experienced professionals can expand their leadership, industry, and technical impact.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
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What You'll Do

Deloitte's WNT practice provides deep technical subject-matter expertise and works closely with the firm's tax professionals and clients to provide a comprehensive approach to analyzing complicated issues and managing risks. Our WNT Passthroughs Group specializes in the intricacies of passthrough entities (partnerships and S corporations), including domestic and cross-border restructurings, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and financing transactions. As a Manager in WNT's Passthroughs Group, you will collaborate directly with some of the leading experts in federal, state, and international taxation to consult with our clients throughout the transaction cycle - from negotiations right up to and including tax rulings and examinations. You will work on a variety of matters and will have significant opportunities to engage in legal research, analyze novel technical issues, and draft tax opinion letters and memoranda. You will frequently participate in speaking, writing, and professional association activities that address current developments in legislative proposals, judicial decisions, regulatory and administrative guidance, as well as tax administration and tax policy.

The Team

Deloitte Tax's WNT professionals represent a wide array of Fortune 500 companies and many leading private equity funds in some of their larger and more complex passthrough-related transactions. Our professionals have extensive experience and expertise built on years in private practice at law firms and public accounting firms as well as public practice at the IRS and Treasury. Our team's significant government experience offers clients relevant insights into how the government approaches issues and actively contributes to the development of WNT's substantial private letter rulings practice. Our culture promotes strong interpersonal relationships among our team through an emphasis on professional development, collaboration, and investment in the technical and career development goals of all of our members.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, JD or related field
• Ability to perform job responsibilities within a hybrid work model that requires US Tax professionals to co-locate in person 2 - 3 days per week
• 3 years' experience in taxation in a law firm or 5 years' experience in a public accounting firm practice
• One of the following accreditations obtained:
• Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA
• If not CPA eligible:
• Licensed attorney
• Enrolled Agent
• Located in, or willingness to relocate to, the Washington, D.C. metro area
• Ability to travel 10-20%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available
  

Preferred:

• An advanced degree such as MS in Taxation or JD and/or JD/LLM
• Strong analytical abilities:
• 5 years' experience performing structured tax analysis and translating findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills:
• 5 years' experience delivering clear, executive-ready written and oral communications.
  

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in Washington DC, Deloitte is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to Washington DC and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $156,975 to $261,625.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.