State and Local Tax – Income and Franchise Senior Associate
Cephas Consultancy Services Private Limited
United States, California, Los Angeles
On-site · Full-time
About the Role
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Job Type: Full time
As an Income and Franchise Tax Senior Associate, you will deliver tax planning, consulting, and compliance services for multiple clients. You will collaborate with the Income and Franchise Tax team and work closely with staff on various tax matters, including all phases of project and engagement management.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage client engagements from planning and execution through direction and completion of tax projects, while adhering to budgets.
- Supervise, train, and mentor associates and interns on tax projects. Assess staff performance for engagement reviews and serve in in-charge roles as needed.
- Deliver State and Local Tax services, including tax return preparation and review, tax research, technical memorandums, and client correspondence. Assignments may include reverse sales tax reviews, audit defense, and sales tax research.
- Review tax returns prepared by staff and recommend ways to improve accuracy and identify tax savings opportunities, taking on increasing responsibility in the review process.
- Conduct multidisciplinary, multistate reviews of income, franchise, sales and use, payroll, ad valorem, and other taxes to identify filing options, exemptions, credits, incentives, and corporate structures that may reduce clients’ tax burdens.
- Prepare complex State and Local Income and Franchise Tax returns and apply increasingly complex tax concepts.
- Respond to inquiries from the IRS and other tax authorities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
- Two to six years of progressive tax compliance and/or tax consulting experience.
- CPA, JD, or Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong teamwork and analytical skills, with attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Ability to travel as needed.