USA Senior Tax Preparer | Form 1040 High Income Clients | Work From Home Remote

Gillingham CPA, PC; Manila; Remote; PHP 2,362,000 - 2,659,000; Full time

Job summary

A tax specialist firm is seeking a Senior Tax Staff member with at least 5 years of USA tax preparation experience to work fully remote. Responsibilities include preparing individual tax returns and ad-hoc duties. Strong English communication skills are required, along with a solid understanding of the US tax system. The position offers excellent pay, generous time off, and a supportive remote work environment.

Benefits

Excellent pay

Fully remote work

30 working days paid time off

Supportive learning environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years USA tax preparation experience required.
• Ability to prepare individual tax returns including high-income earners.
• Experience with business returns is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare individual tax returns predominantly.
• Conduct ad-hoc duties, training, and possibly reviewing tax returns.
• Maintain complete and timely responsiveness to correspondence.

Skills

USA tax preparation

Strong written and spoken English

QuickBooks online experience

Tax planning and advisory

Tax return review

Tools

QuickBooks online

Lacerte

Job description

5 Years USA tax prep experience required. Reviewer experience is welcome. Previous manager experience is welcome.

The ideal candidate will be spending 80% to 100% of their time preparing individual tax returns (https://www.gillinghamcpa.com/framework/). The possible 20% of time is for ad-hoc duties, training, and possibly reviewing tax returns experience permitting.

The tax firm is highly specialized and not all previous skills are transferable. That is ok. It is possible to have previous manager experience or more senior titles, yet, still fill this senior role.

This is a fully remote role that starts at 5 AM sharp Monday through Friday, Manila time zone.

Critical

• 5 years USA direct taxation experience with CPA firm or equivalent (BPO)
• Complete and timely well written responsiveness to all correspondence
• Submission of information requests contained within the posting

Gillingham CPA is looking for a Senior tax staff member with USA tax preparation experience, ideally with a minimum of 5 years (60 dedicated months in USA tax preparation). We are proud to offer excellent pay and time off. Strong written and spoken English is required.

Please be sure to include in your submission the cumulative months of experience in the following areas:

*We use months as an experience gauge. For example for one year you could be preparing business returns 8.3% and preparing individual returns the rest of the time. In such a case you would report 1 month of business tax experience and 11 months of individual preparation experience.

• Individual tax prep, including Schedule C businesses
• High income individual tax prep (households > $250K)
• Tax planning (please detail)
• Tax advisory (please detail)
• Tax return review (please detail)
• C-Corp, S-Corp, and Multi-member LLC / partnership prep
• Quickbooks online or similar bookkeeping experience
• Other accounting experience

An exclusive secure full time office is required. Minimum computer and internet speed will be required. Equipment will be purchased and owned by the company if needed. Local background check and references are required.

Due to time zone differences we are looking for an excellent learner that enjoys 90% of the time learning and working independently.

Depending on Experience Comp: $40,000 to $45,000 annually (pro-rata bi-monthly pay) with holiday / vacation / sick time benefits (30 working days off). No additional month pay or insurance benefits paid. Maternity leave available after 1 year of service. Maternity leave is half pay, 1 month for fathers and 2 months for mothers. Pay is fixed to the US dollar and does not adjust with the exchange rate.

Hours: 40 per week

Working schedule is Manila Time Zone: 5 AM to 2 PM, Monday through Friday

(8 working hours and 1 hour unpaid break)

(Calls with USA first thing in the morning)

Reviews of performance and any added time flexibility at 30 days (trial period), 3 months, 6 months, 1 year.

Experience

• USA tax preparation required - 5 years minimum
• Accounting / bookkeeping is a plus

Benefits

• Excellent pay
• Fully remote and friendly work environment (work from home)
• Career advancement and supportive learning environment
• 6 weeks paid time off equivalency (30 working days with a combination of paid time off, sick, and floating holiday)

Big Plus

• Pursuing a long-term public accounting career (CPA / EA oriented or satisfied with a long term senior tax role that offers professional growth)
• Tax return review experience
• Accounting knowledge that applies to business tax returns
• Year-end close and adjusting entry experience
• Planning and advisory work experience
• Ability to review highly technical tax returns is a big plus
• QuickBooks online and/or Lacerte experience

Questions

Please let us know about your relevant work experience and detail the percentage breakdown of duties as was noted earlier in the posting.

***Important*** Please include your relevant experience in terms of total months as requested earlier in the post.

Any work from home experience?

Please describe your work environment.

Please let us know what excites you about the job.

What are the issues with your current or previous job?

Thank you! Please note that due to the volume of applicants that not all applications may receive a response. We appreciate your time and effort.