Tax Senior — Lead Engagements & Mentoring (Hybrid)

Withum; Braintree (MA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Withum is seeking a Tax Senior to join our Hybrid role based in Braintree, MA. You will lead tax engagements, prepare complex returns (individual, trust, partnership, and corporate) and mentor staff.

This role requires CPA or progress toward CPA, 3–5 years in a public accounting tax department, and strong client service and communication skills. As part of Withum's Tax Services Group, you will identify tax planning opportunities, review work for accuracy, and help manage multiple engagements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
• Licensed CPA, or working towards CPA certification.
• MS in Taxation is preferred but not required.
• 3–5 years of prior experience working in the tax department of a public accounting firm.
• Excellent analytical and technical tax skills.
• Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing projects in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment.
• Strong leadership, training, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills to represent the Firm well to client’s management.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Preparing complex individual, trust, partnership and corporate tax returns.
• Reviewing mid-level complexity individual, trust, partnership and corporate tax returns prepared by tax staff for accuracy.
• Researching and drafting memorandum involving complex tax matters.
• Identifying tax planning opportunities.
• Handling and resolve tax controversies.
• Managing multiple engagements concurrently with various teams to efficiently meet client deadlines.
• Providing supervision, training and support to the engagement staff and promote open communication to the engagement partner and manager

Skills

Analytical skills

Client service

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Licensed CPA or CPA in progress

MS in Taxation preferred

Job description

Withum is seeking a Tax Senior to join our Hybrid role based in Braintree, MA. You will lead tax engagements, prepare complex returns (individual, trust, partnership, and corporate) and mentor staff.

This role requires CPA or progress toward CPA, 3–5 years in a public accounting tax department, and strong client service and communication skills. As part of Withum's Tax Services Group, you will identify tax planning opportunities, review work for accuracy, and help manage multiple engagements