Senior Tax Associate

Rea & Associates is a growing Top 100 Accounting firm providing our clients services in tax, accounting, and business consulting. We have a ‘People First’ culture and we focus on our employees’ well-being and professional development. With over 400 professionals and fifteen offices in Ohio, our firm has a culture that respects a work-life balance for our team. We also provide competitive compensation and a robust benefits plan.

Due to continued growth, we are looking to add an energetic and enthusiastic Senior Tax Associate to our team in Zanesville, Ohio. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a team who continues to focus on the strategic initiatives of our firm and solidify our client relationships and client base.

The Senior Tax Associate oversees tax compliance, consulting and planning by interpreting tax code and regulations, and performs first review of complex tax preparation, tax research and tax planning. This role also ensures all appropriate tax returns filed are in compliance with relevant IRS and state regulations. The Senior Tax Associate advises clients on appropriate tax strategies for their organizations while also providing work direction and technical guidance to less experienced staff.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with clients to discuss a variety of federal tax concerns
• Advising and providing tax consultations, and communicating tax concepts
• Developing a strong knowledge base through continual education by tax research, reviewing trends, and other practices
• Managing engagements workflow, engagement team resources, and engagement billing
• Providing technical tax advice and planning services
• Supervising and reviewing the work of staff
• Obtain a general understanding of pertinent IRC sections and regulations
• Obtain a working knowledge of tax research and the various tax research sources
• Interact with all client personnel in an intelligent and professional manner
• Possesses skills necessary to develop quality client relationships

Requirements

• 2-4 years of prior experience in taxation
• Experience leading others
• Bachelor’s or better in Tax, Accounting or related field
• CPA certification preferred
• Must have public accounting experience
• High performer at an existing firm
• Super Regional or Top 100 firm experience a plus
• Understand Tax Law changes or how to navigate resources
• Solid understanding and experience with federal tax compliance, federal tax accounting and provisions, tax analysis, and tax research.

Benefits

Rea & Associates offers a wide variety of benefits to help support our employees' health, wellness and financial goals.

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k with 3% contribution)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• 'Work From Anywhere' option
• Wellness Resources
• Four (4) weeks PTO
• Twelve (12) paid holidays, of which three (3) are floating holidays

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