What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Tax Accountant - International Tax position at BRC?
Full-time Description
Purpose: The position exists to perform a wide variety of diversified accounting and tax assignments with minimum assistance. Possesses the ability to make decisions on all but the more unusual or complex accounting tax matters. When such matters arise, he/she outlines them for the manager and then acts on advice. He/she displays professional conduct, showing confidence and ease in the presence of staff and client representatives.
Responsibilities
Purpose: The position exists to perform a wide variety of diversified accounting and tax assignments with minimum assistance. Possesses the ability to make decisions on all but the more unusual or complex accounting tax matters. When such matters arise, he/she outlines them for the manager and then acts on advice. He/she displays professional conduct, showing confidence and ease in the presence of staff and client representatives.
Responsibilities
- Effectively communicating with clients to receive information necessary to complete the engagement with a minimum of disruption to the client
- Demonstrating skills necessary to develop quality client relationships and loyalty
- Demonstrating competencies in technical skills, work quality and application of professional and firm standards
- Possessing technical knowledge sufficient to train staff accountants
- Reviewing staff workpapers, making certain they are appropriate
- Performing broadest range of accountant tasks so that direct participation of supervisors, managers, senior managers or partners is kept to a minimum
- Effective communication skills with staff, supervisors and management
- Training and instructing assistants in work to be performed
- Participating in planning and scheduling of client engagements/assignments
- Meeting time constraints and client deadlines
- Evaluating performance and providing feedback to staff
- Actively pursuing CPA license, if not already obtained
- Developing an understanding of pertinent IRC sections and regulations
- Proficiently preparing all but the most complex corporate, individual, partnership, fiduciary or other tax returns
- Performing tax research on less complex issues
- Analyzing less-complex IRS notice responses and drafting routine responses in reply
- Preparing less-complex tax projections for clients
- Bachelor’s and/or advanced degree
- Min. of 1-2 years’ experience as a staff accountant with International tax exper.
- CPA certified or candidate
- Membership in AICPA and NCACPA, as applicable
- Proficiency in use of computers and accounting-related software programs
- Completion of career development requirements for staff level
- Valid driver’s license and good MVR
