Job Description
We currently have a career opportunity for a Tax Senior to join our Tax Advisory practice, on a career path that will broaden your horizons on a partner track. This position offers you a wide variety of tax consulting and compliance work experiences. It also provides a broad skill set and diverse knowledge base, both very helpful as you consider which specific areas of tax you may wish to pursue as your career advances. This position offers an excellent opportunity to develop into a "well-rounded" tax professional, with the opportunity to gain valuable real-world experience in many different areas.
Responsibilities
- Research complex tax theory, positions, and apply them to specific clients needs
- Exercise a high degree of independent judgement and discretion in providing tax services
- Identify and document tax technical and engagement issues and risks
- Demonstrate solid working knowledge of tax tools and technology
- Monitor, mentor and train staff
- Discuss the engagement with internal and external sources to gain thorough knowledge of the client
- Prepare work plans and other planning documents
- Determine information needs and the methods for gathering data; assess data when received; determine whether critical data elements have been received
- Prepare and maintain accurate, well organized work papers
- Perform a quality review of the product
- Develop an understanding of engagement economics to become aware of how decisions impact profitability
- Stay abreast of current business and economic developments relevant to the client's business
- Provide performance feedback to Staff
- Assistance with administrative tasks as assigned by the Tax Partner
- Recognize opportunities to provide additional services to existing clients
Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree and approximately 4 years of related tax work experience, or a graduate degree and approximately 3 years of related tax work experience
- Professional certification (CPA, EA, JD)
- Working knowledge of current and emerging tax issues, with the ability to apply knowledge
- Working knowledge of tax laws
- Working knowledge of tax software - Thomson Reuters UltraTax and Onvio knowledge is a plus.
- Ability to work in a cloud based environment
- Excellent analytical, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
- Integrity, dependability, and trustworthiness
- Self-driven, demonstrates initiative and able to multitask and adapt to changing priorities
- A commitment to learning and improvement
- Energetic with client service focus.
- Willingness to mentor and train staff