Tax Partner, Real Estate, REITs, Funds, and Trusts

Location: Any Location, United States Practice: Tax Services Level: Partner

About the Role

EA Talent Solutions has been engaged by a Top 15 professional services firm to find a Tax Partner for its Real Estate, REITs, Funds, and Trusts practice.

Real Estate investors, fund sponsors, and fiduciaries face tax questions that grow more complex with every transaction, structure, and regulatory change. As a Tax Partner, you’ll lead our client work in these areas, grow the practice, and mentor the professionals who serve these clients.

What You’ll Do

• Lead tax planning and compliance engagements for REITs, Real Estate owners and operators, private equity and Real Estate funds, and trusts

• Advise clients on entity structuring, acquisitions, dispositions, restructurings, and capital raises

• Advise on REIT qualification matters, including asset and income tests, taxable REIT subsidiaries, UPREIT structures, and distribution requirements

• Guide fund clients through partnership taxation, allocations, carried interest, and investor reporting

• Advise on trust and fiduciary tax matters, including grantor and non-grantor trusts, and estate and gift considerations

• Build and sustain relationships with clients, referral sources, and other practices across the firm

• Develop new business through proposals, presentations, and thought leadership

• Manage engagement economics, including staffing, budgets, realization, and collections

• Coach and develop managers and staff, and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team culture

• Uphold firm quality, risk management, and professional standards

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, taxation, or a related field; CPA required; JD, LLM in taxation, or master’s in taxation preferred

• Typically 12 or more years of progressive public accounting or law firm tax experience, including significant experience with REITs, Real Estate, funds, and trusts

• Working command of partnership taxation (Subchapters K and M), including sections 704(b), 704(c), 754, and 1031 as they apply to Real Estate and funds

• Experience with multistate, international, and tax-exempt or foreign investor considerations, such as UBTI, ECI, and FIRPTA

• A portfolio of clients or a demonstrated ability to build one

• Strong technical judgment, plus the ability to explain complex issues clearly to C-suite clients and investors

• Proven record of leading teams and developing talent

As a recruitment and workforce management service, we are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity in all recruitment processes. We conduct our services in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination and equal employment opportunity laws. We do not discriminate against candidates on the basis of veteran or disability status or any protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law. All candidate referrals are made based on individual qualifications, merit, and the requirements of the position. Clients engaging our services are reminded of their own legal responsibilities to uphold anti-discrimination laws and are expected to treat all referred candidates fairly and lawfully throughout the hiring process.