The Senior Manager of Tax Accounting & Forecasting will support the build-out and day-to-day execution of the Tax Accounting & Forecasting function within the US Firms Tax (“USFT”) organization, providing increased transparency and visibility into taxable income of the US Firms for our Partners, Principals and US Firms leadership.
This role is responsible for driving the operating cadence of the quarterly taxable income forecasting process—translating inputs into well-controlled analyses and deliverables, enforcing documentation and governance standards, and ensuring high-quality, on-time outputs. The Senior Manager will lead key workstreams (data intake, modeling, scenario analysis, controls, reporting packs, and stakeholder coordination) and will manage team members supporting the cycle. This role will also support executive-level reporting for the Finance & Audit Committee (“FAC”), the Board pf Directors, and Partner/Principal communications by producing clear narratives on assumptions, risks, and key drivers.
Recruiting for this role ends on April 30th 2026.
Work you’ll do
- Execute and manage quarterly taxable income forecast
- Lead the quarterly forecast operating cadence (workplan, timelines, stakeholder touchpoints, dependencies, deliverables tracking)
- Maintain the assumptions/change log and ensure disciplined change control across cycles
- Collaborate on the annual taxable income forecast model (periodic/quarterly refresh), aligned to business plan, latest forecast, and actual results
- Own the translation of financial results to taxable results by supporting the team as they analyze forecasted financials, identify material permanent and temporary differences resulting in forecasted key book-to-tax adjustments, entity/jurisdictional impacts, and other discrete items
- Partner with FP&A and Controllership to reconcile forecast-to-actual drivers (revenue, margin, compensation, impairments, restructuring, intercompany, etc.) and incorporate updated assumptions
- Provide support for the yearend input to consolidated taxable income (e.g., interim tax accounting support, effective taxable income driver analysis and reconciliation, quarterly/annual forecasted taxable income reporting packages)
- Partner with other USFT leaders to conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis (e.g., base/upside/downside; legislative or business changes) with clear driver attribution
- Oversee driver analysis, sensitivity/scenario analysis, and variances vs. prior outlook and actuals; ensure insights are decision-ready
- Lead workstreams and develop the team
- Manage and develop team members supporting the forecasting process (work allocation, coaching, quality review, performance feedback)
- Establish clear handoffs and quality checkpoints to reduce rework and improve cycle time
- Drive issue resolution across cross-functional dependencies and escalate with options/impacts as needed
- Operate and strengthen the control environment
- Own operational control execution for the cycle (review checklists, evidence retention, version control, review protocols) and ensure audit-ready traceability
- Ensure documentation standards are met for methodology, key judgments, and support for outputs used in executive reporting
- Identify control gaps or recurring process issues and drive remediation plans with owners and timelines
- Lead reporting development and executive-ready communications
- Produce and quality-review leadership-ready materials (summary narratives, reporting packs, key driver exhibits, risk/issue logs, decision points)
- Support FAC/leadership reporting by ensuring clarity, accuracy, and traceability to underlying analysis
- Establish a reporting cadence for the Partner/Principal community and support communications to this group by translating technical outcomes into plain-language drivers, variances, and implication
- Continuous improvement and innovation
- Identify and deliver enhancements (standardized templates, workflow improvements, automation opportunities, data quality controls, repeatable reporting packs)
- Partner with enabling teams to improve data access, reporting efficiency, and analytics capabilities
- Capture lessons learned each cycle and implement process improvements ahead of the next quarter
The Team
Deloitte Services LP includes internal support areas such as Finance and Administration, Talent, Information Technology, Marketing and Communications, and Facilities Management. This Tax Accounting & Projections Manager role is part of our internal USFT team which is a subset of our Finance and Administration group. The USFT team is responsible for setting the tax policy for the Deloitte US Firms in the US and other countries where it has operations, as well as for all the domestic and foreign compliance for the Deloitte US Firms’ entities.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Taxation.
- CPA, Enrolled Agent, or other relevant certification.
- Seven (7)+ years of relevant experience in tax, finance, accounting, analytics, or related roles
- Strong technical tax and tax accounting foundation (e.g., ASC 740 concepts) and the judgment to apply it in a forecasting/projections environment
- Control-minded approach with strong documentation discipline (auditability, traceability, version control) and ability to strengthen operating rigor
- Limited immigration sponsorship may be available
- Ability to travel 0-20%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
Preferred:
- Advanced degree
- Experience modernizing forecasting/projections processes through standardization, automation, analytics, and reporting tools
- Comfort influencing in a matrixed organization and facilitating alignment on assumptions and key judgments
- Experience preparing materials for senior governance forums (e.g., FAC/Board-level audiences)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Significant experience leading complex, deadline-driven cycles with multiple stakeholders and cross-functional dependencies
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams and deliver through others (coaching, delegation, quality management, performance feedback)
- Strong executive communication skills, including translating analysis into clear narratives and implications for senior audiences
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $118,700 to $243,700.
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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