Jobs at Ascend (ascendtogether.com)

Provides business tax planning, compliance, preparation, and review services; manages client engagements, budgets, deadlines, and tax authority correspondence. Advises clients on tax-saving opportunities, participates in client meetings, and supports business development. Supervises, trains, and mentors associates and interns while collaborating with firm leadership. The role requires strong tax technical, analytical, organizational, communication, and relationship-management skills.

Lead tax engagements for privately held businesses and their owners, manage multiple client accounts, review business, personal, and trust tax returns, mentor junior staff, and provide high-level client service. The role requires strong public accounting experience, technical tax expertise, relationship-building skills, and the ability to balance leadership with hands-on work. Remote and hybrid options are available.

Manage tax engagements for privately held businesses and their owners, including business, personal, and trust returns. Review tax work, lead client relationships, solve complex tax issues, mentor junior staff, manage multiple engagements, and provide hands-on leadership. The role requires strong public accounting experience, an EA credential, and the ability to serve clients in a collaborative, relationship-driven environment.

Prepare complex tax returns, review smaller returns, manage multiple client engagements, and provide proactive tax guidance to privately held businesses and their owners. Build lasting client relationships, communicate clearly, manage an assigned book of business, and work independently within a collaborative public accounting team. The role may also involve gift tax and nonprofit engagements.

Manage approximately 15 client accounts, performing transactional accounting, AP/AR, reconciliations, payroll processing, payroll tax reporting, excise tax filings, data analysis, and month-end close support. Maintain accurate books, communicate directly with clients, manage multiple deadlines, and improve accounting workflows and processes. The role requires strong QuickBooks Online and Microsoft Office skills, accounting knowledge, and 1–2 years of relevant experience.

Own and improve firm-wide workflows, systems, data quality, automation, and performance reporting. Administer practice management, client portal, and engagement letter platforms; standardize procedures; manage access and licenses; build dashboards; and provide partners with visibility into receivables, budgets, profitability, deadlines, and staff capacity. The role also supports operational special projects, integrations, leadership priorities, and adoption of AI-enabled process improvements.

Owns and improves the firm’s operating workflows, systems, data, automation, and performance reporting. Responsibilities include standardizing processes, administering practice management and client platforms, maintaining data and access, building dashboards, analyzing profitability and capacity, coordinating technology requests, and supporting operational integration and special projects. The role partners with leadership and staff to improve efficiency and establish scalable operating practices.

Leads People and HR strategy for a partner accounting firm, overseeing talent acquisition, employee relations, performance management, professional development, compensation, compliance, payroll, benefits, communications, and HR operations. Advises leadership on workforce strategy, develops People KPIs, builds training programs, manages evaluations, supports integrations, and drives talent attraction, retention, and organizational growth.

Manage a national tax client portfolio, ensuring accurate preparation, review, and timely filing of tax forms. Provide consultation on complex tax matters, regulatory research, risk management, and strategic solutions. Review team work, mentor staff, support professional development, improve departmental efficiency, and contribute to business development while maintaining strong client relationships.

Manage a national client portfolio, oversee tax preparation and compliance, review tax professionals’ work, advise clients on complex tax matters, research regulations, improve departmental efficiency, support business development, and mentor team members. The role requires CPA or EA credentials, a bachelor’s degree, and extensive public accounting experience.

Provides administrative and client support for assigned accounting partners, including phone and calendar management, meeting coordination, mail and document handling, correspondence drafting and proofreading, and tracking tax-return files and materials. The role requires strong organization, communication, follow-through, client service, technology skills, and the ability to manage deadlines in a professional office environment.

Own a portfolio of clients by managing accounting deliverables, financial statement preparation, month-end close, client communications, onboarding, financial guidance, and staff mentorship. The role also supports internal projects, process improvements, and operational tasks while maintaining multiple client deadlines.

Leads international and domestic tax engagements for multinational enterprises and high-net-worth individuals. Advises on cross-border transactions, treaty planning, entity structuring, tax compliance, and multi-jurisdictional matters. Reviews international tax filings, develops strategic solutions, monitors regulatory changes, manages client relationships, supports business development, and mentors tax professionals. The role also helps build and expand the firm's international tax practice.

Perform audit procedures and testing across planning, fieldwork, and reporting; prepare workpapers; research accounting and auditing issues; communicate with clients; track time and identify scope concerns. The role includes participating in client meetings, applying feedback, learning AI-enabled audit tools, completing firm training, and pursuing CPA licensure while developing specialization in areas such as healthcare or nonprofits.

Plans, executes, and supervises audit engagements for varied clients. Responsibilities include leading and mentoring audit staff, reviewing workpapers, handling complex revenue, debt, capital credit, and regulatory accounting areas, applying RUS and FERC standards, supporting Single Audits, identifying control issues, and communicating findings to management. The role also coordinates with managers and partners to maintain audit quality, meet deadlines, and resolve engagement issues.

Prepare and review business and individual tax returns, gather client data, conduct tax research, analyze federal and state notices, manage client relationships, support business development, and supervise entry-level staff. The role requires strong analytical, communication, project management, and client service skills, with opportunities for advancement in a flexible hybrid environment.

Manage tax engagements from planning through review, oversee complex individual and business returns, advise clients, identify tax opportunities, support audits and business development, and coach tax professionals across hybrid and remote teams. The role requires strong federal and state tax expertise, engagement management, client communication, billing oversight, and responsible use of AI-enabled tax tools.

Prepares and reviews individual, corporate, partnership, and trust tax returns; researches tax issues; supports tax planning; communicates with clients; mentors interns and associates; reviews AI-assisted work; and helps ensure accurate, timely client service while staying current on tax regulations.

Manage diverse tax projects and client relationships, review complex federal, state, and local tax returns, conduct tax planning and research, address tax authority audits and notices, coordinate deliverables, mentor staff, support business development, and improve processes. The role also involves career counseling, cross-functional collaboration, and managing multiple client engagements while maintaining high-quality, timely service.

Perform audit procedures for commercial and nonprofit clients, including preparing workpapers, reconciliations, lead schedules, analyses, financial statements, and audit findings. The role requires applying U.S. GAAP, GAAS, and internal control principles; investigating variances; documenting audit evidence; supporting planning; communicating with clients; and completing multiple assignments within budget, deadline, and quality requirements.