Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

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Job Description:

Baker Tilly, one of the fastest growing CPA advisory firms in the nation, has an incredible career opportunity for a Senior Tax Associate to join our growing Private Wealth International practice!

Our Private Wealth International practice recognizes the unique challenges of wealthy individuals and privately held business owners.  We help company executives, business owners, affluent families and family offices, estates, and trusts in managing, preserving and transitioning wealth. Our consulting professionals provide comprehensive strategic income, trust, estate and gift tax, succession planning, valuation and international tax services.

Our Private Wealth (International) practice focuses on individuals and families with global assets and tax implications.

You will enjoy this role if:

• You want to be your client’s personal advisor and help create a holistic approach to managing and enhancing their wealth (both domestic and international) at all stages of their lives.
• You crave an opportunity to be part of a well-established high net wealth practice that continues to achieve tremendous growth.
• You are interested in specializing in the compliance and planning perspectives for individuals with international assets and wealth.
• You want to be part of firm is invested in your success by providing the resources and support to continually sharpen your technical skills and build your career now, for tomorrow.

What you’ll do:

• Assist in providing compliance and consulting services to high-net-worth individuals, multi-generational affluent families, family offices and their private businesses and/or investment entities:
  • Prepare and review complex individual, trust, estate, gift and state tax returns and international disclosures
  • Analyze international holdings for disclosure purposes and assist clients with planning around foreign assets and minimizing global taxation
  • Work on multiple engagements that deliver proactive tax planning and strategic consulting including federal estate, gift, charitable planning and generation skipping tax
  • Build on technical competence by keeping up-to-date on trends, developments and technical authorities and apply them to complex situations
• Learn and grow from direct and on the job coaching and mentoring along with participating in firm wide learning and development programs
• Utilize your entrepreneurial skills to network and build strong relationships internally and externally with clients
• Support the growth and development of team members through the Baker Tilly Care and Teach philosophy, helping associates meet their professional goals
• Enjoy friendships, social activities and team outings that encourage a work-life balance

Minimum Qualifications

• 4-year degree
• Eligible to obtain CPA, JD, or EA 
• 3 years of professional experience

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in Accounting or related field required
• Actively pursuing a CPA, MST or JD/LLM preferred
• Two (2) + year(s) experience in tax return preparation and planning for wealthy individuals, family members and their trusts, investment entities, and private businesses
• Two (2) + year(s) experience in international asset disclosure preparation for individuals with foreign accounts, businesses, trusts, and other foreign investments
• An interest to assist affluent families and individuals enhance and preserve their wealth
• Eligibility to work in the U.S., without sponsorship, highly preferred

The pay rate range for this job position is $72,300 to $150,000. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of relevant factors including but not limited to applicant’s skills, prior experience, qualifications, degrees, professional certifications, work arrangements and geographic location. Baker Tilly offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.