Position: Senior Tax Associate

Position Type: Permanent

Location: Lakewood, NJ

Leading real estate investment and development firm seeks a full-time senior tax associate to join the Corporate Finance Department. The position will report to the Director of Tax & Finance and be located in the Lakewood NJ office. The candidate selected for this position will manage various tax compliance, tax strategic planning, and other tax related activities.

What you will be doing:

• Oversee tax compliance process, including extensions, estimates and tax returns, coordinating with internal accounting teams and external tax advisors
• Calculate tax gain on sales of assets; calculate requirements for Section 1031 like-kind exchanges to defer recognition of gains
• File monthly and quarterly NY Sales tax returns for five hotel entities based in New York City.
• Monitor multi-year tax projections, using reforecast financials on a quarterly basis, for each of the company’s five REITs to ensure appropriate dividend coverage for taxable income distribution requirements
• Ensure quarterly and annual REIT compliance tests are satisfied across Lightstone’s five REITs
• Calculate quarterly tax accrual entries for REIT and TRS entities
• Address tax notices from all jurisdictions to ensure proper credits and payments are applied
• Periodically review sub-lease agreements between Taxable REIT Subsidiaries (TRS’s) and hotel fee owners in our REIT portfolios
• Manage and coordinate tax audits of income tax, sales & use tax, franchise tax, etc.
• Calculate periodic taxable income estimates for various JV partners
• Prepare W-9s, POAs and other simple tax forms for requesting vendors

What experience we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or real estate finance/tax
• 5 years tax experience at large or regional CPA firm or real estate company.
• CPA and /or masters in tax preferred but not required.

WorkDynamX and our Client are Equal Opportunity Employers.