Senior Consultant, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Tax

Location: Irvine, California, United States; travel to client locations up to 50%.

Salary: $84,000–$164,000 per year, with actual compensation based on skills, experience, qualifications, certifications, work arrangements, and geographic location.

Company

Baker Tilly provides tax, advisory, and assurance services to clients across the United States and global financial centers.

What you will do

• Support Managers and Partners with engagement management and financial due diligence for middle-market companies.
• Perform buy-side and sell-side due diligence and other M&A tax activities with client leaders, private equity firms, strategic clients, and investment banks.
• Analyze transaction and business data, prepare findings, and create draft reports for management review.
• Research tax and transaction issues arising during engagements.
• Build client relationships through networking and business development activities.
• Provide leadership and supervision to Staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field.
• At least 2 years of related experience, preferably in a public accounting or law firm.
• Ability to analyze complex business and transaction situations and learn new businesses quickly.
• Strong project management, organizational, presentation, marketing, interpersonal, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and ability to work on multiple engagements simultaneously.
• Willingness and ability to travel to client locations up to 50%.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Taxation or a JD with an LLM in taxation.
• CPA certification or a license to practice law.
• Experience in tax due diligence and M&A tax consulting.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package for eligible employees.
• Opportunities to work with private equity firms, investment banks, strategic clients, and middle-market businesses across multiple industries.
• Equal opportunity and affirmative action employment practices.