A top 50 largest independent CPA firm in the Country is looking for a Tax Manager to join their NYC or North Brunswick, NJ office (2 open roles)
Position Summary:
- Acts as liaison between partners, clients and staff.
- Responsibilities include managing multiple projects and client engagements simultaneously while scheduling, staffing and coordinating engagement workflow.
- Develops and trains staff.
- Major involvement in firm practice development efforts, develop advanced technical knowledge, and management skills. Ability to make decisions.
- Ability to effectively delegate work.
Responsibilities:
- Possesses a complete knowledge of the Firm's philosophy on financial, tax, and consulting matters, work quality and application of professional and Firm standards.
- Maintains contact with clients throughout the year; possesses a thorough knowledge of the client and all facets of client's business.
- Plans, schedules and staffs engagements using firm policies and procedures.
- Supervises staff and provides on-the-job training; reviews tax returns and related work papers prepared by staff including performance evaluations.
- Anticipates problem areas of engagement and develops procedures to address those problem areas; keeps supervisors informed of important developments and recommends solutions.
- Communicates progress of engagements, problems and resolutions to client through written and oral correspondences.
- Prepares invoices to clients, communicates details of fees to clients and assists in collection of overdue accounts.
- Maintains knowledge of general economic and political trends of possible tax or other legislation that could affect the business climate.
- Performs supervisory reviews of all tax returns and governmental tax examinations of complexity.
- Assumes tax preparation responsibility for the more complex business returns.
- Delegates and manages governmental tax examinations; may represent the client before the appropriate tax authorities.
Requirements/Qualifications:
- A minimum of five years of experience in accounting and tax, demonstrating a progression in complexity, scope and number of engagements managed.
- Demonstrated ability to bring in new business to a CPA firm.
- Bachelors or Master's degree in accounting.
- Experience with Partnership returns.
- Minimum of forty hours of continuing professional education is required each year to maintain and develop technical and business skills.
- A current and valid certified public accountant's license is required.
- Must be a member in good standing with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
- Proficiency in use of computers and various accounting and tax computer software.