Partner, Tax Services

RubinBrown LLP; Kansas; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

RubinBrown LLP in Kansas City, MO is seeking a Partner in Tax Services to lead engagements for financial institutions, construction, and real estate clients. You will provide strategic direction, client ownership, and technical leadership while mentoring staff and driving growth.

The role emphasizes quality, independence compliance, and collaboration across service lines, with a hybrid work model and opportunities to expand trusted relationships at the executive level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field; CPA required.
• Active CPA.
• 12+ years of progressive public accounting experience with significant focus in S Corps and Partnerships in various industries.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, AICPA compliance standards.
• Demonstrated success leading client relationships and executive-level discussions.
• Proven ability to drive business development, manage risk, and lead high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary relationship owner for clients, advising executive management and boards.
• Oversee engagements from planning through completion, ensuring compliance with standards, regulations, and RubinBrown’s quality expectations, and approve key deliverables.
• Maintain responsibility for quality, risk management, and independence compliance, serving as a technical resource on complex matters.
• Monitor engagement economics, including budgets, staffing, realization, and profitability, to support sustainable client relationships.
• Provide strategic guidance on complex tax, consulting and regulatory matters.
• Collaborating with existing team, lead and support business development through opportunity identification, client expansion, and proposal support.
• Coordinate across service lines to deliver integrated solutions and support growth of the designated industry group.
• Recruit, develop, and mentor professionals, supporting succession planning and long-term practice sustainability.
• Model RubinBrown’s One Firm culture through collaboration, ethical leadership, and professional excellence.

Skills

CPA

Tax planning

Tax research

Client relationships

Business development

Leadership

GAAP knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA

Master's degree in Accounting

Job description

Kansas City Office
Kansas City, MO 64105, USA

Description

RubinBrown LLPis one of the nation’s leading accounting and professional consulting firms with a commitment to building personal relationships and delivering totally satisfied clients. The RubinBrown name and reputation are synonymous with experience, integrity and value. RubinBrown has revenue of approximately $240 million with 1,000+ team members across locations in Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville, and St. Louis.

The Partner, Tax Services serves as a senior leader within RubinBrown’s Tax Services practice, providing strategic direction, client ownership, and technical leadership for engagements serving financial institutions, construction and real estate industries. This role offers the opportunity to build and deepen trusted client relationships, ensure the highest standards of quality and regulatory compliance, and mentor and develop future leaders within the practice. The Partner also plays a key role in driving practice growth through business development, cross-service collaboration, and thought leadership.

Major Responsibilities

Our ideal candidate is expected to have extensive knowledge in individual, partnership and corporate tax return preparation, tax planning and tax research. The Tax Partner responsibilities will focus primarily on mid-size corporate clients and will include but are not limited to:

• Serve as primary relationship owner for clients, advising executive management and boards
• Oversee engagements from planning through completion, ensuring compliance with standards, regulations, and RubinBrown’s quality expectations, and approve key deliverables.
• Maintain responsibility for quality, risk management, and independence compliance, serving as a technical resource on complex matters.
• Monitor engagement economics, including budgets, staffing, realization, and profitability, to support sustainable client relationships
• Provide strategic guidance on complex tax, consulting and regulatory matters.
• Collaborating with existing team, lead and support business development through opportunity identification, client expansion, and proposal support.
• Coordinate across service lines to deliver integrated solutions and support growth of the designated industry group.
• Recruit, develop, and mentor professionals, supporting succession planning and long-term practice sustainability.
• Model RubinBrown’s One Firm culture through collaboration, ethical leadership, and professional excellence.

Preferred Experience/Background/Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Active CPA required.
• 12+ years of progressive public accounting experience with significant focus in S Corps and Partnerships in various industries
• Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, AICPA compliance standards
• Demonstrated success leading client relationships and executive-level discussions.
• Proven ability to drive business development, manage risk, and lead high-performing teams.
• Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Commitment to quality, integrity, and the development of people and the profession.

Working Conditions

• Typical office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• Ability to work extra hours as determined by workload and client expectations.
• Travel will be most dependent upon office location. Travel may range from minimal to monthly.
• Hybrid model (2-3 days in the office/week).
• Ability to sit for long periods of time.
• Ability to move throughout office.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, pull up to 30-50 pounds.

One Firm

To foster a highly respected, inclusive culture that helps foster and promote an environment that is diverse and equitable for all team members and the firm to achieve growth and deepened expertise. RubinBrown is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

RubinBrown is an independent member of Baker Tilly International, the 9th largest accounting and business advisory network in the world. For more information, visit www.RubinBrown.com .

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Required

Bachelors or better in Accounting or related field.

Preferred

Masters or better in Accounting or related field.

Required

Cert. Public Accountant