Tax Analyst

The Tax Analyst is a highly visible role within the Firm, working internally with Firm’s management, the Finance group and partners.  Additionally, the Tax Analyst interacts externally with various taxing authorities, advisors and partner’s income tax return preparers. Under supervision of a Tax Manager, the Tax Analyst will work alongside the existing Senior Tax Analyst and will be responsible for overseeing the activities of Accounting resources that assist the Tax function.

The Tax Analyst will work primarily on the following:

• Tax planning & research related to the various initiatives undertaken by the Firm, including monitoring tax developments related to partnerships. Topics may include international taxation of professional services firms, foreign tax credits, expatriate tax issues, states pass-through entities taxes, NYC unincorporated business tax, meals and entertainment, payroll taxes etc.
• Analysis, recommendation and documentation of tax positions taken, and development of a Firm’s tax manual with various policies of relevance to Tax
• Communication with partners and their tax preparers to address their various tax questions
• Compilation and organization of data and preparation of workpapers to support US and international tax compliance, including foreign partners withholdings and transfer pricing
• Coordination with the Firm’s outside tax preparers
• Preparation of quarterly tax computations of state taxes, including withholding, composite and pass-through entity taxes
• Ownership of the Firm’s tax compliance calendar and oversight of monthly computations of gross receipts and sales and use taxes
• Communication with tax authorities regarding missing payments and tax audits, including preparation of responses to information requests, generation of necessary documentation and communication with internal departments, as needed
• Incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) in day-to-day tasks
• Various “ad-hoc” projects, as needed

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• CPA, EA, Masters in Taxation
• 2-5 years of relevant tax experience required
• Partnerships tax experience required
• Experience from public accounting or other services partnership desired
• Working tax knowledge on issues related to high net-worth individuals desired
• Ability to do tax research using tax library services such as Checkpoint RIA, BNA or CCH
• Ability to work with large sets of data in Excel or willingness to enhance required minimum skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills. Ability to establish and build partnerships with different departments, business partners and management
• Detail-oriented with ability to handle multiple projects and priorities
• Self-motivated, problem solving and solutions development skills including the ability to proactively avoid problems

• Must be able to work independently and in a team environment.

  Schedule:

• This is a hybrid role which requires in-office attendance in accordance with the schedule set forth by the department. A hybrid schedule is an essential function of this role. 

Salary\: $100,000 - $115,000. Paul, Weiss offers competitive compensation and benefits packages.  The firm considers a number of factors when determining compensation, including, but not limited to, education, years of experience, levels of experience, competency levels and other relevant skills and qualifications.