Your Job
1888 Management is looking for a Counsel-Attorney that will provide legal support as a part of our in-house legal team. This is an exciting opportunity that will provide comprehensive legal counsel to a diverse clientele, ranging from startups to an established family office. you will be responsible for providing expert guidance and strategic advice to individuals, businesses, and organizations regarding their tax planning needs. Your role will involve analyzing financial data, staying abreast of tax laws and regulations, and developing innovative tax strategies to optimize clients' financial positions while ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations. You will collaborate closely with clients, financial advisors, and legal teams to implement effective tax planning solutions tailored to each client's unique circumstances.
What You Will Do
- Legal Consultation: Provide legal advice and strategic guidance to business executives and various departments on a wide range of business-related matters.
- Tax Strategy Development: Develop comprehensive tax strategies for the family office to minimize tax liabilities while maximizing financial outcomes.
- Tax Analysis and Research: Conduct thorough analysis of clients' financial information, tax returns, and relevant documents to identify tax planning opportunities and potential risks. Stay updated on changes in tax laws, regulations, and rulings to ensure accurate and effective tax planning advice.
- Client Consultation: Provide expert advice and guidance to clients on various tax matters, including income tax, estate tax, gift tax, and other relevant areas. Communicate complex tax concepts and strategies in a clear and understandable manner to clients from diverse backgrounds.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with clients' financial advisors, legal teams, and other professionals to develop integrated tax planning solutions that align with clients' overall financial goals and objectives.
- Tax Optimization Strategies: Develop and implement innovative tax optimization strategies, such as tax-efficient investment structures, retirement planning strategies, and charitable giving strategies, to minimize tax burdens and enhance clients' long-term financial success.
- Contract Review and Drafting: Review, draft, and negotiate various contracts and agreements, including but not limited to, vendor contracts, customer agreements,
- Compliance: Ensure the company complies with all relevant laws and regulations, including but not limited to, corporate governance, data protection, intellectual property, and industry-specific regulations.
- Risk Management: Identify and assess legal risks associated with business decisions and provide proactive recommendations to mitigate these risks.
- Litigation Management: Collaborate with external counsel when necessary to manage litigation, disputes, and legal proceedings involving the company.
- Policy Development: Assist in the development and implementation of company policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance and risk mitigation.
- Documentation and Reporting: Prepare and maintain detailed documentation of tax planning strategies, recommendations, and client communications. Generate reports and presentations summarizing tax planning initiatives and outcomes for clients and internal stakeholders.
A Successful Candidate Will Have The Following Characteristics:
- Able to work in a collaborative environment, helping colleagues be successful
- Exemplifies humility and is able to learn from co-workers from all levels
- Strong attention to detail
- Be adaptable to change and a fast-paced environment
- Legal understanding of contract terminology and usage of contract language
- Ability to identify issues and work with proper authorities to reconcile and solve problems
- Partner with Non-attorney team members to serve the business needs
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field.
- Experience using MS Powerpoint to create presentations, and excel to organize and analyze data.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Enrolled Agent (EA) designation required
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in tax planning, accounting, or related field, with a proven track record of success in developing and implementing tax strategies for individuals and businesses.
- Experience applying working knowledge of federal, state, and local tax laws, regulations, and compliance requirements in a professional role
- Experience analyzing complex financial data and identify tax planning opportunities and risks
- Experience working independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines effectively.
- Experience in document review and drafting
What Will Put You Ahead
- Advanced Degree
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
Koch Industries creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make life better. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineered technology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics and many more. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch employs 120,000+ employees across the globe.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf
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