Senior Tax Associate
Honkamp • Coralville, Iowa • Full Time
Posted on Fri, Aug 28, 2026
Honkamp, P.C. is a Top 10 Midwest CPA and business advisory group (Accounting Today, 2025). We add value for our clients by providing forward-thinking, effective and timely services and solutions.
Inside our firm, the collaborative, people-focused culture encourages mutual respect, open communication and ongoing learning. Honkamp fosters innovation, diversity, ethics, and integrity to strengthen our organization and our people, and to respond to our clients' needs. With our wide range of services and clients, you'll work on projects that matter as part of the Honkamp team.
A Typical Day in the Life:
As a senior tax associate, you will provide accurate tax returns in a timely manner and assist in monitoring these returns, audits, notices, and research. You will also aid in the training, development, and workload monitoring of tax interns.
Responsibilities may include:
- Involved in training and delegating projects to interns/staff during tax season and monitoring workload.
- Effectively document work.
- Master prep of level 1 returns in assigned area. Review levels 2, 3, and 4 returns in assigned area.
- Utilize and enhance business writing skills by responding to Federal/State notices, writing department memos, and Teams posts.
- Coordinate with the assurance and accounting departments on pre-assigned returns to timely and accurately prepare client returns.
- Effectively research tax law, including intermediate and advanced questions.
- Demonstrate a general and growing knowledge of client businesses, as well as identify additional services for existing client base and prospective clients.
- Develop a general and growing knowledge or firm products and services.
- Assist in administrative functions, such as monitoring deadlines, extension, BNA and other workpaper and checklist roll forwards, etc.
- Responsible for achieving annual billable hour goals while maintaining high standards of client service and contributing to the firm's revenue, profitability, operational excellence, and other strategic initiatives.
If you have tax experience, excellent communication skills, and are committed to delivering top-quality service to our clients, this position may be for you!
Qualifications:
- Two to four years' related experience and bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in an accounting related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Thorough knowledge of at least one type of income tax (business vs. individual) and working knowledge of the other.
- Proficient in Microsoft 365.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or other applicable certification(s) preferred.
- Maintain CPE requirements for all applicable licenses.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and analytical skills.
- May occasionally be required to attend client meetings, offsite training/seminars and other work-related events, and/or errands. May require use of personal vehicle.
Top Benefits and Perks:
As a senior tax associate, you’ll enjoy:
- Competitive Compensation
- Benefits package that includes health/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Flexible schedules and summer Fridays
EOE
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