Tax Senior (Hybrid) - Top 15 CPA Firm

Brewer Morris is currently working with a Top 15 CPA firm in Irvine, CA. The CPA firm has been recognized as a premier accounting, tax, financial advisory and consulting organization. Providing services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies, the firm offers a sophisticated array of services and global capabilities, combined with the personal attention of experienced and committed professionals.

The Tax Senior is responsible for advising clients on the tax implications of their business objectives, evaluating and selecting alternative actions to lessen tax burden and cost of compliance, identifying different methods of complying with tax regulations while acting as the primary client contact for complex tax issues. In this role, Tax Senior is charged with applying knowledge to understand potential tax issues and recognizing and communicating potential risks and potential changes in the tax policy. In addition, the Tax Senior will be involved in the marketing, networking and business development within an area of expertise and specialization and may be asked to provide written tax advice to clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide top-level review and preparation of federal and multi-state income tax returns for individuals, partnerships, corporations, and trusts

• Lead team of staff accountants

• Oversee planning and scheduling of engagements

• Research complex tax issues

• Ensure quality of work product

• Monitor workflow

• Coach/mentor individual team members

• Provide formal and informal feedback

• Communicate progress to partners

• Develop business with both existing and new clients

• Develop and maintain strong client relationships with client personnel and prospective clients

• Works closely with clients to advise on income tax issues and related tax planning

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree; Master’s degree a plus

• CPA certificate preferred

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience

Benefits

• Three medical plan options,* including a high-deductible health plan

• Vision and dental plans, including an option for orthodontia benefit

• Prescription drug coverage

• Flexible spending (health, limited purpose, and dependent care) and health savings accounts

• Complimentary access to physical and mental health resources (including Headspace, Spring Health, Prevention Cloud, and Peerfit)

• Virtual care programs for mental health and physical therapy

• Life insurance (group term, and supplemental available for self, spouse, and child)

• Short- and long-term disability

• 4-6 weeks paid time off (PTO)

• 17 paid holidays (including July 4th and Thanksgiving weeks off)

• 401(k) with employer match and profit-sharing contributions

– Employer match: 25% on the first 6% of employee’s deferred compensation

– Profit-sharing contribution: Eligibility based on length of service and hours worked

• Working hours in the off/non busy season is 37.5

• The minimum required hours during busy season are 55, most seniors average 60, and occasionally can surpass that if near a deadline/issuance date.

• CPA bonus is $3,000

• Non-CPA candidates get an additional 5 days of PTO to use for studying/taking their exams

• CPA exam fee’s are being reimbursed for the first attempt of each exam

• Surgent, Becker, Roger study material are being offered at no charge or up to $2,000 in reimbursement if they want to purchase a program outside of the 3 mentioned