International Tax Director/Partner

McGladrey & Pullen LLP (a partner-owned CPA firm) delivers audit and
attest services. McGladrey & Pullen serves clients from approximately 100
offices across the United States. McGladrey & Pullen and RSM McGladrey
have an alternative practice structure. Though separate and independent
legal entities they can work together to serve clients? business needs.
When considered together, the two companies rank as the fifth largest
provider of accounting, tax and business consulting.

RSM McGladrey is a leading provider of financially focused business
services to midsized companies. The RSM McGladrey group of companies
offers accounting, tax services, business consulting, retirement
resources, employer services, corporate finance, wealth management and
financial process outsourcing. RSM McGladrey Inc. serves clients? global
business needs through its membership in RSM International (an
affiliation of separate and independent accounting and consulting firms).

Position Description:
The position will be filled at the Director or Partner level based upon the background and experience of the individual who is hired for the position. He or she will be responsible for:

Providing timely, high quality client service that meets or exceeds client expectations.

Delivering timely, high quality, and profitable services, that appropriately utilize Firm and client resources.

Attracting, developing, and retaining top talent.

Keeping lines of communication open with staff and clients.

Providing appropriate and timely performance feedback to those supervised.

Anticipating and addressing client concerns and escalating problems as they arise.

Demonstrating commitment to the Firm?s People Philosophy by modeling appropriate behaviors, and acts with respect and dignity in interactions inside and outside the Firm.

Promoting new ideas and business solutions that result in new clients for the Firm or extended services to existing clients.

Keeping abreast of latest developments as they affect GAAP and the Firm?s standards and policies.

Ensuring professional development through ongoing education and obtaining additional certifications as appropriate.

Position Requirements:
To be considered, candidates should have:

Minimum of seven years or more tax experience with a public accounting firm.

Practice development skills and experience (as outlined below)

Technical expertise (as outlined below)

Strong people skills (as outlined below)

CPA certification

Masters of Taxation or completion of other post graduate tax or law degree

Ability to travel on a limited basis (estimated as being 10% or less)

Fluent in Spanish

Practice Development Focus:
Growth and sales driven with the demonstrated ability to sell $200,000 or more of new and extended services annually.

Strong desire to start and develop a practice

Entrepreneurial mindset

Proven practice development experience including developing new clients, selling extended services and COI (centers of influence) network development

Outgoing with strong communication and interpersonal skills

Technical Expertise:
Experience with or "focus" on middle market clients ? includes extensive work with C and S-corp.'s, LLC's, partnerships and expatriate and non-resident individuals

Strong attraction to and desire to work in international tax

International tax experience that goes beyond compliance ? must include planning and implementation including foreign tax repatriation and credit planning, worldwide effective tax rate management strategies, acquisition and disposition of internationally active businesses, export sale tax strategies and significant experience working with US and foreign country tax treaties

Requires strong US tax foundation with significant experience with tax laws under Subchapter C, Subchapter S, Subchapter K including reorganizations and entity selection experience

People Skills:
Proven ability to manage personnel on projects of varying sizes (ranging from $1,000 - $50,000 or more)

Proven ability to develop and maintain talent - must have track record of mentoring personnel and advancing staff/manager's careers

Proven ability to develop relationships with owners of businesses and other appropriate level client personnel (i.e. CFO, etc.)

Ability to develop relationships with all RSM employees, however, concentrating efforts on partners, directors and managers and quickly establish a significant level of trust and respect.

RSM McGladrey, Inc. is a leading provider of tax and business consulting. McGladrey & Pullen, LLP (a CPA firm owned by its individual partners) provides assurance services. Though separate and independent legal entities, RSM McGladrey and McGladrey & Pullen work together to serve clients' business needs. They are members of RSM International, the sixth largest worldwide association of consulting and CPA firms (source: International Accounting Bulletin).

RSM McGladrey, Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen, LLP have an alternative practice structure. Though separate and independant legal entities, the two firms work together to serve clients' business needs.

For consideration, please submit your resume to our online career center at:
http://autohire.careershop.com/mcgladrey&pullen/JobSearch/JobView.asp?JobAd_ID=877980