Tax Director - Baton Rouge, LA

Job Responsibilities

• Acts as a supervisor to ensure client work is performed within time, scope, budget
• See the big picture for the client’s business, objectives, and industry and think creatively to solve business problems as well as team conflict
• Manages engagement and client expectations, ensures satisfaction and communicates upward
• Builds and maintains client relationships through direct contact at appropriate levels of the organization on assigned engagements; consistently provides timely response to client and internal requests
• Adds additional duties as assigned

People Management/Relationships

• Affords problem/issue materiality and interprets the implications for the client; understands the client’s tolerance for risk
• Leads client meetings
• Builds and maintains client relationships through direct contact at appropriate levels of the organization on assigned engagements; consistently provides timely response to client and internal requests
• Builds knowledge of the firm’s services and effectively presents ideas to clients that result in additional services

Productivity & Business Growth

• Seeks business development opportunities through new or existing contacts
• Understands our business, how we generate profit and has the ability to this tactically and act quickly to capitalize on an opportunity

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree required, Master’s preferred
• CPA required
• 9+ years of tax experience is required
• Comprehensive understanding of tax code/rules and implications
• Experience preparing returns and researching more complex tax issues
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills

How You’ll Grow

In addition to on-the-job training, you will also attend industry-specific training. We also provide many hours of cutting edge technology training each year.

Benefits

At M&J, we don’t ask you to give up your personal life for your career; we encourage a healthy work/life balance by providing you with the tools, compensation, and benefits to achieve a high quality of life.

Mauldin And Jenkins Culture

Your goals and ideas matter at Mauldin & Jenkins – you are an integral part of our team, working with other like-minded professionals in a technologically advanced, dynamic and friendly environment. Our dynamic environment is where employees are eager to succeed. Your voice matters at M&J and we continually listen better the company and its employees.