Tax Senior

Who You Are

• Have a Bachelor’s degree;
  Master’s degree/CPA preferred, not required.
• You have 2+ years of Tax experience
• You are friendly and professional.
• You are highly organized and detail oriented.
• You are willing to embrace moments of pressure and tight deadlines during busy season(s).
• You take pride in your work.
• You consider “Client First” the heart of client service.
• Willingness to learn and desire for personal growth.
• Professionalism – clock‑punchers need not apply; you enjoy working as a valued member of an overall team.
• You enjoy a challenge and working with multiple types of clients and industries.
• You enjoy working in a business casual work environment and the opportunity to have a flexible work arrangement.

Prepare and review tax returns for Individuals, Corporations, S‑Corporations, Partnerships, Trusts, and Estates. Must be able to work independently as well as within a team. Senior Tax Associate must be professional at all times and will have recurring direct client contact. This position involves critical thinking and attention to detail. The ideal candidate must be able to work rapidly, accurately, and under pressure during tax season to meet tight deadlines.

• Increased complexity level of projects. Must demonstrate ability to take a messy trial balance and provide AJEs to correct it.
• Prepare complete and accurate returns. Review others’ returns.
• Prepare documentation to support tax return calculations.
• Ability to mentor Tax Associates.
• Reviewing data input, identifying, and resolving technical issues.
• Work closely with managers and partners and keep team informed on status.
• Increased level of client communication while working on their tax return, and potentially throughout multiple years.
• Understand federal, state, and local tax codes.
• Show what you know! You have the knowledge—now apply it to real life situations. Thinking outside of the box is encouraged as well.
• Share your ideas and opinions with your team.
• Attend professional development and training sessions on a regular basis and apply what you learn to your assigned tasks.

Our compensation package includes a competitive base salary (commensurate with experience), retirement plan, health/dental/vision insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability options, EAP benefits, self‑managed PTO, experience‑based recognition, continuing education and more. We strongly believe in expanding our certifications and technical skills and have incentives for achieving designations/certificates that bring value to the firm.

At Ascend, we provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Ascend hires and promotes individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs.