Lead Tax Manager

About the role

This is a full-time onsite role based in the location(s) posted and is performed from the designated work location five days per week. No relocation is offered.

Overall Purpose

The Lead Tax Manager - Federal Income Tax Research & Planning serves as a technical advisor responsible for analyzing complex U.S. federal income tax matters, supporting strategic transactions, and developing well-supported tax positions. This role provides practical, business-focused tax guidance across corporate initiatives while balancing tax efficiency, audit defensibility, financial reporting considerations, and operational feasibility.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Technical Federal Income Tax Expertise

• Strong technical knowledge of U.S. federal income tax law, including corporate tax, partnership taxation, consolidated returns, attributes (NOLs, credits, basis), accounting methods, and transaction-specific provisions.
• Ability to research, interpret, and apply IRC provisions, Treasury Regulations, case law, IRS guidance, and legislative history to complex fact patterns. Experience analyzing tax implications of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, internal restructurings, financing arrangements, and partnership transactions.

Transaction Support & Structuring

• Identifies tax risks, opportunities, and structural alternatives to minimize cash taxes and optimize tax expense within acceptable risk parameters.
• Provides direct tax support to Corporate Development, Treasury, Legal, Accounting, Corporate Real Estate, and business teams on transactional matters.
• Participates in tax due diligence, transaction modeling, and post-close integration planning.

Tax Research, Documentation & Policy Support

• Prepares well-supported tax research memoranda, position papers, and technical analyses for internal use, compliance reporting, and audit defense. Documents federal income tax positions to support tax return reporting and financial statement disclosure.
• Analyzes enacted tax legislation and communicates impacts to relevant stakeholders, including potential planning opportunities or required process changes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Project Management

• Develops a deep understanding of legal entity structures, accounting treatment, and operational cash flows to inform tax recommendations.
• Manages projects involving multiple stakeholders and drives workstreams to completion while meeting deadlines. Effectively communicates complex tax concepts to non-tax partners in clear, practical terms.

Judgment, Controls & Professional Standards

• Exercises sound professional judgment in applying technical tax rules to real-world business constraints.
• Balances tax optimization with audit defensibility, financial reporting considerations, and operational feasibility.
• Supports income tax compliance, tax accounting, and federal income tax audits as needed.

AI Enablement & Technology Utilization

• Leverages AI-enabled tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot or similar) to accelerate tax research by summarizing statutes, regulations, rulings, and case law while retaining responsibility for technical conclusions.
• Uses AI to draft and refine tax research memos, transaction summaries, and stakeholder communications, improving speed and consistency while applying professional judgment.
• Applies AI-assisted data analysis to review transaction fact patterns, compare structural alternatives, identify anomalies, and support modeling assumptions.
• Understands appropriate governance, confidentiality, and validation controls when using AI with tax-sensitive and financial data.

Job Contribution

This person will help the organization make informed business and transaction decisions by identifying tax risks, planning opportunities, and structuring alternatives that align with corporate objectives and acceptable risk parameters. By partnering with Corporate Development, Treasury, Legal, Accounting, Corporate Real Estate, and business teams, the Lead Tax Manager will translate complex tax rules into actionable recommendations, support compliance and audit readiness, and improve the speed and quality of tax research and documentation through responsible use of AI-enabled tools and technology.

Supervisor: No

• Education/Experience: Master's degree in Taxation or MBA preferred.
• CPA preferred.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• Public accounting experience at a Big Four or other nationally recognized accounting firm, combined with corporate experience, preferred.

Pay and benefits

Our Lead Tax Manager jobs earn between $118,800.00 - $178,200.00 USD Annual. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Benefits

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
• Adoption Reimbursement
• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Extensive employee wellness programs
• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone
• Weekly Hours: 40
• Time Type: Regular
• Location: Dallas, Texas

Salary Range

$118,800.00 - $178,200.00