Tax Senior - Real Estate

Tax Senior - Real Estate | Elliott Davis

Join to apply for the Tax Senior - Real Estate role at Elliott Davis. We are a forward‑thinking tax, assurance and consulting firm with a culture of inclusivity, collaboration and collective growth.

Elliott Davis pairs advanced tax, assurance and consulting services with industry‑leading workplace culture. We operate from nine offices located in the United States’ fastest‑growing cities and are committed to delivering exceptional service to our people, clients and communities.

As a Tax Senior in the Real Estate Group, you will provide comprehensive tax services to individuals and businesses within the real estate sector. You will prepare and review intermediate‑level returns, oversee and delegate assignments, guide associates, and ensure timely, accurate completion of engagements while fostering a collaborative work environment and mentoring colleagues.

• Apply tax knowledge to intermediate‑level flow‑through and all levels of individual returns
• Review basic tax return engagements
• Analyze business transactions effectively
• Perform complete and efficient reviews of individual and business tax returns while guiding other staff
• Gather data from customers, the A&A department, and third parties
• Conduct tax research with a view to alternatives that satisfy client objectives
• Resolve all open items/issues encountered on assigned engagements
• Monitor engagement economics by managing budgets and seeking efficiencies
• Direct and control concurrent assignments to successful completion
• Manage bottom‑line productivity opportunities and become a subject‑matter expert in one or more technical aspects
• Teach, develop and oversee staff through engagements; delegate assignments and tasks
• Provide honest, objective and constructive feedback in a timely manner to staff
• Collaborate to identify and sell opportunities among existing customers
• Serve as a mentor and role model through active participation in firm committees, departmental matters, and events
• Perform other duties within scope of practice as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Two or more years of recent public accounting experience
• CPA certification or significant progress towards certification
• Experience in real estate preferred, but not required
• Ability to prepare and/or review complete financial statements
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Effective analytical and problem‑solving ability
• Strong time and work management skills

• Generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s
• Flexible work schedules
• 16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, 4 weeks of paid and caregiver leave (once eligible)
• First‑class health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
• One‑on‑one professional coaching
• Leadership and career development programs
• Access to Beyond: a unique program with experiences that help you expand your life personally and professionally

The physical and cognitive/mental requirements and the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to remain stationary, use hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment, and talk or hear, both in person and by telephone
• Required to have specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

• Use written and oral communication skills
• Read and interpret data, information, and documents
• Observe and interpret situations
• Work under deadlines with frequent interruptions
• Interact with internal and external customers and others in the course of work

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Sales and Management
• Industry: Professional Services