Tax Director Real Estate – Private Equity Funds

Reference #: Req-6187
Job Description

At EisnerAmper, we look for individuals who welcome new ideas, encourage innovation, and are eager to make an impact. Whether youre starting out in your career or taking your next step as a seasoned professional, the EisnerAmper experience is one-of-a-kind. You can design a career youll love from top to bottom – we give you the tools you need to succeed and the autonomy to reach your goals.

EisnerAmper has experienced significant growth and is seeking a Director to expand our Real Estate Tax practice. This open position offers the opportunity to join a high-performing, high-growth team while working with complex clients in the Real Estate industry with a focus on real estate private equity funds. In this role you will be involved both in new business opportunities as well as servicing existing, long-standing clients. You will also be involved in thought leadership opportunities, technology initiatives, as well as developing and mentoring staff. We are seeking someone who thrives in a growing environment and provides clients with exceptional services. EisnerAmper follows a hybrid working model and has offices available in the locations listed below.

The goal of EisnerAmpers Real Estate Services Group is to help our clients become operationally efficient and structure successful transactions so they can attract capital, initiate and complete new projects, and maximize their potential returns. EisnerAmpers Real Estate Services Group is bringing industry professionals together to foster relationships, facilitate deal flow, and encourage the exchange of marketplace intelligence and insight. Our professionals are deeply connected to the owners, developers, investors, and legal advisors who power the real estate industry. We further those relationships by sponsoring a series of high-profile industry events, such as the annual EisnerAmper Real Estate Private Equity Summits, held on both coasts.
What it Means to Work for EisnerAmper:

You will get to be part of one of the largest and fastest growing accounting and advisory firms in the industry

You will have the flexibility to manage your days in support of our commitment to work/life balance

You will join a culture that has received multiple top “Places to Work” awards

We believe that great work is accomplished when cultures, ideas and experiences come together to create new solutions

We understand that embracing our differences is what unites us as a team and strengthens our foundation

Showing up authentically is how we, both as professionals and a Firm, find inspiration to do our best work

Numerous Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DE&I) efforts
What Work You Will be Responsible For:

Responsible for monitoring and reviewing all legislative and administrative updates impacting real estate, REITS, real estate private equity, and debt fund clients, including development of related internal and external content.

Technical expertise of partnership taxation issues with specific concentrations in 704(b)/704(c) allocations, structuring, and transactional analysis, 754 elections and related basis adjustments, debt allocations and related issues, and 751 hot asset considerations.

Transactional analysis and tax structuring related to the acquisition, restructuring, and disposition of real estate assets in fund and REIT structures.

Coordination with the Transaction Advisory team to provide multiple services relating to real estate transactions.

Maintain relationships with real estate focused law firms to promote EisnerAmpers support of real estate and related transactions.

Structuring and advising on like-kind exchange and reverse like-kind exchange focusing on tax implications with respect to boot and liabilities; experience with Delaware Statutory Trusts.

Technical expertise with tax accounting methods applicable to real estate as an underlying asset

Proficiency with international and state and local implications of federal planning techniques

Availability to internal engagement teams as a technical resource

Assist with the review of fund documents, joint venture/lower tier partnership agreements and the tax consequences of the economic agreements (tax allocations, distribution preferences, etc.).

Follow economic, business and real estate industry property, market, and finance trends and communicate those trends to our real estate service teams, clients, and through content on our website.

Attend and speak at industry events.

Respond to media inquiries for interviews and quotes on market trends.

Develop training modules and solicit and moderate panels of industry experts to support the education of our real estate team professionals regarding market trends.
Basic Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Accounting or equivalent field is required

10 years of tax consulting experience (must be recent, within two years)

CPA or IRS Enrolled Agent Certification

5 years of supervisory experience

Experience working with Real Estate Private Equity
Preferred/Desired Qualifications:

Masters Degree in Taxation or relevant field

Experience using GoSystems or CCH Axcess tax software

We strongly believe in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, EisnerAmper is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law.
About our Tax Team

As the largest service line within the firm, EisnerAmpers Tax Group doesnt only provide trusted and innovative tax solutions to its clients, but it creates new opportunities for employees to grow, both personally and professionally. With a range of specialties based on location and industry, employees have the flexibility to focus on the work they want to do and the autonomy to shape their careers in a fulfilling way.

A hybrid between a general tax practice and a hyper-specialized firm, our culture is based on collaboration, innovation and transparency. For us, success is defined by working together, sometimes across specialties, to provide the best tax solutions to meet our clients unique needs.

Tax regulations and procedures are always changing, and so are we. All EisnerAmper tax employees are empowered to challenge the status quo by thinking outside the box and bringing new ideas to the table. Because when we can identify creative ways to reduce filing turnarounds or streamline compliance work, were able spend more time conducting impactful business advisory services for our clients.
About EisnerAmper

EisnerAmper is one of the largest accounting, tax and business advisory firms in the U.S., with nearly 4,000 employees and more than 350 partners across the world. We combine responsiveness with a long-range perspective; to help clients meet the pressing issues they face today, and position them for success tomorrow.

Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms and middle-market companies, as well as high net worth individuals, family offices, not-for-profit or