Senior Tax Associate

About the role

KSDT is a top accounting firm recognized by Forbes and the South Florida Business Journal. With a new partnership with Ascend, KSDT is poised for rapid growth and innovation. Ascend aims to improve the public accounting experience by offering better work-life balance and career advancement opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Provide consulting services and make recommendations on innovative business tax planning and compliance services.
• Review tax returns from associates and interns and offer recommendations for accuracy and tax savings.
• Assist in managing client engagements, from planning to execution, and ensure project completion within budget.
• Communicate openly with clients, meet deadlines, and share tax-saving strategies.
• Work closely with Partners, Senior Managers, Managers, and Staff on client management, professional development, and business development activities.
• Resolve minor issues directly with the IRS and other tax authorities, and assist with more complex issues.
• Participate in client meetings, leading meetings with smaller clients as needed.
• Supervise, train, and mentor associates and interns on tax projects, and conduct performance assessments.
• Attend professional development and continuing education sessions regularly.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting.
• Masters in Taxation or LLM in Taxation preferred.
• Strong technical skills in tax preparation, review, compliance, correspondence, and research.
• Experience in tax provisions beneficial.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and logically.
• Self-directed, organized, and able to manage multiple engagements under tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated leadership, mentoring, and interpersonal skills fostering positive client and staff relationships.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build and maintain profitable, sustainable client relationships.
• Strong technology skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills are essential.

Skills

• Strong technical skills in tax preparation, review, compliance, correspondence, and research.
• Problem-solving abilities.
• Leadership and mentoring skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills.

Pay

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The schedule is flexible to accommodate work-life balance.