Tax Partner

Soap Creek Resources; Bremerton (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Soap Creek Resources in Bremerton is seeking a Tax Partner to join a well-established CPA firm in a hybrid role combining home and office work. The candidate should have extensive trust and estate tax experience and the ability to lead the practice and grow the Bremerton office.

The role involves managing clients and staff, signing tax returns, and guiding recruiting and training for accounting personnel. Strong bonuses and 401(k) match are offered.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience in public accounting, with progression in complexity, scope, and engagements managed.
• Estate and trust tax experience is a plus.
• CPA license is required.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all services rendered to clients in accounting, taxes, or management advisory services.
• Reviews and signs off on tax returns.
• Oversees personnel functions related to acquisition, training, retention, and utilization of accounting staff; recruits or assigns staff to colleges.
• Interviews and oversees initial offers of employment; reviews staff for promotion and salary adjustments.
• Maintains technical competence through literature and seminars.
• Develops new business by expanding services to existing clients and pursuing prospective clients.
• Establishes annual training programs for professional staff.
• Monitors training programs for staff in related departments.
• Promotes efficient operations and compliance within the firm.
• Participates in committees to improve profitability and operations.

Skills

Client management

Staff management

Practice management

Business development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

Master’s degree in accounting

Job description

TAX PARTNER - Hybrid - Work from both home and office

Well established, highly profitable regional CPA firm seeks a Tax Partner to add to their growing staff. We offer a very reasonable work life balance, excellent benefits including large potential bonuses / profit sharing, and a 5% employer contribution to your 401K program. We will consider existing Partners, as well as current Tax Directors and Tax Senior Managers out of other CPA firms. If candidates are not yet a partner, they need considerable experience with managing clients, managing staff and a practice, and developing business. We have two partners retiring soon. I believe we need to target someone with significant trust and estate experience. We also need a partner or someone who can become a partner very quickly, who can help run the practice and manage the Bremerton office.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all services rendered to clients in the functional areas of accounting, taxes, or management advisory services.
• Reviews and signs off on tax returns.
• Involved with the administration of the personnel function as it relates to acquisition, training, retention, and utilization of accounting staff. Recruits or assigns individuals to recruit students at selected colleges and universities.
• Interviews and oversees extending initial offers of employment to potential accounting staff employees. Reviews and evaluates accounting staff personnel for purposes of promotion and salary adjustment. Releases employees on the accounting staff who are not to be retained.
• Maintains required technical competence through professional literature, financial publications, and attendance at professional development seminars.
• Develops new business through expanding services rendered to existing clients, pursuing contact with prospective clients, and maintaining contacts with bankers, attorneys, investment bankers, and others.
• Involved in establishing an annual Training Program for the professional staff and develops specific programs for various levels of the accounting staff.
• Monitors those training programs established and administered by the Management Consulting Services and Tax Departments for their respective professional staff.
• Emphasizes continuity in the assigning of accounting staff to specific assignments.
• Counsels with the accounting staff on their grievances, professional development, and progress with the firm
• Participates in the Firm’s practice development efforts.
• Promotes the most efficient operations of the Firm and supports complianceguidelines in managing others.
• Participates on various committees; offers opinions and insight to better improve the Firm’s operation and profitability.
• Other duties as assigned by the Managing Partner.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development, coaching and training of all tax employees.
• Must be familiar with the qualifications of all tax staff members for the development and instruction of their training needs.
• Participates in reviews, compensation and evaluations of accounting professionals

Qualifications

• Generally, requires ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of experience in public accounting, demonstrating a proven progression in complexity, scope, and number of engagements managed. Prefer generaalist tax experience including significant exposure to estate and trust tax.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or Master’s degree in accounting.
• Minimum of forty (40) hours of continuing professional education is required each year to maintain and develop technical and business skills.
• A current and valid CPA’s license is required.