Your role.
Your work will include, but not be limited to:
Technical Responsibilities
- Prepare income tax provisions for clients, including certain public companies, that are audited by other accounting firms
- Review provisions as a subject matter expert in an attest role.
- Serve as a national technical resource as a firm-wide resource in the area of accounting for income taxes (ASC 740), income tax provisions, and deferred taxes.
- Review returns for recurring corporate tax clients, including federal, foreign, state and local tax returns, estimated payments and extensions, and assisting with Federal and State tax audits
- Assist with tax consulting on complex corporate tax matters
- Determine appropriate tax objectives, scope and methodology and actively participate in decision making with client's management to understand the broader impact of current decisions and possible solutions
- Identify tax solutions and opportunities for clients including federal or state credits or items generated from tax law changes
- Effectively leverage available technology (i.e. CCH Axcess) and other resources to maximize technical application to project, and holds the engagement team to the same standard
- Serve as the primary engagement manager with economic responsibilities for billing, realization and collections
Relationship Building and Staff Development
- Participate in internal and external networking events, including client meetings, industry events, etc.
- Coordinate with Tax practice leaders and the Professional Standards Team on policy matters and practice matters related to accounting for income taxes.
- Contribute to business expansion efforts, including proposal development and sales calls
- Supervise and develop a team of 1-2 associates on each engagement in the areas of client engagement management and applied technical tax knowledge
- Immediate opportunity to work directly with Managers, Senior Managers, and Partners internally, and Accounting Managers, Controllers, and C-Suite individuals externally
Firm Contributions
- Participate in the firm-wide developing infrastructure, tools, templates, and practice matters related to the accounting for income taxes area.
- Participate in annual CORE training program which focuses on development of core competencies to facilitate your growth at the firm
- Opportunities to be involved in various non-billable initiatives, including on and off-campus recruiting, internal training facilitation, buddy system/mentoring program, development of thought leadership content, etc.
- Lead engagements from planning through completion; plan, execute and complete tax compliance, tax planning, and tax provision projects.
The qualifications.
- 10+ years experience in public accounting
- Successful completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
- CPA or Bar License required.
- Additionally, there are opportunities for overnight travel to attend firm wide trainings and events
- Tax provision review and preparation experience
This is an exempt position, so you may have to work hours that exceed the standard 40-hour work week.
We are pleased to offer eligible staff a robust benefits package. Eligibility and contribution requirements for some of these benefits vary based on the number of hours staff work per week. Highlights include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance. In addition to this, eligible staff are able to take advantage of our Flexible Time Off and various pre-determined holidays, as well as a 401(k) plan, flexible benefits plans, business-related travel expense, lodging, and meal reimbursement for business-related use. A pension plan is also available for eligible administrative and paraprofessional staff. A discretionary bonus plan is available for eligible staff. Plante Moran also offers some contingent staff positions the option to elect health insurance in addition to limited paid sick time.
The compensation range reflects the base salary we reasonably expect to pay for this position across our offices in the following regions: CO, IL, OH, and MA. Please review the position description for the applicable geographic location. Generally, experienced hires are not hired at or near the maximum salary range, as compensation decisions take into account a wide variety of factors, including but not limited to: responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. For early career roles, including campus hires, we offer standardized, market-based starting salaries among individuals within the same hiring group. This approach ensures fairness and reflects current industry benchmarks for entry-level talent.
Under Colorado’s Job Application Fairness Act, you have the right to redact, from any documents that you submit in connection with your application, information that identifies your age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. Should you wish to exercise your right to redact such information, please redact it prior to submitting documentation.
The compensation range for this role in CO, IL, OH, and MA is: $167,000.00 - $248,500.00
This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This deadline will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended.
