Family Tax Accountant - Mobile, AL

Gateway Sourcing; Mobile (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Job summary

A leading family office in Mobile seeks a Tax Manager to provide comprehensive accounting and tax advice. The role involves managing a team and offering tailored tax solutions for a reputable family business, emphasizing independence and professional growth within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years public accounting experience, focusing on tax.
• 4 years supervisory experience required.
• Strong initiative and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide tax preparation services for various entities.
• Direct and coordinate tax engagements specific to family needs.
• Manage and develop a team of tax professionals.

Skills

Leadership

Decision-Making

Tax Research

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Job description

If you’ve gone the traditional public accounting route and perhaps looking for a deeper engagement with your client, this may be the opportunity for you.

The select candidate will be succeeding a person who has held the position for 20 years. This person will be supporting a long standing, highly reputable family in the Mobile community. They have been applauded not only for their successful business(es), a significant employer; but also a great community supporter and generous philanthropic donor.

In this role you will be providing accounting and tax advice to an emerging family office which encompasses a wide range of entities and endeavors. You will be an active participant in the future growth of the family office and the expansion of services it offers. You will also build and manage a team of other tax professionals as the family office continues to grow. This opportunity will appeal to those that are currently in public accountingandwant to get away from a traditional firm environment and have more control on the trajectory of your career.The family office serves multiple generations involved in several industriessuch as real estate development and management, professional services, retail businesses, investments, trust holdings and not-for-profit. This position willlead and direct a wide array of tax engagements that are specific to each family’s need; therefore, candidates must have a broad base of professional skills including (but not limited to) establishing workload priorities,organizingand planning individualprojects, supervising others, working independently, and analyzing and researching complex matters to reach an appropriate conclusion.

Essential Functions:

• Tax preparation services including corporate, partnership, trust, individual and not-for-profit
• Research tax issues and resolutions/recommendations for those issues
• Stay abreast of developments and changes in tax law and accountingprocedures
• Direct, coordinate, schedule, and exercise functional authority for planning, organizing, coordinating, and interfacing with family members to ensure all deadlines aremet
• Communicate and interface with family members to ensure the family’s best interests areachieved
• Assign, track and manage tasks/projects that are sent to staff toprepare
• Take an active role in developingstaff
• Maintain public certification and adequate Continuing Professional Education units

Requirements:

• Certified Public Accountant; Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field preferred
• Minimum10years of public accounting experience with a concentration in tax engagements
• Minimum4years supervisory experience
• Well-developed decision-making skills and initiative to make thosedecisions
• Work calmly and effectively underpressure
• Prioritize a heavy workload and remainorganized
• Demonstrated leadershipability
• Demonstrated ability to solve problemscreatively

COMPENSATION: Position is full time, permanent. Compensation will be commensurate with experience and includes excellent benefits.

If you are qualified and interested, please submit your resume.