State And Local Tax Senior

Description:

At Moss Adams, we champion authenticity. For us, that means fostering a culture of talented people who care—about you, about our clients, and about our communities. Here, you’ll work towards our mission of empowering others to embrace opportunity, growing as a leader along the way. Our firm’s size, middle-market clients, customized career paths, and supportive culture make this a reality. Join a values-driven firm where you’ll have fun while solving complex and interesting business challenges.

Introduction to the team

With an abundant spirit of optimism, openness, and enterprise, Moss Adams helps organizations realize greater potential. The tax specialty group (TSG) at Moss Adams is comprised of tax professionals who go beyond compliance–providing deep technical and strategic guidance to clients so they're better equipped to tackle their most vexing challenges and embrace emerging opportunity. Within TSG, the State & Local Tax team helps clients compete and succeed by staying up-to-date on the ever-changing, complex state and local tax rules. These business advisors specialize in solutions that span income tax, indirect tax, property tax, and tax controversy matters. Join one of the fastest growing groups at Moss Adams and start realizing your potential.

Individuals who thrive at Moss Adams exhibit the following success skills – Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Executive Presence, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity, and Results Focus.

Responsibilities

• Assist with management of clients and their needs
• Identify and analyze tax risks and opportunities while advising on SALT matters related to alternative tax strategies for acquisition, disposition, and restructuring of businesses
• Assist with the review and analysis of purchase agreements, merger agreements and opinion letters from a SALT perspective
• Analyze taxpayer data and be able to identify opportunities for prospects and clients
• Keep up to date on state and local tax law changes
• Participate in business development activities as needed
• Develop internal relationships within the firm and help grow external branding

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; emphasis in accounting preferred
• Advanced degree such as Masters of Tax or JD and/or LLM is a plus
• CPA or licensed attorney preferred. If not a CPA or licensed attorney, must meet educational requirements to obtain CPA or attorney license in state of employment upon hire
• Minimum of 2 years of related tax experience required; public accounting experienced preferred
• Previous experience performing tax research and providing technical advice on state and local tax issues preferred
• Previous experience performing multi-state tax compliance work preferred
• Experience in state and local government revenue department preferred
• Experience with state tax planning, tax research, and tax analysis
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Creative problem solving and research skills
• Able to work effectively both as part of a team and independently
• Able to handle multiple priorities, tasks and simultaneous projects
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 35%