Jobs at Ascend (ascendtogether.com)

Prepare and review business and individual tax returns, gather client data, conduct tax research, analyze federal and state tax notices, and manage client relationships. The role also supports marketing, business development, recruiting, and supervision of entry-level staff. Candidates should demonstrate strong analytical, communication, project management, organizational, and client-service skills, with opportunities for advancement and future firm ownership.

Prepare and review federal, state, and local tax returns for individuals, corporations, S-corporations, partnerships, trusts, and estates. Resolve technical issues, correct trial balances, document calculations, communicate directly with clients, coordinate with partners, and mentor junior staff. The role requires accurate, efficient work under busy-season deadlines, strong knowledge of tax codes, independent judgment, and ongoing professional development.

Manage complex individual, corporate, partnership, and trust tax returns; oversee client engagements; mentor junior staff; conduct tax research; support tax planning, consulting, client relationships, and business development while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Lead and grow BiggsKofford’s Real Estate & Construction tax practice in Colorado. Responsibilities include managing significant client relationships, providing proactive tax planning and strategic advice, leading complex tax engagements, mentoring staff, developing new business and referral relationships, expanding client accounts, and contributing to firm strategy. The role offers a path toward partner leadership and equity ownership.

As a Tax Manager, lead client tax engagements, oversee preparatory work, mentor junior staff, and manage client relationships while ensuring compliance and efficiency.

Supervise and execute audit engagements for utility clients, including cooperatives, municipalities, and utility systems. Responsibilities include planning fieldwork, reviewing work papers, mentoring audit staff, evaluating utility accounting and internal controls, performing Single Audit compliance testing, applying RUS and FERC standards, communicating findings, and collaborating with managers and partners to ensure quality and timely delivery.

Manage diverse tax engagements for small businesses, corporations, business owners, and high-net-worth individuals. Responsibilities include reviewing complex tax returns, conducting tax planning and research, handling tax authority audits and notices, coordinating concurrent projects, scheduling and mentoring staff, improving processes, counseling employees, and developing new business. The role requires strong client relationships, technical tax knowledge, leadership, prioritization, and collaboration across accounting and advisory practices.

Manage accounting engagements for multiple clients, lead month-end and year-end close, prepare and review financial statements, analyze results, and support budgeting and forecasting. The role also involves client advisory, cloud accounting implementations, workflow automation, process improvement, reviewing staff work, mentoring junior accountants, and serving as a trusted client contact.

Prepares and maintains client financial records, including general ledger entries, reconciliations, and financial statements. Supports month-end and year-end close, controllership and CFO engagements, client onboarding, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, dashboards, and reporting. Uses cloud accounting and workflow tools, documents processes, assists with technology implementations, and identifies process improvements while collaborating with senior team members and receiving ongoing mentorship.

Leads assurance engagements from planning through issuance, overseeing audits, reviews, compilations, risk assessment, staffing, budgets, quality, and technical compliance. Manages client relationships, communicates findings, develops practical recommendations, and identifies cross-service opportunities. Supervises and mentors assurance teams, supports recruiting and practice development, and contributes to quality-management initiatives. Requires public accounting experience, active CPA licensure, and industry expertise in oil and gas or healthcare.

Prepare and review federal, state, and multistate tax returns for dealership entities, real estate affiliates, principals, and related trusts. Handle dealership-specific matters such as LIFO inventory, floor plan interest, business interest limitations, and cost segregation. Interpret financial and factory statements, support tax planning and projections, coordinate with client controllers, research tax law, resolve issues, and ensure compliance and timely deliverables.

Own monthly and quarterly close activities for a portfolio of clients, including reconciliations, accruals, fixed assets, journal entries, financial statements, and management reporting. Review payroll, tax filings, and 1099 reporting; serve as the primary client contact; onboard new engagements; coordinate with tax teams; supervise accounting staff; and implement process and technology improvements.

Manage tax planning and client engagements for closely held businesses, with emphasis on reviewing complex federal, state, multi-state, and flow-through tax returns. Research tax laws, recommend solutions, ensure regulatory compliance, communicate with teams and clients, meet deadlines, develop staff technical skills, and maintain trusted-advisor relationships. The role serves construction, real estate, manufacturing, and distribution clients and requires collaboration with business owners and financial professionals.

Prepare and review complex individual and business tax returns, evaluate client tax information, resolve open items, support tax planning and projections, research tax law and issues, provide recommendations, ensure regulatory compliance, and meet deliverable deadlines while communicating effectively with the team.

Supervise M&A tax due diligence for middle-market transactions, assessing tax risks, deal structures, and integration needs. Prepare reports, conduct tax research, advise clients, manage tax compliance engagements, review staff work, and serve as a key client contact. Mentor team members, resolve complex tax issues, identify additional service opportunities, and manage project deliverables and deadlines.

Develop and grow a significant wealth-management book of business while serving high-net-worth clients. Responsibilities include financial planning, investment recommendations, portfolio reviews, client relationship management, referral development, business networking, compliance documentation, and collaboration with CPAs, portfolio managers, and service teams.

Prepares federal, state, local, and special tax returns; researches tax regulations; advises on tax matters; manages multiple deadlines and projects; communicates with clients and firm personnel; and trains and develops staff. The role requires accounting experience with individual and partnership tax returns and is based in a hybrid model in Pasadena or Encino, California.

Own day-to-day audit and assurance engagement responsibilities, manage multiple concurrent engagements, coordinate staff work, research technical accounting questions, review work quality, track time, and build client relationships. Provide guidance and feedback to junior staff, identify technology and AI-driven process improvements, participate in business development and training, pursue specialization, and progress toward CPA licensure.

Prepares federal, state, local, and special tax returns for individual and business clients. Responsibilities include analyzing financial information, researching tax regulations, maintaining technical knowledge, managing multiple projects and deadlines, completing special projects, and contributing to strong client relationships. The role requires accounting experience, CPA candidacy, and effective analytical, communication, and project management skills.

Manage and execute tax engagements for privately held and high-net-worth clients, prepare business tax returns and financial statements (including multinational filings), perform tax research and planning, support audits, and handle client proposals, budgeting, staffing, and billing while fostering strong client relationships.