Tax Partner

Tax Partner - Generalist

Well established, highly profitable regional CPA firm seeks a direct entry Tax Partner to add to their growing staff. Must be well versed in corporate, partnership and high net worth individual tax. The selected individual will work a hybrid in-office and home based schedule, and can base in an office in either L. A., or Woodland Hills, CA. We offer a very reasonable work life balance, excellent benefits including large potential bonuses and a 5% employer contribution to your 401K program, and high profit sharing potential!

Responsibilities:

Provide the Firm's full range of services on a fee basis to designated clients, in a manner consistent with the best interest of the specific client and the Firm's philosophy. Partners develop, mentor and train staff, and make associations to develop new business for the Firm.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for all services rendered to clients in the functional areas of accounting, auditing, taxes, or advisory services.
• Reviews and signs off on tax returns.
• Involved with the administration of the personnel function as it relates to acquisition, training, retention, and utilization of tax staff. Recruits or assigns individual to recruit students at selected colleges and universities.
• Interviews and oversees extending initial offers of employment to potential tax staff employees. Reviews and evaluates accounting staff personnel for purposes of promotion and salary adjustment. Releases employees on the tax staff who are not to be retained.
• Maintains required technical competence through professional literature, financial publications, and attendance at professional development seminars.
• Develops new business through expanding services rendered to existing clients, pursuing contact with prospective clients, and maintaining contacts with bankers, attorneys, investment bankers, and others.
• Involved in establishing an annual Training Program for the professional staff and develops specific programs for various levels of the accounting staff.
• Monitors those training programs established and administered by the Management Consulting Services and Tax Departments for their respective professional staffs.
• Emphasizes continuity in the assigning of accounting staff to specific assignments.
• Counsels with the accounting staff on their grievances, professional development, and progress with the firm.
• Involved with updating the Firm's Quality Control Document.

Nonessential Functions

• Participates in the Firm's practice development efforts.
• Promotes the most efficient operations of the Firm and supports compliance guidelines in managing others.
• Participates on various committees; offers opinions and insight to better improve the Firm's operation and profitability.
• Other duties as assigned by the Managing Partner.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates knowledge of tax laws, regulations, in both audit and tax.
• Proficiency in use of computer, tax research, and financials, and tax software programs.
• Demonstrates ability to bring in new business to a CPA Firm.
• Ability to organize work and projects, prioritize and meet deadlines, and to complete work in an efficient and accurate manner.
• Ability to reason and effectively multi-task.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development, coaching and training of all tax employees.
• Must be familiar with the qualifications of all tax staff members for the development and instruction of their training needs.
• Participates in reviews, compensation and evaluations of accounting professionals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Generally, requires ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of experience in public accounting, demonstrating a proven progression in complexity, scope, and number of engagements managed.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, or Master's degree in accounting.
• Minimum of forty (40) hours of continuing professional education is required each year to maintain and develop technical and business skills.
• A current and valid CPA's license is required.