Senior Tax

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.
• Prepares work papers to support complicated tax returns and other tax compliance projects.
• 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.
• Trains staff and assists 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.

• 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.