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Tax Manager-Real Estate

Baker Tilly · IL · $92,000–$146,340 a year · Full time

Posted Aug 19, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you found a significant error during review. How did you handle it with the preparer and client?

What they are checking: Review skill and how they coach staff while keeping the client informed.

How do you train seniors to understand partnership capital accounts?

What they are checking: Whether they can teach a hard concept and build skill on the team.

What would you do

It's September, and three large real estate clients haven't sent their information. How do you manage it?

What they are checking: Deadline management and client communication during extension season.

How do you find planning opportunities with clients you mostly do compliance work for?

What they are checking: Whether they spot advisory needs, which managers are expected to bring forward.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd review a partnership return for a real estate fund with multiple tiers.

What they are checking: Whether they can trace allocations and basis through layered partnership structures.

How do Section 704(b) and 704(c) allocations work in a real estate partnership?

What they are checking: Depth on the allocation rules that drive most real estate partnership tax issues.

A client wants to sell a building and defer the gain. Walk me through a 1031 exchange and what can go wrong.

What they are checking: Practical knowledge of like-kind exchange rules and common traps.

How do the business interest limitation and the real property trade or business election affect your clients?

What they are checking: Understanding of Section 163(j) and the depreciation tradeoff of electing out.

How do you explain cost segregation to a client and decide whether it's worth it?

What they are checking: Ability to weigh accelerated depreciation benefits against cost and future recapture.

A developer client asks about opportunity zone investing. What do you tell them?

What they are checking: Awareness of qualified opportunity fund rules and their timing requirements.

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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. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. Please discuss the work location status with your Baker Tilly talent acquisition professional to understand the requirements for an opportunity you are exploring. Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state or local law. Any unsolicited resumes submitted through our website or to Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, employee e-mail accounts are considered property of Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorized recruitment agency ("search firm") for Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by Baker Tilly's Talent Attraction team, to submit candidates for review via our applicant tracking system. Job Description: Responsibilities Are you interested in joining one of the fastest growing public accounting firms? Would you like the ability to focus on one industry sector and further become an expert for your clients? If yes, consider joining Baker Tilly (BT) as a Tax Manager in the Real Estate sector in Chicago! - https://www.bakertilly.com/industries/real-estate This is a great opportunity to be a valued business advisor delivering industry-focused tax services to a diverse set of Real Estate clients. You will work side-by-side with firm leadership to serve clients and build the business, having a direct impact on the firm’s success. Additionally, you will be a mentor and coach to a group of talented staff, utilizing your expertise to help develop their technical and professional skills. If you are invigorated by these exciting challenges, then this could be the right opportunity for you! As one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, BT has the ability to offer you upward career trajectory, flexibility in how and where you get your work done and meaningful relationships with clients, teammates and leadership who truly care about you and your development! You’ll enjoy this role if: • You are looking for an opportunity to expand your career in Real Estate tax, becoming an expert to the clients you serve • You can see yourself as a trusted business advisor, working face-to-face with clients to find creative solutions to complex tax and business challenges • You want to work for a leading CPA advisory firm who serves their clients with their clients’ and employees’ best interests in mind and are transparent in their decisions • You value your development and want to work for a firm that provides you the autonomy to own your schedule and career • You want to contribute to your engagement team’s professional growth and enhance your own skills to build a career with opportunities now, for tomorrow What you will do: • Be a trusted member of the team providing various tax, accounting and advisory services to real estate clients: • Review and analyze accounting records and/or reporting with clients, provide analysis and consultation, and communicate with client to discuss accounting and business matters • Deliver best-in-class customer service to clients at all times, with an emphasis on being responsive, timely, professional, and accurate • Manage and build client relationships, act as liaison to address and resolve client issues, and assist team leaders in researching and providing additional services to client • Effectively delegate and oversee the work efforts by setting goals, providing resources, removing obstacles, and scheduling deadlines to meet client expectations for delivery • Maintain current knowledge of local, state, and federal tax practices and laws • Assist with managing client engagement staffing, billings/collections, and ensure client profitability targets are met • Utilize your entrepreneurial skills to network and build strong relationships internally and externally with clients and the community • Invest in your professional development individually and through participation in firm wide learning and development programs • Support the growth and development of team members through the Baker Tilly Care and Teach philosophy, helping associates meet their professional goals • Enjoy friendships, social activities and team outings that encourage a work-life balance Minimum Required Qualifications: • 4-year degree • CPA, EA or law license • Five (5) years of experience Preferred Qualifications: • Five (5)+ years’ experience providing tax services in a professional services firm • Two (2)+ years’ of supervisory experience, mentoring and counseling associates • Demonstrated management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills • Ability to lead and supervise others, provide exceptional client service, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning in order to stay current regarding applicable strategies, see the "big picture" as well as the details, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment, and exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of projects. • Highly developed software and Microsoft Suite skills • Experience working with Real Estate clients The pay rate range for this job position is $92,000 to $ 146,340 . 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. #LI-Hybrid #LI-NH1

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