Tax Senior Associate – High Net Worth

Overview

This role is part of engagement teams supporting a client portfolio with a primary focus on high-net-worth individuals, families, and their related entities, including family investment partnerships, trusts, estates, closely held businesses, and investment entities. Support may also extend to other clients based on experience and business needs.

The Tax Senior Associate primarily prepares complex tax returns and workpapers, supports tax compliance and planning matters, and coordinates assigned engagement activities. Depending on experience and engagement needs, the individual may also review work prepared by Associates. The role involves communicating with clients and engagement leaders, mentoring Associates, collaborating with Managers, Senior Managers, Partners, and specialty tax professionals, and continuing to build technical and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Support a client portfolio focused on high-net-worth individuals, families, and related trusts, family investment partnerships, closely held businesses, and investment entities, while also supporting other clients within the team’s portfolio.
• Prepare complex individual, fiduciary, partnership, S corporation, gift, and estate tax returns, workpapers, and related deliverables, as applicable.
• As experience and engagement needs warrant, review basic federal, state, and local tax returns and related workpapers for accuracy and completeness under manager supervision, ensuring compliance with firm standards and tax regulations.
• Coordinate day-to-day activities on assigned engagements, including tracking open items, monitoring deadlines, communicating status, and escalating technical, staffing, or timing issues to engagement leaders.
• Communicate with clients and their advisors to gather information, resolve routine questions, provide engagement updates, and support year-round tax compliance and planning activities under the direction of engagement leaders.
• Assist with tax planning and resolution of complex tax compliance issues by conducting technical research, summarizing findings, collaborating with Federal, SALT, and other specialty professionals, and escalating issues or recommendations to engagement leaders as appropriate.
• Perform thorough self-review of work to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with firm and professional standards.
• Mentor Associates through day-to-day training, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing while modeling strong client service and teamwork.
• Maintain proficiency in firm technology and tax systems while supporting team members in their effective use.
• Identify opportunities to connect clients with specialists and additional services, and communicate opportunities to Managers and engagement leaders.
• Stay current on federal, state, and local tax laws, regulatory developments, and industry trends to support clients and engagement teams.
• Contribute to firm, practice, and operational initiatives that improve processes, enhance the client experience, and support strategic priorities.

Requirements/Qualifications

• CPA license or active progress towards CPA license strongly preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of related experience in public accounting with a strong technical background in high-net-worth individual taxation
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Client (internal and external) service oriented
• Creative and persistent problem solver
• Ability to handle sensitive situations and confidential information
• Flexible and adaptable
• Ability to coordinate and maintain follow-up on a number of projects simultaneously
• Ability to prioritize changing workloads
• Ability to work independently, exercise good judgment, and be resourceful

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA license or active progress towards CPA license

Compensation & Benefits

No compensation or benefits information provided in the original posting.

Location

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Equal Opportunity

An equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, veteran status, or any other protected category.

Application/Resume Policy

Only resumes directly submitted by a candidate and referrals submitted by current employees are accepted. Unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles sent by staffing agencies and fee-based referral services will not be considered outside of a signed vendor contract. No fee will be paid to recruiters or agencies that do not have a signed vendor contract.