Tax - Senior Associate Edison, NJ

Job Description:
TAX - SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

POSITION SUMMARY

Grant Thornton's tax professionals are committed to developing and implementing bright ideas, intelligent strategies, and innovative solutions - solutions that can significantly reduce our clients' tax bills. Reducing our clients' tax bills in today's environment requires not only bright ideas and intelligent planning, but also a commitment to professional excellence and a complementary service approach.

Grant Thornton's tax specialists are dedicated to delivering value-added, client-focused tax services that shed light on all of our clients' unresolved tax concerns.

The Senior Tax Associate works closely with staff on all phases of project and engagement management for multiple clients. The Senior Tax Associate is primarily responsible for reviewing complex individual, trust, partnership, not-for-profit, S corporate, C corporate, and foreign tax returns; developing and supervising staff, preparing more complex tax returns; and assisting in client management and practice development activities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
-Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality.
-Run client engagements from start to finish, which includes planning, executing, directing, and completing tax projects and managing to budget.
-Supervise, train, and mentor associates and interns on tax projects and assess performance of staff for engagement reviews; perform in-charge role as needed.
-Review tax returns done by staff and make recommendations on return preparation regarding accuracy and tax savings opportunities; gain increasing responsibility in review process.
-Prepare tax returns for more complex individual, trust, partnership, corporate, and foreign tax clients.
-Research and consult on various tax matters; utilize tax-related software to prepare and process returns and research tax matters.
-Respond to inquiries from the IRS and other tax authorities.
-Maintain a good working relationship with clients to enhance customer satisfaction and work with client management and staff at all levels to perform tax services.
-Proactively interact with key client management to gather information, resolve tax-related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.
-Assist partners and senior management on proposals and business development calls.
-Gain comprehensive understanding of client operations, processes, and business objectives and utilize that knowledge on engagements.
-Participate in recruiting efforts as needed.
-Attend professional development and training sessions on a regular basis.
-Perform other job-related duties as necessary.
-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, recruiting, training, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
-Excellent analytical, organizational, and project management skills and strong attention to detail.
-Strong computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Fast-Tax software, and CCH.
-Ability to work additional hours as needed.

Job Experience:
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
-Bachelor degree in Accounting. CPA preferred.
-Two to four years of progressive tax compliance and/or tax consulting experience; experience in public accounting is a plus.
-Previous tax return review experience.
-Strong tax accounting skills with proficiency in US GAAP, tax compliance, corporate consolidated returns, consolidated federal tax returns, partnership returns, and combined state tax returns.
-Ability to supervise staff and lead projects.

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Minimum Education Required: Bachelor

Years of Experience Required: At Least 1 Year