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Corporate Senior Tax Accountant – Work life balance & flexibility!
About the Company and Opportunity:
- CFS is working with an employee-focused organization that has an open Senior Tax Accountant position.
- Headquartered in Portland, our client has multiple locations across the Western States.
- The Senior Tax Accountant is responsible for a wide range of accounting support as it relates to balance sheet reconciliations, review general journal entries, review monthly property tax accrual, sales tax filings, and fixed asset reports.
- They offer excellent benefits, including: 401(k), Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, EAP, FSA, hybrid flexibility, and more
- Some of the employee reviews, include things like:
- Family owned and strong leadership. They pride themselves on being the best in their industry
- Lots of opportunity for growth, great pay and benefits
Overview of the Senior Tax Accountant role:
- Research, consult, and write memos on complicated state, federal, and sales tax issues.
- Identify potential tax issues and tax planning strategies and make recommendations for changes as needed. Ensure that company policies and procedures are followed and establish the proper techniques to discover and prevent noncompliance.
- Research, propose and discuss strategies and solutions with Tax Manager. Including monitoring statutes, legislative activity, and tax publications to stay abreast of changes in laws and regulations affecting state, federal, and sales and use tax
- Interface with external tax partners to ensure effective coordination of all financial accounting and tax reporting activities. This includes preparation of tax provision and related tax workpapers for annual filing.
- Correspond with the IRS and various state tax commissions concerning filing or tax disputes as authorized.
- Journal entry preparation and/or review
- Reconciliation and analysis of various balance sheet and income statement accounts to ensure compliance
- Review tax basis federal and state fixed assets/depreciation reports
- Prepare quarterly federal, state, and local estimates for review
- Assist Tax Senior Manager with analysis and special projects.
- Other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications for the Senior Tax Accountant:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- 4+ years of related experience.
- Knowledge of Federal and multi-state sales tax laws and requirements.
- Independent problem solving skills.
Timing is everything. Whether you are aggressively in a job search or simply passive for the ideal position, we would like to have the chance to share our opportunities with you. We specialize in placement for accounting and finance professionals. Many of our positions are not posted on the internet. Please contact me for more information about this role as well as other opportunities.
CFS is a leading, employee-owned staffing firm—the largest one founded by CPA firms. With more than two decades of experience helping companies locate, attract and hire exceptional accounting, finance & IT professionals, CFS has unique resources to better understand hiring needs, attract higher-caliber candidates and assess candidate potential. Established in 1994, CFS today operates 30+ offices across 21 states and the Caribbean. Serving most major U.S. markets and beyond, CFS connects companies with candidates, from entry-level to executive level, temporary to direct hire and project support to interim management.
CFS was named to Forbes’ list of “Best Professional Recruiting Firms” three years in a row and also cited by LinkedIn as one of the “Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies” two years in a row!
CFS was named to Forbes’ list of “Best Professional Recruiting Firms” three years in a row and also cited by LinkedIn as one of the “Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies” two years in a row!
