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Tax Senior
Tax SeniorAffinity Executive Search • San Jose, CA, United States
Tax Senior

Tax Senior

Affinity Executive Search • San Jose, CA, United States
8 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

TAX SENIOR

Well established, highly profitable regional CPA firm seeks a Tax Senior to add to their growing staff. We offer a very reasonable work life balance, excellent benefits including large potential bonuses and a 5% employer contribution to your 401K program, a choice of both SEC and closely held clients to work on across diverse industry groups, overtime paid at time and one half, and a fast track to management.

Responsibilities

  • Performs diversified accounting, auditing, and tax assignments under the direction of supervisor, manager or partner.
  • Demonstrates competency in technical skills, work quality, and application of professional and Firm standards.
  • Directs and instructs assistants, where applicable, in work to be performed and working paper review.
  • Determines the extent of test-checking required in an audit and selects the transactions to be tested.
  • Prepares and indexes working papers; performs various procedures established under generally accepted accounting principles to verify accuracy and validity of client's financial matters.
  • Prepares complicated tax returns and returns on dissolution or liquidation.
  • Suggests client tax planning ideas to supervisor, manager, or Partner.
  • Prepares routine correspondence to client for approval and signature of a Partner; writes comments for management letters.
  • Supervises staff accountants and assistants with assignments, instructs them in work to be performed, reviews work done and directs necessary revisions.
  • Occasional overtime work required throughout the year. Heavy overtime work required from January 1 to April 15, may be in excess of 55 hours per week.

Qualifications

  • At least three to five (3 to 5) years' experience in public accounting, demonstrating a progression in complexity of auditing and accounting tasks and tax knowledge.
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, or master's degree in accounting.
  • Minimum of forty (40) hours of continuing professional education is required each year.
  • Either hold a current and valid CPA's license or be working toward obtaining the license by taking and passing the applicable state CPA exam.
  • If licensed, should be a member in good standing with the AICPA.
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