Tax Associate

Tax Associate - Boca Raton OR Miami (Dadeland) OR Weston

We seek highly motivated individuals who not only want real career advancement but want to contribute to our cool culture and rapid growth. We have a fun and creative environment and a truly open door policy. Our culture encourages full access to our partners for your learning and development.

So if you want to join an accounting firm with "out of the box" thinking, just click apply.

Responsibilities

• Prepare federal and state corporate, individual, and partnership returns, including exercising professional judgment with respect to issue identification to develop solutions to tax issues in returns.
• Research tax issues and legislation.
• Provide and maintain documentation to support tax return calculations.
• Reconciliation of book to tax income.
• Analyze depreciation to determine proper methodology for tax impact on client engagements to decide best treatment of disposed for obsolescence and new fixed assets placed in service.
• Make projections on future tax liabilities based on variable options to make client recommendations as part of the tax planning process.
• Interact with client personnel regarding tax return information, deadlines, etc... and keep team informed on status.
• Look for opportunities to provide value added services to clients.
• Proactively participate in professional development opportunities, i.e. Coaching, CPE, etc...
• Initiate and develop relationships with appropriate levels of the client's management team.
• Give insight and thought leadership to corporate publications on tax matters.
• Additional responsibilities, not listed above may be expected as needed.

Qualifications

• Seeking a candidate with one year of tax experience in a public accounting firm.
• Must have strong technology skills and be proficient with all aspects of Microsoft Office.
• Working knowledge and experience with UltraTax, Accounting CS and QuickBooks would be a plus but not required.
• Must have strong communication skills and be able to listen effectively.
• Work well under pressure; able to meet deadlines with accuracy.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and problem solving skills are a must.
• Ability to learn processes quickly and be able to apply that knowledge to engagements.
• Flexibility and openness to work on a variety of assignments; be able to multi-task.
• Basic knowledge of federal and state tax compliance.
• Team player with desire to be an active participant within the organization.
• Have a strong desire to maintain a customer service approach focused on exceeding expectations in all areas.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university.
• M.S. in Taxation (a plus but not required).
• Must be pursuing educational requirements for CPA license.