Senior Consultant, Complex Property Tax

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid Work Options
• Award-Winning Culture
• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
• 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
• Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement
• Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
• 401K with Employer Match
• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
• Fertility Assistance Program
• Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service

The Property Tax Senior Consultant ("Sr Consultant") works with a team to identify tax savings opportunities for clients and to understand how the client computes all facets of the property tax. Functions include technical research, database reconciliation, and data analytics.

The ideal candidate will have analytical and problem-solving skills coupled with strong people skills. The successful candidate will be able to research issues, prepare property tax compliance filings, reconcile databases, and complete detailed calculations. Successful Ryan team members embrace and live these five Ryan values: Pursue Excellence, Wired to Win, Generosity Matters, Build Trust, and Integrity Always, and they will embody and demonstrate accountability.

The Consultant career path can eventually lead to a variety of management-level roles within Ryan, LLC. Candidates that apply for the Consultant role should meet certain educational requirements and possess specific professional technical skills as follow:

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan's Key Results

People

• Create a positive team member experience

Client

• Respond to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities

Education

• Possess a BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Real Estate, other business-oriented degree, or equivalent business work experience - master's degree in a business discipline or a JD a plus
• Must have (6) hours of Accounting or Economics or Real Estate or Finance with a of 3.0 GPA or higher, a Major GPA of 3.25 or higher
• Relevant work experience preferred (e.g. internships, summer positions, school jobs)
• Previous property tax experience desired - projections/forecasts, property tax return compliance, valuation analytics, negotiation or appeal support

Value

• Strong written and oral communication skills for client and external stakeholder interactions and negotiations
• Self-motivation - self-starter with ambition, drive, and curiosity
• If remote work, capable of maintaining daily task list, remaining focused with limited physical supervision
• Work effectively with clients and taxing authorities on a national basis
• Attend client meetings and property inspections
• Review client property tax records
• Analyze assessment notices and determine potential assessment reductions
• File appeals
• Determine liability for development projects
• Work with tax incentive issues for clients
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments, and manage ambiguity

Computer Skills

• Use of Microsoft 365 suite of productivity applications (e.g., Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel - V and X Lookups, Pivot Table manipulation, basic macros and formulas
• Bias for action - let leaders know when work is complete and additional assignments are needed

Work Environment

• Standard indoor working environment
• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm in person and via e-mail and telephone
• Position requires regular interaction with clients and interface with external vendors in person and via e-mail, computer application, and telephone
• Independent travel requirement: Up to 10-20%