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Tax Senior

San Jose, CA

IDCA01-2748469Posted 9/18/2025

TAX SENIOR

Well established, highly profitable regional CPA firm seeks a Tax Senior to add to their growing staff. We offer a very reasonable work life balance, excellent benefits including large potential bonuses and a 5% employer contribution to your 401K program, a choice of both SEC and closely held clients to work on across diverse industry groups, overtime paid at time and one half, and a fast track to management.

Responsibilities

Performs diversified accounting, auditing, and tax assignments under the direction of supervisor, manager or partner.
Demonstrates competency in technical skills, work quality, and application of professional and Firm standards.
Directs and instructs assistants, where applicable, in work to be performed and working paper review.
Determines the extent of test-checking required in an audit and selects the transactions to be tested.
Prepares and indexes working papers; performs various procedures established under generally accepted accounting principles to verify accuracy and validity of client’s financial matters.
Prepares complicated tax returns and returns on dissolution or liquidation.
Suggests client tax planning ideas to supervisor, manager, or Partner.
Prepares routine correspondence to client for approval and signature of a Partner; writes comments for management letters.
Supervises staff accountants and assistants with assignments, instructs them in work to be performed, reviews work done and directs necessary revisions.
Occasional overtime work required throughout the year. Heavy overtime work required from January 1 to April 15, may be in excess of 55 hours per week.

Qualifications

At least three to five (3 to 5) years’ experience in public accounting, demonstrating a progression in complexity of auditing and accounting tasks and tax knowledge.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or master’s degree in accounting.
Minimum of forty (40) hours of continuing professional education is required each year.
Either hold a current and valid CPA’s license or be working toward obtaining the license by taking and passing the applicable state CPA exam.
If licensed, should be a member in good standing with the AICPA.

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