Senior Associate, Tax

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Description & Requirements

As a Tax Senior Associate at Forvis Mazars, you value working closely with others to plan for the future and to help successful companies and their owners avoid surprises, coordinate tax strategies, and grow. You will provide authentic support to your teammates and clients and communicate regularly with them to understand their businesses and industries.

If relationships are important to you and you identify with the People First culture at Forvis Mazars, we would like to hear from you!

What You Will Do:

• Providing tax compliance, tax provision, and tax advisory services to pass-through and C-corporation entities with an emphasis on companies operating in the manufacturing and distribution, construction and real estate, professional services and technology, and financial institutions industries
• Assisting in supervising, developing, and coaching professional tax staff
• Helping to develop and manage client relationships
• Providing timely and unmatched client service and exceeding client expectations
• Representing Forvis Mazars in the marketplace at networking events
• Participating in the proposal process for potential new clients
• Participating in campus recruiting initiatives and programs
• Contributing to Forvis Mazars-sponsored technical guidance for internal and external publications and to internal learning and development sessions
• Working with your team to assign projects and resolve scheduling conflicts

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• 2-5 years of experience working with 990 forms
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant progressive tax experience in public accounting or a combination of corporate tax and public accounting experience
• CPA license or have secured the educational requirements to satisfy the 150-credit hour requirement necessary to obtain a CPA license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, Law degree, or a related field
• Relevant progressive experience in public accounting or a combination of corporate tax and experience in public accounting
• A strong sense of ownership for delivering high-quality service to clients and experience servicing multiple client engagements
• Excellent supervisory, team-building, and time-management skills
• Ability to work well with a team as well as independently
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A solution-finding attitude
• Willingness to take initiative
• Precise attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and against target dates