As a Senior in our Tax service line, you will be responsible for the following:
- Prepare and review federal and multi-state income tax returns for individuals, partnerships, corporations, and trusts and its related income tax work papers
- Prepare more complex client work and delegate entry level work to staff accountants
- Take ownership and organize workflow of client engagements, ensuring filing deadlines are met
- Identify tax issues and propose strategies to resolve them
- Research technical tax information
- Respond to and prepare correspondences to tax authorities
- Responsible for meeting engagement timelines and budget guidelines, and provide job status to partners, managers, and client personnel in a timely manner
- Develop strong relationships with firm professionals and clients
- Supervise and manage expectations of engagement teams, staff accountants and/or interns on your teams
- Coach and provide feedback to junior team members
- Effectively utilize and train others on firm tax preparation software
- Participate in staff and senior level trainings
- Ensure high quality of work product
To be successful, these are the skills and experiences you will need:
- 2+ years of experience depending on relevant work experience
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related major required
- Passed all 4 sections of the CPA Exam and has met the requirements to obtain their CPA license strongly preferred
- Strong technical aptitude and communication skills
- Ability to work independently
- Has proven experience in leading and supervising a team
- Can learn, teach, and supervise in a fast paced environment and is receptive to feedback and coaching
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize responsibilities, and take initiative on projects
- Has high attention to detail
Skills Required
- 2+ years of relevant tax experience
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related major
- Passed all 4 sections of the CPA Exam / met requirements to obtain CPA license
- Experience preparing and reviewing federal and multi-state income tax returns (individuals, partnerships, corporations, trusts)
- Proven experience leading and supervising teams (staff accountants, interns)
- Strong technical aptitude and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
- Experience researching tax issues and preparing correspondence to tax authorities
- Ability to use and train others on firm tax preparation software
- High attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines and budget guidelines
What We Do
We are a Top 30 CPA firm headquartered in Los Angeles, providing tax, audit and assurance, business management, mergers & acquisition, and valuation advisory services to clients across a wide variety of industries. Our engagement teams are business-focused, and our business model is built on partner access and advice. We have been recognized by Inside Public Accounting as one of the “Best of the Best” firms for a record 17 consecutive years, validating we do the right things for our people, our clients, and our communities. With a team of over 700 members operating from nine offices throughout California, and offices in Arizona, Texas, and Utah, we have the scale and bench strength to meet your needs—whether a business, nonprofit organization or a high net worth individual. We are known in the marketplace as a firm with deep technical skills addressing the most complex tax issues associated with partnerships and pass-through entities. Clarifying and resolving complex issues is what we do. How we do it is what sets us apart from other CPA firms. To learn more about HCVT, visit us at www.hcvt.com. If you’d like to be a part of our team, connect with us at [email protected] or visit https://jobs.lever.co/hcvt.
