Tax Director - Los Angeles, CA, United States - Consultative Search Group

Description

Large CPA firm is seeking a Tax Director. They are seeking someone who thrives in a growing environment and can provide clients with exceptional services. The Tax Director will provide tax compliance and tax consulting services for middle market businesses and high net worth individuals with a heavy concentration in Trusts and Estates.

Responsibilities:

• Review of tax projections, tax work-papers and tax returns primarily with complex federal and state individual and fiduciary tax returns, gift tax returns and Estate tax returns.
• Managing complex estate and high net worth consulting engagements.
• Managing complex Estate administration.
• Possess a general understanding of entity taxation including partnerships and S-corporations
• Provide effective consulting, planning and compliance for clients
• Oversee and manage the day to day needs of clients and tax return process including identification and resolution of tax issues
• Review of fiduciary accountings.
• Perform tax research to resolve issues
• Maintain strong relationships with a highly proactive approach to serving clients.
• Coordinates with Partner and staff to ensure timeliness and effective communication for proper planning of engagements.
• Coaching, mentoring, and assisting staff so they can develop and assist in the growth of the tax practice.
• Maintaining knowledge of new tax issues and general business trends that affect clients.
• Working with other professionals in a collaborative manner.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required, Masters in Taxation is preferred, CPA required
• 10+ years of progressive public accounting experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Capable of managing multiple client engagements
• A track record of building and sustaining client relationships and high quality client service
• Outstanding analytical, organizational and project management skills
• Proficient with CCH Axcess, Caseware, Quickbooks, CCH Intelliconnect, RIA Checkpoint, GoFileRoom and Microsoft Office

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