Baker Tilly US India | Tax Manager

Responsibilities

• The team offers strong exposure to technical tax work, client collaboration, and evolving regulatory environments, creating opportunities to build deep tax expertise, ownership, and long-term career growth in a dynamic and supportive setting.
• You’ll be part of a supportive, collaborative team where people share knowledge and take pride in doing meaningful work together.
• This role offers exposure to a diverse client base, helping you build well-rounded experience while working with modern tools and evolving practices.
• You’ll be encouraged to grow, take initiative, and shape your career in a way that aligns with your strengths and interests.
• Provide guidance to clients on individual tax services, demonstrating expertise in areas such as 990, 5500,1040 or 1041.
• Oversee the calculation and analysis of tax strategies for clients and assist with delivering to the client.
• Manage and review the preparation individuals tax returns, estimated payments and extensions.
• Monitor, document and apply the tax laws for US tax return preparation.
• Provide both leadership (mentoring and coaching) and supervision to Tax Seniors and Staff.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and contribute towards implementing them.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in CCS Access Software and Sure Prep tools.
• Ability to handle business entity tax compliance tasks effectively.
• EA, CPA (US) or CA (ICAI) certification preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in US Taxation.
• Previous experience in a public accounting firm preferred.
• Proficient in individual taxation - 990, 5500,1040 or 1041.
• Minimum of 2 years of supervising and training experience.
• Prior experience working with large, multi-state, internationally active middle-market clients preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively both as part of a team and independently and strong organizational skills required for managing multiple client engagements.

Baker Tilly US, LLP

The firm's roots in the United States go back to 1931, when it began as Virchow, Krause & Company, and the current partnership was organised in 1953. It joined Baker Tilly International in 1999 and took the Baker Tilly name in 2009. It has since grown through mergers with ParenteBeard in 2014 and Squar Milner in 2020, among others. Baker Tilly provides audit and assurance, tax, and advisory services, with a CPA firm handling attest work and a separate advisory group handling tax and consulting. In 2023 it formed a joint venture with the Indian firm Pierian Services, called BT Pierian, to add service delivery capacity in India across assurance, advisory and managed services.

The openings are mostly in Bengaluru, with some roles in Gurugram and Kochi. US tax roles at manager and senior manager level ask for CPA, CA or an Enrolled Agent certification. Assurance and internal audit roles prefer CA, CPA or CIA. Other postings cover accounting advisory, transaction advisory, business valuation, corporate finance advisory, FP&A, treasury, cash applications, billing, private equity fund services and managed accounting services. Roles run from associate to senior manager, and the accounting advisory roles in Gurugram ask for CA, CPA or ACCA.

• Industry: Accounting, tax, assurance and advisory services, including managed accounting services
• Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States (U.S. member firm of Baker Tilly International)
• In India: BT Pierian, a joint venture with the Indian firm Pierian Services formed in 2023; finance and accounting roles in Bengaluru, Gurugram and Kochi