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 Firm

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

Our culture has received multiple top “Places to Work” awards. We believe great work is accomplished when cultures, ideas, and experiences come together to create new solutions. Embracing our differences unites us as a team and strengthens our foundation. Showing up authentically is how we, both as professionals and as a firm, find inspiration to do our best work. We offer flexibility to manage your days in support of work/life balance.

About Our Tax Team

As the largest service line within the firm, EisnerAmper’s Tax Group provides trusted and innovative tax solutions to clients while creating opportunities for employees to grow 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. Our culture blends the collaboration of a general tax practice with the depth of a hyper-specialized firm, emphasizing innovation and transparency.

Success for us means working together—sometimes across specialties—to provide the best tax solutions for our clients’ unique needs. Tax regulations and procedures are always evolving, and so are we. All EisnerAmper tax employees are empowered to challenge the status quo by thinking creatively and bringing new ideas to the table. When we identify ways to reduce filing turnarounds or streamline compliance work, we free up time to deliver impactful business advisory services.

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.
• Strong tax research skills.
• CPA certification.

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.