Senior Tax Associate (Encino, CA or Woodland Hills, CA)

The role

The Sr. Tax Associate I will prepare and deliver income tax returns, tax projections, and analysis for high-net-worth clients. This role works within a dedicated tax team to provide compliance services.

What you will do

• Prepare tax returns for high-net-worth individuals, trusts and businesses
• Create quarterly estimates and projections
• Communicate with clients on matters related to delivery of income tax returns
• Perform tax research
• Respond to tax questions, estimates, projections, and analysis
• Coordinate with tax support staff to ensure timely workflow and data integrity
• Work with tax staff to respond to tax notices and initial preparation of correspondence
• Stay up to date on tax law and communicate effects of law changes to clients

Required qualifications

• Minimum of 1-3 years of public accounting experience, or equivalent experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
• Moderate tax code knowledge and general accounting skills
• Highly organized and tax-oriented
• Ability to handle a large volume of activities at one time
• Ability to communicate concepts to clients and advisors in concise and understandable fashion
• Must be detail-oriented
• Excellent time-management skills
• Routinely sitting and standing for periods of time
• No heavy lifting over 10 lbs

Nice to have

• Obtained or in the process of obtaining CPA and/or EA
• Master’s degree in Tax
• Experience with CCH, including Axcess, Workflow and Practice, and SafeSend

Benefits

• Company Paid Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Life & AD&D; Short-Term Disability; Accident; Critical Illness; and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Three Cigna medical plans offerings
• Kaiser Medical plans available in California
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions if enrolled in either HDHP medical plan
• Two comprehensive Dental Plans
• Vision Insurance Plan
• Dependent Care Savings Account
• 14 Company Paid Holidays including a full week off at Thanksgiving
• Generous paid time off program for vacation and sick days
• Employee Assistance Plan

About the company

Mercer Advisors has been helping families amplify and simplify their financial lives for more than 40 years. They are an independent fiduciary ranked #1 RIA Firm in the nation by Barron’s for two consecutive years.