Tax Supervisor - Comprehensive Tax Solutions

HORNE is a professional services firm founded on a cornerstone of public accounting.

As a top 25 business advisory firm, our 2,000+ team members serve clients from offices and project locations across the nation and Puerto Rico. Our Public and Middle Market team brings an owner’s mindset to companies and delivers game-changing results. We help clients navigate the business, financial, tax, technical and personnel issues that arise along the way so they can focus on growing their business and creating a competitive advantage.

If you’re ready to go beyond a traditional CPA position, lead a team to anticipate clients’ future and make your mark on the profession, then keep reading. If you are eager to own your career and inspire a team to provide an exceptional client experience, then we want you to join our team as a Tax Supervisor serving our public and middle market clients. Apply today and start thriving in an environment to flex both your leadership and technical skills.

Supervisors are responsible for preparing more complex tax returns with little assistance.  Supervisors will assist interns, associates, and senior associates with technical and software issues.  Supervisors will begin to review more complicated tax returns.  Supervisors will communicate with clients regularly and build client relationships. Supervisors will be proficient in tax research and be able to properly document and cite findings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assumes responsibilities for project management.
• Maintains familiarity with qualifications of all staff members; reviews staff assignments for appropriateness.
• Monitors time budgets.
• Leads staff and provides on-the-job training; reviews work papers and returns prepared by staff.
• Anticipates problem areas and questions that will arise during the course of a project.
• Keeps HWS leadership informed of all-important developments; analyzes problems and recommends solutions.
• Ensures that tax returns, and other compliance returns are prepared in accordance with professional and Firm standards.
• Coordinates progress reports and inquires with the relationship manager to keep the client updated.
• Works to develop responsible, trained staff by assisting in performance evaluations.
• Prepares invoices for clients and communicates details of the fees to clients and the consulting relationship manager.
• Possesses a complete knowledge of the Firm’s philosophy and its opinions on financial matters.
• Maintains knowledge of general economic and political trends of possible tax or other legislation that could affect the individual and business climate.
• Attention to client service and adding value to clients’ businesses is an integral part of the job requirements. Managers must demonstrate their ability to identify cross-selling opportunities and follow through with those opportunities or refer them to other professionals if necessary. Ownership of the business development process is required.
• Takes responsibility for accuracy of data entry, accumulation, and maintenance in all aspects of what we do as an accounting and consulting Firm.
• Learns through Mentor or other Partners proper delegation and management of workload and demonstrates ability to properly delegate and manage workload.
• Works to develop responsible, trained staff by assisting in recruiting, developing training aids, and acting as an instructor in professional development programs.
• Understands the Firm’s business on a day to day basis: billings and collections, proper utilization of staff, Firm policies and procedures, etc.
• Participates in Firm’s practice development efforts.
• Prepares other reports and projects as requested from time to time by the Partners.
• Participates in Firm’s marketing efforts to add new business to the Firm.
• Serves as Mentor for Supervisors, Senior Associates, and Associates.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to add new business to the firm.
• Demonstrated ability to lead other team members.
• Minimum of forty hours of continuing professional education is required each year to maintain and develop technical and business skills.
• Participates in career development program to improve managerial, communication and interpersonal skills.

Required Qualifications:

• Five to seven years of experience in tax required.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting required.
• Licensed CPA required.

The firm you’ll be joining is a decidedly different CPA-led business advisory firm. We are changing expectations by elevating client experiences to strategic and anticipatory versus historical. HORNE goes beyond traditional accounting to collaborate, advise and align with clients to transform rapid change and uncertainties into opportunities for growth and profitability.  We are a team that focuses on reaching our full potential, rewards high performance, and prioritizes leadership development for every team member. 

We focus our industry knowledge and experience in banking, construction, franchise, government, healthcare and public and middle market companies. Public and middle market companies include industries ranging from manufacturing, retail, transportation and logistics, technology and communication, agribusiness, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, real estate, insurance, and energy. These companies trust HORNE for service-based insights. Focused on the causes of complexity, we help clients establish the agility necessary to take advantage of opportunities, maintain growth, keep costs at bay, and maximize returns.

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