Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world's leading financial centers - New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

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Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and tax practice leaders to identify opportunities for process improvement and strengthen the firm's overall tax quality framework.

• Lead strategic initiatives that advance Tax Professional Practice Group's (Tax PPG) quality capabilities through innovation, data analytics, and continuous process improvement.

• Drive the adoption and integration of AI-enabled solutions within Tax PPG to identify, evaluate, and champion practical AI use cases that improve quality, streamline activities, and enhance the effectiveness and operational efficiency of Tax PPG.

• Partner with Market Tax Leaders (MTLs) to promote tax quality initiatives, address quality trends, and support remediation and continuous improvement efforts.

• Serve as the primary Tax PPG liaison with Client Operations and Tax Technology to support operational alignment with tax quality policies and facilitate monitoring compliance.

• Lead and oversee the tax quality control (QC) inspection program, including planning, execution, reporting, and continuous improvement of the firm's tax quality review process.

• Develop and oversee executive reporting and dashboards that provide real-time visibility into tax QC inspection results, quality metrics, emerging risks, and program performance, enabling data-driven decision-making by Tax PPG and Tax Service Line leadership.

• Present QC inspection and monitoring results and quality trends to PPG and Tax Service Line leadership, serving as a strategic advisor on matters impacting tax quality.

• Support the due diligence, onboarding, and integration of merged firms by assessing tax quality processes, implementing Tax PPG standards, and facilitating successful integration into the firm's quality framework.

• Other duties as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field required

• MBA or Master's Degree preferred

• Fifteen (15) years of public accounting tax experience, including 5 years of relevant Tax Professional Practice Group experience

• Big 4 or top-tier consulting firm experience preferred

• CPA license, required

• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills preferred

• Strong understanding of tax practice operations, engagement lifecycle, and tax quality management frameworks

• Experience designing and implementing quality inspection and monitoring programs, preferred

• Strong project management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to establish credibility and trust across a diverse stakeholder group

The pay rate range for this job position is $230,830 to $302,980 (Seattle/Dallas), $229,000 to $317,400 (Chicago), Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of relevant factors including but not limited to applicant's skills, prior experience, qualifications, degrees, professional certifications, work arrangements and geographic location. Baker Tilly offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.