Tax Partner Generalist

Elevated Hires; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Large bonuses

5% employer 401K contribution

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Elevated Hires is seeking a Tax Partner – Generalist for a prestigious regional CPA firm. The role is hybrid, combining in-office and home-based work, and is based in Los Angeles or Woodland Hills, CA.

The firm offers excellent benefits, substantial bonuses, and a 5% employer 401K contribution with high profit sharing potential. The successful candidate will be responsible for all tax services, staff development, and new business generation, while maintaining technical expertise and ensuring

Qualifications

• Ten to fifteen years of public accounting experience.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting.
• Minimum of forty hours of continuing professional education per year.
• A current and valid CPA license is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide the Firm's full range of services on a fee basis to designated clients, in the best interest of the client and the Firm's philosophy.
• Partners develop, mentor and train staff, and develop new business for the Firm.
• Review and sign off on tax returns.
• Recruit and supervise tax staff, manage performance, promotions, and salary adjustments.
• Maintain technical competence through literature and seminars; stay current with tax laws and regulations.
• Develop and expand services to existing clients and pursue new business opportunities.

Skills

Tax expertise

Business development

Staff supervision

CPA license

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

Master’s degree in accounting

Tools

Tax software programs

Accounting software

Job description

Tax Partner – Generalist

A well established, highly profitable regional CPA firm seeks a direct entry Tax Partner to add to their growing staff. Must be well versed in corporate partnership and high net worth individual tax. The selected individual will work a hybrid in‑office and home‑based schedule, and is based in an office in either Los Angeles, or Woodland Hills, CA. We offer a very reasonable work life balance, excellent benefits including large potential bonuses and a 5% employer contribution to your 401K program, and high profit sharing potential!

Responsibilities

Provide the Firm's full range of services on a fee basis to designated clients, in a manner consistent with the best interest of the specific client and the Firm's philosophy. Partners develop, mentor and train staff, and make associations to develop new business for the Firm.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for all services rendered to clients in the functional areas of accounting, auditing, taxes, or 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 tax staff. Recruits or assigns individuals to recruit students at selected colleges and universities.
• Interviews and oversees extending initial offers of employment to potential tax staff employees. Reviews and evaluates accounting staff personnel for purposes of promotion and salary adjustment. Releases employees on the tax staff who are not to be retained.
• Maintains required technical competence through professional literature, financial publications, and attendance at professional development seminars.
• Develop 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 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.
• Involved with updating the Firm's Quality Control Document.

Nonessential Functions

• Participates in the Firm’s practice development efforts.
• Promotes the most efficient operations of the Firm and supports compliance guidelines in managing others.
• Participating in various committees; offers opinions and insight to better improve the Firm’s operation and profitability.
• Other duties as assigned by the Managing Partner.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates knowledge of tax laws, regulations, in both audit and tax.
• Proficiency in use of computers, tax research, and financials, and tax software programs.
• Proficiency in use of computers, computer accounting software, and tax software programs.
• Demonstrates ability to bring in new business to a CPA Firm.
• Ability to organize work and projects, prioritize and meet deadlines, and to complete work in an efficient and accurate manner.
• Ability to reason and effectively multi‑task.

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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Generally, it requires ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of experience in public accounting, demonstrating a proven progression in complexity, scope, and number of engagements managed.
• 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.

Compensation

Compensation: $250,000–$400,000 per year