Tax Manager

Position Summary:

The Tax Manager position is responsible for maintaining and overseeing the Company's planning, compliance, and accounting for the various federal, state, and local tax requirements and regulations. This position will work with multiple jurisdictions, service providers, and other tax professionals to accomplish these responsibilities.

This role will report directly to the Vice President of Accounting and manage a staff of two to four accountants. This is a leadership role within the organization and will require forward thinking analyses to support the executive team in developing and implementing strategies, policies, as well as meaningful reporting tools that will support the expected growth of the organization.

1. Position Responsibilities: Essential Responsibilities
   • Work with our third-party Sales & Use Tax provider to ensure timely filing of all federal, state and local tax returns related to income, franchise taxes, property tax, unclaimed property, sales & use and hotel occupancy taxes on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis as required by each taxing
     • Oversee and manage all monthly/quarterly Sales/Use/Hotel/Transient/Occupancy tax returns and workpapers. (appx 550 returns) including Housekeeping and OH CAT.
     • Review all business licenses and permit applications
   • Prepare quarterly REIT Asset Test and annual REIT Income Test which includes calculating earnings and profits to determine treatment of the REIT distributions.
   • Prepare the tax provisions for the audited financial statements and quarterly tax provisions
   • Prepare annual budget for income, franchise, business licenses and permits
   • Prepare tax projections for REIT and other corporate entities' estimated tax liability
   • Manage 3^rd party provider for property tax compliance with RE & PPT bill payment.
   • Update and provide IRS form W-9s for all properties.
   • Oversee, manage, and coordinate responses to IRS, state and local agencies regarding audits, inquiries, and tax notices, including settlement negotiations.
   • Review tax returns prepared by our third party tax accounting firm to ensure accuracy
     • Conduct tax research and prepare memorandums outlining findings and conclusions.
   • Maintain FIN 48 statements and tax footnotes for the company financials.
   • Develop relationships with ownership, JV partners, and company stakeholders to provide accounting and tax assistance, as well as effectively communicate various tax matters.
   • Establish processes and procedures to be followed within the tax department to protect the integrity of the work being done

Additional Responsibilities

• Supervise and train professional staff of four
• Ensure appropriate internal controls are in place regarding accounting for income taxes, cash and revenue
• Develop communication integral to the organization's Operations and IT partners
• Assist VP Accounting with various projects and administrative tasks, including but not limited to ad hoc reports/analysis requested from various parties

1. Essential Skills/Credentials/Experience/Education
   • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting required, Master's Degree in Business Taxation preferred
   • Current CPA certification is strongly preferred.
   • Minimum 6 years related work experience
   • Strong oral and written communication skills - able to articulate key insights to management and interact effectively with employees in finance, IT, and operations
   • Solid leadership skills that demonstrate a hands-on approach to working in a team-based environment
   • Comfortable and able to achieve results in a dynamic, changing environment
   • Real estate, hospitality, and/or REIT experience a plus

Ill.        Mental and Physical Demands

Work Environment:

Typical office environment - moderate noise level.

Physical Demands:

• The position will be physically located in the Atlanta office; working remotely (outside of Company Directed

       Guidelines) is not permitted. Currently, the in-office work model is a hybrid with 2 days remote/3 days in the office.

• Indoor work with hard and carpeted surfaces
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
• This position is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Extensive use of hands and fingers for manipulation of the keyboard, answering phone calls, calculator, copy machine, computer printer, and other office productivity machinery.
• Use of computer terminal, which requires extensive eye contact with a video display
• The person in this position frequently communicates with employees/vendors. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• The position will be physically located in the Atlanta office; working remotely (outside of Company Directed Guidelines) is not permitted. Currently, the in-office work model is a hybrid with 2 days remote/3 days in the office.

Travel Demands:

• This position requires less than 5% travel; however, from time to time, and depending on the project, travel needs could change.

The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by managers/supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent an expressed or implied contract of employment nor does it alter your at-will employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.