Tax Director

Tax Director,

White Plains, NY

SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE

Accounting firm is seeking a tax leader. He or she is responsible for the firm's tax compliance, tax planning and accounting for income taxes. This is an opportunity for a charismatic leader to oversee a ten-person practice. Candidates must have experience with planning for pass-through entities designed for high-net-worth individuals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Must be current with tax legislation

• Responsible for completion of federal and state income tax returns including all related analysis and support

• Responsible for audits of federal and state tax, income tax and state and local filings.

• Conduct tax planning

• Supervise a staff of ten

• Liaison with operating management on tax issues and accounting staff on tax accounting issues

• Ensuring that appropriate internal controls are in place over accounting for income taxes

• Maintain strong client relations and cross-sell services within the assigned group of clients

• Manage, develop, train and mentor staff on tax projects

• Advise clients with recommendations on business and process improvements and serve as a business advisor to clients

• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting. Master's degree in taxation preferred.

• JD and/or CPA is required

• Seven or more years of related tax consulting experience

• Excellent analytical, technical and tax accounting/technology skills with proficiency in US GAAP and tax compliance and consulting

• Experience training and developing staff

• High level of attention to detail and accuracy

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently and under pressure.

• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks and meet all deadlines

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

Yes

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Office environment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, communicate, reach and manipulate objects, tools or controls. The position requires mobility. Duties involve moving materials weighing up to 10 pounds on a regular basis. Manual dexterity and coordinate are required over 50% of the work week while operating equipment such as computer keyboard, mouse, calculator and similar machines.