Tax Controversy Senior Associate - National Tax Office (JD Required)

At EisnerAmper, we look for individuals who welcome new ideas, encourage innovation, and are eager to make an impact. Whether you’re starting out in your career or taking your next step as a seasoned professional, the EisnerAmper experience is one-of-a-kind. You can design a career you’ll love from top to bottom—we give you the tools you need to succeed and the autonomy to reach your goals.

About the Role

You will get to be part of one of the largest and fastest growing accounting and advisory firms in the industry. You will have the flexibility to manage your days in support of our commitment to work/life balance. You will join a culture that has received multiple top “Places to Work” awards. We believe that great work is accomplished when cultures, ideas, and experiences come together to create new solutions. We understand that embracing our differences is what unites us as a team and strengthens our foundation. Showing up authentically is how we, both as professionals and a firm, find inspiration to do our best work.

As the largest service line within the firm, EisnerAmper’s Tax Group provides trusted and innovative tax solutions to its clients while creating new opportunities for employees to grow, both personally and professionally. With a range of specialties based on location and industry, employees have the flexibility to focus on the work they want to do and the autonomy to shape their careers in a fulfilling way. A hybrid between a general tax practice and a hyper-specialized firm, our culture is based on collaboration, innovation, and transparency. Success is defined by working together, sometimes across specialties, to provide the best tax solutions to meet our clients’ unique needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist with IRS examinations and appeals, including responses to Information Document Requests, Notices of Proposed Adjustments, and preparation of appeals protests
• Help prepare penalty abatement requests and relief requests for missed elections
• Address collection matters including Installment Agreements, Offers in Compromise, and Collection Due Process Hearings
• Perform tax research and draft tax memoranda on a broad range of federal tax issues
• Contact the IRS Service Center and correspond on various tax account issues
• Assist with training programs and thought leadership publications

Requirements

• JD is required
• Passed any state bar exam
• 3+ years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• LL.M or Master's in Taxation
• Judicial clerkship or other government experience and/or accounting background
• Tax research skills
• CPA

Pay

For Minnesota and Illinois, the expected salary range for this position is between $95,000 to $140,000. The range for the position in other geographies may vary based on market differences. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.

About EisnerAmper

EisnerAmper is one of the largest accounting, tax, and business advisory firms, with approximately 450 partners and 4,500 employees across the world. We combine responsiveness with a long-range perspective to help clients meet the pressing issues they face today and position them for success tomorrow. Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms, and middle-market companies, as well as high net worth individuals, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures across a variety of industries. We are also engaged by the attorneys, financial professionals, bankers, and investors who serve these clients.