Tax Manager

Socket.dev; Bozeman (MT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JCCS Tax Specialists seeks an experienced Manager to lead tax and accounting engagements, oversee completion of returns, audits, and complex projects. You will supervise staff, ensure quality control, and contribute to firm committees and marketing efforts.

Candidates must hold a CPA license in Montana, a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, and 5+ years of public or private accounting experience. The role requires confidentiality and leadership in a fast-changing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from an accredited university.
• Licensed CPA by the Montana State Board of Public Accountants.
• 5+ years’ experience in public or private accounting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain confidentiality of client, staff, and firm operations.
• Oversee completion of tax returns and year-end compilations.
• Manage audits and other complex accounting projects.
• Train, delegate, supervise, and review engagement activities of staff.
• Ensure quality control and lead firm committees/teams.
• Keep up to date with industry, state, and IRS changes.
• Provide transactional support and coordinate delivery of services.

Skills

Accounting knowledge

Excel skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Team supervision

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting

CPA licensed

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Tax Services

Tax laws, their implications and their interactions with other business and personal factors can and do change on a regular basis –sometimes significantly. That’s why JCCS Tax Specialists are so relentless in their search for new and innovative tax applications to best maximize the benefits to our clients personal and/or business situation.

Position Summary

The Manager is responsible for the management of their areas of specialty. They have responsibility for overseeing completion of tax returns and year-end compilations, manages audits, and other complex accounting projects. The Manager is proficient in related specialty area(s) of the accounting function, quality control and JCCS committee and/or team responsibilities.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain strict confidentiality of information related to client, staff, and Firm’s internal operations during and after employment with JCCS.
• Manages complex tax and accounting engagements, as well as billing.
• Trains, delegates, supervises, and reviews engagement activities of lower level staff.
• Takes responsibility for quality control issues.
• Uses expertise to serve on JCCS committees and lead JCCS teams.
• Attends training and keeps up to date with industry, state and federal, and IRS changes.
• May help provide transactional support for CAS team as well as coordinate delivery of services.
• Contributes significantly to marketing activities that bring in their own clients and participates in promoting new Firm services.
• Performs other duties, responsibilities and activities as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

To Qualify:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from an accredited university
• Licensed C.P.A. by the Montana State Board of Public Accountants
• 5+ years’ experience in public or private accounting

Skills for Success:

• Technically competent in commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within the accounting field
• Excellent computer skills, including spreadsheets
• The ability to problem solve and think independently
• Attention to detail, and good organizational skills
• Ability to take full responsibility for quality of work, delegate, supervise and review other staff’s work and take responsibility for their quality of work.

This job posting is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel as classified.

Candidate must successfully pass background check.

JCCS is firmly committed to affording equal opportunity to all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any otherlegally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.