Real Estate Tax Senior — Lead, Mentor & Impact

Elliott Davis; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time away

Flexible work schedules

Maternity and parental leave

Health and wellness benefits

Professional coaching

Leadership development programs

Beyond program

Job summary

Elliott Davis in Chattanooga, TN invites a Tax Senior to join the Real Estate Group to provide comprehensive tax services to individual and business clients in real estate. You will prepare and review returns, supervise staff, and ensure timely, accurate deliverables.

The successful candidate will mentor staff, manage engagements, and contribute to firm growth while maintaining the highest standards of client service and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required.
• 2+ years of recent public accounting experience.
• CPA certification or significant progress towards certification.
• Real Estate experience preferred, but not necessary.
• Ability to prepare and/or review complete set of financial statements.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Effective analytical and problem‑solving ability.
• Strong time and work management skills.

Responsibilities

• Apply tax knowledge to intermediate level flow-through returns and all levels of individual returns.
• Review basic tax return engagements.
• Work effectively in analyzing business transactions.
• Perform complete & efficient reviews of individual and business tax returns while providing guidance to other staff.
• Gather data from customer, A&A department, and third party sources.
• Perform tax research with view for alternatives to satisfy customer’s objectives.
• Resolve all open items/issues encountered on assigned engagements.
• Actively monitor engagement economics by managing budgets and seeking efficiencies.
• Direct and control concurrent assignments to successful completion.
• Bottom-line management of assigned engagements and individual productivity opportunities, becoming a subject‑matter expert in one or more technical aspects.
• Teach, develop and oversee staff through engagements; delegate assignments and tasks.
• Provide honest, objective and constructive feedback in timely manner to staff.
• Collaborate to identify and sell opportunities among existing customers.
• Serve as a mentor and role model through active participation in firm committees, departmental matters, and events.
• Other duties within scope of practice

Skills

Oral and written communication

Analytical and problem-solving

Mentoring staff

Time and work management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Job description

Elliott Davis in Chattanooga, TN invites a Tax Senior to join the Real Estate Group to provide comprehensive tax services to individual and business clients in real estate. You will prepare and review returns, supervise staff, and ensure timely, accurate deliverables.

The successful candidate will mentor staff, manage engagements, and contribute to firm growth while maintaining the highest standards of client service and regulatory compliance.