Tax Accountant

Why Everstory

At Everstory Partners, our mission is to create supportive spaces where individuals and families can find solace, meaning, and hope in the midst of loss. At the heart of our mission is a deep understanding of the profound and complex nature of grief. Every person’s journey through loss is unique, and we are committed to providing compassionate and personalized support.

We also believe that grief is not a problem to be solved or a burden to manage alone, but rather a natural and beautiful part of the human experience. Backed by our national strength and our local partners’ role is to be a steady presence, a source of comfort and guidance, and a partner in celebrating the life and legacy of the person who has passed.

The Impact You Will Make

The Tax Accountant plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy and compliance of tax filings, directly impacting Everstory’s financial integrity. Through managing critical tax processes, including income tax returns, personal property filings, and exemption maintenance, this role helps optimize tax efficiency and mitigate risks. Their attention to detail and proactive approach supports timely, accurate reporting, fostering strong relationships with regulatory authorities. By driving consistency and accuracy in tax operations, the Tax Accountant contributes to the company’s overall financial health and operational excellence.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare and file monthly, quarterly, and annual sales tax returns for funeral homes and cemeteries across multiple states, ensuring timely remittance and compliance with state and local tax regulations.
• Record sales tax payments accurately through book entries for the appropriate legal entities, supporting consistent financial reporting.
• Research tax classification and rate changes using BNA Research to maintain compliance with evolving tax laws.
• Manage Personal Property Tax filings, including asset transfer research, accurate tax reporting, remittance processing, and dispute resolution with state and local authorities.
• Oversee annual exemption filings to maintain tax-exempt status in California, Washington, and Indiana, supported by detailed land usage data and legal research.
• Assist the Senior Tax Accountant with preparing income tax returns, extensions, and estimated payments for Everstory Parent Corporation and related entities.
• Prepare trial balances, complete book-to-tax journal entries, and manage OneSource data uploads, while supporting ad hoc projects and maintaining organized tax records.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, tax.
• 1 – 2 years of experience in tax return preparation.
• CPA or equivalent certification a plus.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.
• Experience with sales tax, personal property tax, and income tax preparation is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with tax exemption filings and resolving tax-related disputes with state and local authorities is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data analysis).
• Experience with tax software, such as OneSource, and research tools like BNA Research.

Core Competencies

• Compassion - Genuinely cares about people; is concerned about their work and non-work problems; is available and ready to help; is sympathetic to the plight of others not as fortunate; demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pains of others.
• Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Ethics and Values - Adheres to appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times; acts in line with those values; rewards the right values and disapproves of others; practices what he/she preaches.

Role Competencies

• Building Effective Teams - blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; let's people finish and be responsible for their work; creates feeling of belonging in the team.
• Technical Learning - picks up on technical things quickly; can learn new skills and knowledge; is good at learning a new industry, company, product, or technical knowledge.
• Managing Through Systems - can design practices, processes, and procedures which allow managing from a distance; comfortable letting things manage themselves without intervening; can impact people and results remotely.
• Time Management - uses time effectively and efficiently; concentrates their efforts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities.
• Understanding Others - understands why groups do what they do; picks up the sense of the group in terms of positions, intentions, and needs.

Work Environment

• On-Site at Support Center, M-F required.

Our Investment in You

Everstory Partners is proud to provide our employees with a quality work environment and opportunity for both personal and professional growth. As part of our ongoing commitment, we offer a competitive benefits package for our Full-Time Employees including: Medical, Dental, 401k with a company match, Life, Short-Term Disability, Long-term Disability, Vision, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discount Programs, Generous PTO Programs, Volunteer Opportunities & much more!

Everstory Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to employing a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.