Tax Manager

Ascend

$90K — $110K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree; CPA required
  • 5-7+ years of Tax experience
  • Friendly and professional demeanor
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented
  • Ability to work under pressure during busy seasons
  • Commitment to a 'Client First' approach
  • Eagerness for personal growth and learning

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and review tax returns for various entities
  • Work independently and collaboratively within a team
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and attention to detail
  • Mentor and guide team members
  • Provide documentation supporting tax calculations
  • Engage in frequent client communication
  • Stay informed on tax code changes

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary
  • Retirement plan
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability options
  • Self-managed PTO
  • Incentives for professional certifications
  • Ongoing education and training opportunities
Full Job Description
Who You Are
  • Have a Bachelor's degree; CPA required.
  • You have 5-7+ years of Tax experience
  • You are friendly and professional.
  • You are highly organized and detail oriented.
  • You are willing to embrace moments of pressure and tight deadlines during busy season(s).
  • You take pride in your work.
  • You consider "Client First" the heart of client service.
  • Willingness to learn and desire for personal growth.
  • Professionalism- clock-punchers need not apply; you enjoy working as a valued member of an overall team.
  • You enjoy a challenge and working with multiple types of clients and industries.
  • You enjoy working in a business casual work environment and the opportunity to have a flexible work arrangement.

The Role

Prepare and review tax returns for Individuals, Corporations, S-Corporations, Partnerships, Trusts, and Estates. Must be able to work independently as well as within a team. Tax Manager must be professional at all times and will have recurring direct client contact. This position involves critical thinking and attention to detail. The ideal candidate must be able to work rapidly, accurately, and under pressure during tax season to meet tight deadlines.

The Duties:
  • Increased complexity level of projects. Must demonstrate ability to take a messy trial balance and provide AJEs to correct it.
  • Prepare complete and accurate returns. Review others' returns.
  • Prepare documentation to support tax return calculations.
  • Ability to mentor a team of Associates, Seniors, and Supervisors.
  • Reviewing data input, identifying, and resolving technical issues.
  • Work closely with partners and keep team informed on status.
  • Increased level of client communication while working on their tax return, and potentially throughout multiple years.
  • Understand federal, state, and local tax codes.
  • Show what you know! You have the knowledge-now apply it to real life situations. Thinking outside of the box is encouraged as well.
  • Share your ideas and opinions with your team.
  • Attend professional development and training sessions on a regular basis and apply what you learn to your assigned tasks.

The Perks

Our compensation package includes a competitive base salary (commensurate with experience), retirement plan, health/dental/vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability options, EAP benefits, self-managed PTO, experience-based recognition, continuing education and more. We strongly believe in expanding our certifications and technical skills and have incentives for achieving designations/certificates that bring value to the firm.

For questions or inquiries about the role, please reach out to Alex Harvick, Senior Recruiter at [redacted].

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Ascend

  • Tax Leader
    $150K — $250K *
    Denver, CO 80219 (Denver County)
    Real Estate & Construction
    In-Person
  • Tax Leader
    $150K — $250K *
    Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (El Paso County)
    Real Estate & Construction
    In-Person
  • Data Scientist, Product
    $130K — $155K *
    San Francisco, CA 94112 (San Francisco County)
    Finance & Insurance
    In-Person
  • Tax Manager
    $90K — $110K *
    Fort Collins, CO 80525 (Larimer County)
    Legal & Accounting
    In-Person
  • Tax Manager
    $80K — $95K *
    Cheyenne, WY 82001 (Laramie County)
    Legal & Accounting
    In-Person

More Legal & Accounting Jobs

Find similar Tax Manager jobs: