Senior Tax Accountant

Distinct | North America; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct | North America is seeking a Tax Senior in the San Francisco Bay Area. The role offers a salary between $99k and $122k with hybrid work options across participating firms.

You will handle individual and entity returns for business owners, perform initial reviews on junior work, and conduct research on complex tax questions while maintaining early client contact.

Qualifications

• CPA or parts passed and finishing.
• 3+ years in public accounting.
• Proven ownership of a project or assignment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare individual and entity returns for business owners.
• First review on junior work.
• Research complex tax questions.
• Maintain client contact from early on.

Skills

Public accounting experience

Client communication

Attention to detail

Education

CPA or parts passed and finishing

Job description

The Monday after 15 October is the quietest day in the calendar. Everyone's flat, nothing's due, and it's the one day of the year you get to think about whether this is the firm you want to be at next October.

$99k to $122k for a tax senior in the Bay Area. Hybrid at most firms.

What's on offer

• $99k to $122k, hybrid at most firms, in the Bay Area
• The highest senior range of any market on this desk
• Review as well as prep
• A book with some complexity in it rather than 400 of the same return
• Nobody has published an hours number for this level round here, so get it from each firm in writing

What you'll be doing

• Individual and entity returns for business owners
• First review on junior work
• Research on the questions that don't have an obvious answer
• Client contact from early on

What you'll have

• CPA, or parts passed and finishing
• 3 years or more in public accounting
• Something you can point at and say you owned it