Senior Tax Accountant - Frisco, United States - SingerLewak

Description

SingerLewak is a Top 100 accounting and consulting firm in the west region. Serving clients since 1959, SingerLewak has developed a reputation for excellence and expertise in the accounting and management consulting industry. Providing the services of a large firm with a blended environment of practices, services and industry specializations, SingerLewak continues to demonstrate renowned industry leadership year-over-year. The firm takes pride in client service and professional and personal advancement, as demonstrated by our SL forward program which promotes a culture of learning and growth through targeted development and leadership programs and SL Cares, together with a continual focus on client service and technological evolvement.

Senior tax associates in the Specialty Tax Services group serve as members of various client service teams and must possess foundational technical knowledge in areas including, but not limited to:

Multistate Income/Franchise Taxation

Multistate Sales and Use Taxation

Multistate Credits & Incentives (Including Federal and State R&D Tax Credits); and

Property Taxation

Senior Specialty Tax associates are given a wide variety of diversified tax assignments under the supervision of different professionals and are responsible for the support of a full range of tax planning, consulting and compliance services to clients.

Responsibilities include tax return review and preparation; support in planning, consulting, and compliance; developing and supervising staff; and assisting in client management and practice development activities.

Essential Functions:

• Assist with engagements, which includes planning, executing, directing, and completing tax projects and managing to budget within a given timeline.
• Deliver a full range of State and Local Tax services including tax return preparation and review, tax research, preparation of technical memorandums, and drafting client correspondence. Assignments include, but are not limited to, reverse sales tax reviews, audit defense, and research of sales tax issues.
• Conduct multi-disciplinary, multi-state reviews that analyze income, franchise, sales and use, payroll, ad valorem taxes, and others to identify optimal filing options, exemptions, credits and incentives, and corporate structures that can reduce the client's tax burden.
• Prepare returns for more complex State and Local Tax returns including Income and Franchise Tax, Sales and Use Tax, Property Tax, etc. and demonstrate an understanding of increasingly complex tax concepts.
• Respond to inquiries from the IRS and other tax authorities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Broad exposure to multistate sales and use taxation, credits and incentives, and/or the Research and Development tax credits, a plus.
• Proficient in tax accounting skills with proficiency in US GAAP, tax compliance, corporate consolidated returns, and combined state tax returns.
• Foundational knowledge of multistate income/franchise tax and general accounting
• principles.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 to 4 years proven work experience public accounting or similar at an R&D tax credit consultancy.
• Bachelors degree, usually in accounting, or masters degree in accounting
• Either hold a current and valid CPAs license or be working toward obtaining the license by taking and passing the applicable state CPA exam.

SingerLewak is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.