Tax Senior

TAX SENIOR

The full job description covers all associated skills, previous experience, and any qualifications that applicants are expected to have.

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.

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