Tax Senior Associate - Salt (State & Local Tax)

Description:

As A Leading Advisory, Assurance, and Tax Firm grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation's top Professional Services and Business Advisory firms, we foster teams in Advisory, Assurance, and Tax services that value innovation and collaboration in everything they do!

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Tax Associate to join the team in our National Tax office on our SALT team in a virtual capacity.

Your Team.
This position will support our National Tax Team, which in turn supports the firm's broader tax practice. The right candidate will have a growth mindset and look for ways to expand their knowledge within both the tax space associated with their specialized services and varying industries.

They will also be eager to collaborate on thought leadership, webinars, and seminars while remaining results focused on assisting both internal and external clients in achieving their wide-ranging business goals.

Your Role.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Leading state and local tax audits of direct and indirect taxes and advocating for our clients throughout the controversy process.
• Compiling and reviewing client records and assist in the preparation of reconciliations in anticipation of meetings with state tax authorities during audits.
• Preparation of deliverables in nexus and taxability reviews including conducting necessary research and arriving at conclusions.
• Reviewing clients' books and records to identify jurisdictions in which nexus has been triggered for both income/franchise, gross receipts, and sales and use tax purposes and reviewing client contracts and invoices to identify the sales taxability of various revenue streams across jurisdictions.
• Preparing client deliverables and advising clients on exposure, mitigation strategies and preparing voluntary disclosures and managing the process from start to finish.
• Supporting the tax team on state and local compliance questions that arise.
• Researching and drafting alerts on breaking developments in state and local tax law.
• Researching multistate tax issues and drafting technical memoranda on various state tax matters as requested by clients.
• Serving as a technical resource on state & local tax matters and advising clients in a wide range of industries.

The Successful Candidate Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; Master's in Tax is a plus.
• CPA, CMA, CMI, CFE, JD or LLM is preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in state and local tax required. Prior tax experience in a public accounting firm, a law firm or state and local tax governmental agency required.

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