Staff Associate – Tax Credits and Incentives Advisory

Tax Credits & Incentive Advisory (“TCIA”), within Cherry Bekaert’s Strategic Tax Advisory practice, is a quickly growing group generating more than $20 Million in annual revenue for the firm. TCIA provides the following services to its clients:

• Cost Segregation Services
• R&D Tax Incentive Services
• Fixed Asset Services
• Site Selection Services
• State Credits & Incentives
• Employee Retention Credit Services
• Energy Tax Consulting
• Section 179D
• Section 45L
• Investment Tax Credit and Production Tax Credits
• Inflation Reduction Act application-based incentives
  

As a Tax Staff Associate in this Strategic Tax Advisory Practice, you will help develop the vision, strategies, and action plans to grow Cherry Bekaert’s TCIA Practice.

• Serve clients on federal and state credits and incentives engagements including R&D tax credit/deduction analyses, Section 199 deduction engagements, and other federal credit incentive service offerings.
• Develop your technical skills in a given industry/service offering to solve complex issues.
• Interview technical personnel and reviewing memoranda to support the credits and incentive opportunities.
• Manage the review and organization of sources of client data for credit and incentives analysis.
• Support engagement teams by identifying current project status and next steps for the engagement.
• Serve as the lead point-of-contact for client personnel with both with tax and technical backgrounds.
• Lead the assembly of the final client deliverables.
• Support the evaluation of complex scenarios involving various credits and incentives opportunities.
  
  

What you bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or similar field. Must be CPA eligible.
• At least 1 year experience in core federal or state tax compliance.
• Some knowledge of R&D tax incentives and/or experience with Section 199. Prior experience reviewing Form 3115 is helpful.
• Some knowledge of with uniform capitalization (UNICAP); tangible property regulations; depreciation and capitalization; fixed asset review; cost segregation; software development costs; transaction costs; deferred revenue; and advanced payments is desired.
• Ability to participate in all aspects of engagement strategic planning initiatives and have strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to travel up to 10% to meet with clients.
  
  

What We Offer You:

• A well-run firm that offers stability and opportunity to develop and grow your career
• Collaborative environment focused on career advancement and professional development
• Supportive partnership group with a “one firm” mentality and a commitment to colleagues’ success
• Big firm resources and bench strength; small firm flexibility and openness to new ideas
• Collaboration across service lines and offices; a firm culture that embraces one another and the community; and an excellent opportunity to help bring along talented staff
• Defined metrics and targets that eliminate ambiguity
• Shared values, including uncompromising integrity, a passion for excellence, and mutual respect
  
  

Cherry Bekaert cares about our people. We offer competitive compensation packages based on performance that recognize the value our people bring to our clients and our Firm. The salary range for this position is included below. Individual salaries within this range are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.

Pay Range:

$56,525-$109,500

About Cherry Bekaert

Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. For more details, visit https://www.cbh.com/disclosure/

Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. https://careers.cbh.com/legal-disclosures/ contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws.

This role is expected to accept applications for at least five calendar days and may continue to be posted until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Candidates must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States. Cherry Bekaert will not provide work sponsorship for this position.

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