Tax Senior / Supervisor

Job Juncture; Torrance (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime paid at time and a half

Bonuses potential

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Job Juncture is seeking a Tax Senior for a well established regional CPA firm in a hybrid role with strong growth potential. You’ll handle complex tax returns, provide planning ideas, and supervise staff while delivering high quality client service.

The firm offers excellent benefits, substantial bonuses potential, overtime paid at time and a half, and a fast track to management in a flexible hybrid schedule.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of public accounting experience with increasing tax responsibility.
• CPA license or progress toward licensure; member in good standing with AICPA if licensed.
• Minimum of 40 hours of CPE annually as required.

Responsibilities

• Perform diversified accounting and tax work under supervision.
• Review work papers, supervise staff, and ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare and file complex tax returns, including dissolution or liquidation returns.
• Suggest tax planning ideas to supervisors and partners.
• Communicate with clients and draft routine correspondence for partners.

Skills

Public accounting experience

Tax planning skills

Leadership / supervision

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

Master’s degree in accounting

Tools

Tax software

Job description

Well established, highly profitable regional CPA firm seeks a Tax Senior to add to their growing staff. We offer a very reasonable work life balance, excellent benefits including large potential bonuses, overtime paid at time and one half, and a fast track to management.Hybrid work schedule with several days weekly working from home if preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs diversified accounting and tax assignments under the direction of supervisor, manager or partner.
• Demonstrates competency in technical skills, work quality, and application of professional and Firm standards.
• Directs and instructs assistants, where applicable, in work to be performed and working paper review.
• Prepares and indexes working papers; performs various procedures established under generally accepted accounting principles to verify accuracy and validity of client’s financial matters.
• Prepares complicated tax returns and returns on dissolution or liquidation.
• Suggests client tax planning ideas to supervisor, manager, or Partner.
• Prepares routine correspondence to client for approval and signature of a Partner; writes comments for management letters.
• Supervises staff accountants and assistants with assignments, instructs them in work to be performed, reviews work done and directs necessary revisions.

Qualifications

• At least three to five (3 to 5) years’ experience in public accounting, demonstrating a progression in complexity of accounting tasks and tax knowledge.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or master’s degree in accounting.
• Minimum of forty (40) hours of continuing professional education is required each year.
• Either hold a current and valid CPA’s license or be working toward obtaining the license by taking and passing the applicable state CPA exam.
• If licensed, should be a member in good standing with the AICPA.