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

What it means to work for EisnerAmper:

• Be part of one of the largest and fastest-growing accounting and advisory firms in the industry.
• Enjoy flexibility to manage your days in support of work/life balance.
• Join a culture that has received multiple top “Places to Work” awards.
• Collaborate in an environment where cultures, ideas, and experiences come together to create new solutions.
• Embrace differences as a strength that unites the team and strengthens the foundation.
• Show up authentically to find inspiration and do your best work.

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.

Qualifications

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

About Our Tax Team

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.

Tax regulations and procedures are always changing, and so are we. EisnerAmper tax employees are empowered to challenge the status quo by thinking outside the box and bringing new ideas to the table. When we identify creative ways to reduce filing turnarounds or streamline compliance work, we spend more time conducting impactful business advisory services for our clients.

About EisnerAmper

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 serve the attorneys, financial professionals, bankers, and investors who support these clients.

Pay

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