Senior Tax Associate

The Mather Group, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mather Group, LLC is seeking a Tax Senior Associate to lead complex tax compliance and planning for high‑net‑worth clients. You will support retirement planning projections, respond to IRS notices, and present tax strategies to clients while mentoring Tax Associates.

You will manage workloads across short/long/seasonal periods, stay current on tax developments, and collaborate with client service teams to deliver accurate, timely tax solutions.

Qualifications

• EA or CPA eligibility preferred.
• 3 years in a Tax Associate level role or equivalent.
• Experience preparing individual, fiduciary, gift, and/or business tax returns.
• Experience in the financial services industry is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with Tax and client service teams.
• Proactive, accountable, and motivated self-starter with a commitment to continuous learning and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Review individual, gift, fiduciary, and business compliances with quality, documentation, accuracy, meeting established Tax team timeframes.
• Prepare, review and grow to finalize estimated tax, Roth conversion, and other projections to support effective tax strategies.
• Respond to IRS and state agency tax notices and audits.
• Identify tax issues such as missing information, tax positions, risk and exposure, and exercise sound judgment in determining resolutions.
• Prepare and review retirement planning projections that identify multi‑year opportunities for tax reduction and estate growth for clients.
• Have emerging understanding of tax planning strategies such as Roth conversions, NUA, DAF, QCD, cash flow management, investment tax consequences.
• Participate in client presentation of these strategies to clients formally and informally.
• Support, own and follow through on day‑to‑day client interactions including translating and responding to client requests into clear communications, actionable follow‑up items, and timelines.
• Draft and send professional and audience‑minded communications to clients and team members.
• Proactively communicate progress, open items, deadlines, risks, and emerging concerns to Tax and the client service teams.
• Suggest and pilot improvements to current status or new ideas.
• Train, mentor and own growth of Tax Associates to next level.
• Participate in departmental projects and initiatives.
• Plan and sequence workload for short/long/seasonal time periods and train Tax Associates to do same.
• Identify and alert leadership to timing and capacity issues with ideas to correct.
• Exercise sound judgment in determining what can be resolved independently versus what should be escalated.
• Follow all standards in work processes, procedures and documentation to be a model to team members as well as ensure efficiency, reduce risk and exposure, and increase quality.
• Expand tax technical and technology knowledge independently and share /present on‑point matters with team.

Skills

Tax compliance

Tax planning

Client communication

Time management

Independent work

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Proactive self-starter

Education

EA or CPA eligibility

Job description

The Tax Senior Associate is an advanced tax professional with a strong foundation in tax compliance and planning and emerging foundation in long‑term tax and financial strategies that support client wealth and estate planning. The Tax Senior Associate role requires a proactive team player who can adapt to evolving and multiple priorities, communicate effectively, build trusted client relationships, mentor and train, and support practice developments.

TMG values the Tax Senior Associate who has high level of independence and initiative, works with sense of urgency, stays current on tax technical and technology evolutions, demonstrates exceptional organization and critical thinking, and is committed to professional development to next level.

Role Responsibilities

Comprehensive Tax Compliance and Consulting

• Review individual, gift, fiduciary, and business compliances with quality, documentation, accuracy, meeting established Tax team timeframes.
• Prepare, review and grow to finalize estimated tax, Roth conversion, and other projections to support effective tax strategies.
• Respond to IRS and state agency tax notices and audits.
• Identify tax issues such as missing information, tax positions, risk and exposure, and exercise sound judgment in determining resolutions.
• Prepare and review retirement planning projections that identify multi‑year opportunities for tax reduction and estate growth for clients.
• Have emerging understanding of tax planning strategies such as Roth conversions, NUA, DAF, QCD, cash flow management, investment tax consequences.
• Participate in client presentation of these strategies to clients formally and informally.

Client Relationship Management

• Support, own and follow through on day‑to‑day client interactions including translating and responding to client requests into clear communications, actionable follow‑up items, and timelines.
• Draft and send professional and audience‑minded communications to clients and team members.
• Proactively communicate progress, open items, deadlines, risks, and emerging concerns to Tax and the client service teams.

Practice Development

• Suggest and pilot improvements to current status or new ideas.
• Train, mentor and own growth of Tax Associates to next level.
• Participate in departmental projects and initiatives.

Operational Oversight & Tax Expertise

• Plan and sequence workload for short/long/seasonal time periods and train Tax Associates to do same.
• Identify and alert leadership to timing and capacity issues with ideas to correct.
• Exercise sound judgment in determining what can be resolved independently versus what should be escalated.
• Follow all standards in work processes, procedures and documentation to be a model to team members as well as ensure efficiency, reduce risk and exposure, and increase quality.
• Expand tax technical and technology knowledge independently and share /present on‑point matters with team.

Required Experience

• EA or CPA eligibility preferred
• 3 Years in a Tax Associate level role or equivalent
• Experience preparing individual, fiduciary, gift, and/or business tax returns
• Previous experience in the financial services industry a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage and be flexible with multiple priorities and deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with various levels of Tax and client service teams
• Proactive, accountable, and motivated self‑starter with a commitment to continuous learning and process improvement