Tax Compliance Supervisor

Rubin Brown is one of the nation’s leading accounting and professional consulting firms with a commitment to building personal relationships and delivering totally satisfied clients. The Rubin Brown name and reputation are synonymous with experience, integrity and value. Rubin Brown has revenue of approximately $240 million with 1000+ team members across locations in Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville, and St.

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The senior tax accountant will work directly with a single multifaceted client of Rubin Brown where they will be responsible for project management, tax planning, and compliance review. This position will also act as a liaison between the Big 4 firm preparing the tax compliance and Rubin Brown.

• Manage diverse fund platforms: Oversee data and reporting across a broad spectrum of real estate investment vehicles—including family office, industrial, real‐estate debt, Opportunity Zone, and multifamily strategies.
• Financial statement coordination: Collect, consolidate, and validate fund‐ and property‐level financial data; perform first‐level reviews to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Tax return workflow: Drive the end-to-end process for property and fund tax returns—gathering critical source data, liaising with Big 4 firms, and conducting initial review of all tax work papers and final returns.
• Quarterly projections & payments: Orchestrate information flow for quarterly tax projections and estimated payments, prepare supporting schedules, and perform first-pass quality reviews.
• Withholding & 1042-S filings: Coordinate and review U.S. withholding (state and federal) and 1042 filings for both property-level and fund-level entities, ensuring timely, compliant submissions.
• FIN 48 reporting: Prepare annual fund-level FIN 48 (ASC 740) reporting packages, complete with supporting analysis and documentation for external auditors.
• Tax provision roll-forward: Assist in rolling forward tax provision work papers, ensuring all adjustments and schedules are accurately maintained.
• CRM data management: Update and maintain tax-related data within our CRM solution to support reporting and stakeholder visibility.
• Ongoing tax compliance: Track all tax payments and deadlines, manage return mailings, and draft responses to IRS/state notices as needed.
• Compliance & investor documentation: Maintain key compliance trackers and register reconciling investor lists, updating debt/equity ledgers, managing PTP & ERISA trackers, and preparing corporate/REIT distribution and liquidation packages. Support tax preparers with data for semi-annual Opportunity Zone Fund tests and quarterly REIT compliance.

• Detail-oriented with ability to manage complex work streams without overlooking critical data
• Organized and self-directed—able to build and maintain project plans, track deliverables, and meet deadlines across multiple engagements
• Strong project management and coordination skills, including status reporting and issue escalation
• Skilled at mapping information flows: quickly learns where data originates, who the key stakeholders are, and how to validate and reconcile conflicting inputs
• Excellent verbal and written communicator—comfortable partnering with cross-functional teams (e.g., accounting, tax, operations) to clarify requirements and drive consensus
• Intellectual curiosity and sound judgment to establish “single source of truth” when disparate data points arise
• Experience in tax related to real estate, private equity, or real estate investment fund
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field; CPA not required

• The typical office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Ability to work extra hours as determined by the workload and client expectations.
• Travel for this position will be approximately 5% of the year.
• Ability to sit for long periods of time.
• Ability to move throughout office.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, pull up to 10-30 pounds.
• Ability to effectively communicate with clients, team members, etc.

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