Transaction Tax Senior Associate II (M&A)

Location: Chicago, IL, United States; hybrid work with in-person attendance at least three days per week at a hirify.global office or client site.

Base salary: $126,500–$161,288 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides audit, tax, and advisory services through a multinational platform with more than 50 offices and 12,000 professionals across the United States, Ireland, and other territories.

What you will do

• Provide tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise for M&A projects and other transactions.
• Conduct buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence and advise on tax-efficient acquisitions, divestments, and restructurings.
• Review taxes in financial models, transaction documents, and tax accounting for M&A-driven transaction costs.
• Research tax issues, prepare concise deal-driven communications, respond to tax authorities, and support client transaction strategy.
• Manage, develop, train, and mentor Staff and Interns; assess performance and maintain client communication throughout engagements.
• Analyze tax attributes, including asset and stock tax basis, corporate earnings and profits, and net operating loss and tax credit carryforward limitations under IRC Section 382.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. A Master’s in Taxation or LLM in Taxation is strongly preferred; qualifying master’s or doctoral degrees in Economics, Statistics, Public Policy, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Financial Engineering, Management Science and Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Industrial Engineering, or Operations Research are also accepted.
• Two to six years of progressive federal tax consulting and/or compliance experience in public accounting or a combination of corporate and public accounting experience, or two to three years of qualified M&A tax services experience.
• Experience preparing Corporate, S-Corp., and/or Partnership returns.
• Proficiency in US GAAP, tax compliance, corporate consolidated returns, consolidated federal tax returns, partnership returns, and combined state tax returns.
• Excellent analytical, technical, tax accounting, and technology skills.
• Exceptional client service and communication skills, with the ability to develop and maintain client relationships.
• Computer expertise, including tax software, related technology, and spreadsheet modeling.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Nice to have

• CPA or JD with an active law license.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model with flexibility in work location, weekly schedule, and flex time off.
• Work-life integration options and personalized comprehensive benefits.
• Support for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Potential discretionary annual bonus based on individual and firm performance, subject to eligibility and plan terms.

Hiring process

• Selected applicants will be contacted by a hirify.global team member to schedule an interview.