Tax Accountant

About Ropes & Gray

Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm. The firm has been ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer's prestigious A-List for eight consecutive years and #1 on Law.com's UK A-List twice in the past three years - rankings that honor the "best of the best" law firms.

The firm has approximately 2,500 lawyers and professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.

The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.

Ropes & Gray is an equal opportunity employer.

Overview

The firm's ambitious growth agenda and increasing complexity has led to a commitment to invest in the firm's internal support functions. An integral part of this is taking the firm's finance function to a level unsurpassed in the professional services sector. In turn, a key element of this investment is the recruitment of a Tax Accountant. This position will play a key role in helping to bring our Finance function to the next level.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Tax Supervisor, the Tax Accountant will work as an integral part of the Tax, Treasury, Risk and RGIP (Ropes & Gray's Investment Pool) team, responsible for preparing U.S. and international income tax return schedules, tax compliance, tax procedures, contributing to audit and debt compliance, and performing ad hoc analysis as required. The scope of this role includes a wide variety of accounting, reporting and internal control oversight:

1. Assumes responsibility for compiling and preparing tax schedules for the preparation of the U.S. federal, state, international and local government tax returns; including but not limited to income, business tax, sales/use tax and property tax returns.
2. Assists with being the primary liaison with the firm's outside tax advisors; providing information to external accountants with respect to the preparation of U.S. federal, state and international partnership tax returns.
3. Works with the Tax Supervisor to ensure department objectives are met timely and accurately, and firm procedures are aligned with firm goals and global tax strategy.
4. Cash management including monthly bank reconciliation, partner capital calls, partner distributions and tracking investment funding/redemptions.
5. Prepares timely and accurate statements and analyses for distribution to partners.
6. Works with partners and their personal tax accountants throughout the year to answer tax questions related to K-1s and other items.
7. Coordinates and assists with audits as they occur.
8. Assumes responsibility for maintaining the highest level of confidentiality of all financial and systems-related information.
9. Maintains knowledge of trends, developments and new technologies impacting the department. Researches global tax issues using CCH, BNA, and Lexis.
10. Participates in departmental project teams and task forces designed to streamline workflow and/or resolve issues; assists with various firm and/or departmental projects and initiatives as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree with a concentration in Accounting
• Public Accounting experience, CPA preferred
• 2-5 years of related work experience demonstrating increasing responsibilities
• Superior computer software skills with a particular expertise in Excel and Microsoft Access Database
• Knowledge of Elite, report writers and databases preferred but not required
• Experience with equity partners capital and investment partnerships (partnership accounting)
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must be a critical thinker able to question what is and recommend what should be
• Creative problem solver
• Team player with a strong work ethic

ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES

• Works in a self-directed manner, producing an accurate, well-documented, completed work product often under time sensitive deadlines.
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of personnel, including management staff and support staff.
• Ability to be a proactive self-starter, who understands the details within a much larger context.
• Must be flexible in order to respond quickly and positively to shifting demands and opportunities.
• Ability to plan, organize and carry out multiple related activities.
• Must pay attention to details and have the ability to follow up and follow through.

Compensation and Total Rewards Package

Ropes & Gray is proud to offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to our business support team members. The firm also offers comprehensive health and well-being benefits, personal and professional development, career growth opportunities and a collegial and supportive culture. The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below and represents our good faith and reasonable estimate of the starting salary range at the time of posting. In addition, this role is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on performance. The actual offered rate for this position will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors, including qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data and consideration of internal equity.

Boston: $77,000 - $117,450

Working Conditions

This position requires hybrid on-site presence as an essential function of the role. Consistent and predictable on-site presence is required for ongoing business continuity, professional development and effective collaboration with colleagues and management.