Senior Tax Associate

6-6 yrs required

Full-time

No

## Senior Tax Associate at Law Firm

**Overview**
Law Firm is seeking a Senior Tax Associate to join its dynamic practice in the Pacific Northwest. The ideal candidate will have experience counseling clients on an array of federal and/or state and local tax issues in transactional matters.

**About Law Firm and the Corporate Team**
The Corporate team at Law Firm consists of over 70 lawyers who focus on all areas of corporate law representing both public and private entities at all stages of formation and growth. Our clients are engaged in energy production and distribution, agribusiness, healthcare, computer technology, life sciences solutions, aerospace technology, timber and forest products, mining, retail and manufacturing. We develop a deep understanding of the strategic objectives of these businesses to enhance our ability to plan and execute transactions for our clients.

Like all of the firm’s practice groups, the Corporate group at Law Firm greatly values diversity. Fifty-five percent of Corporate attorneys identify as diverse (women, racial/ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ lawyers and lawyers with disabilities). Sixty-seven percent of new attorney hires and seventy-five percent of the newly promoted Corporate partners identify as diverse.

**Role Overview**
The Tax group at Law Firm helps to guide clients through the increasingly complex maze of tax matters. The ideal candidate will have experience counseling clients on an array of federal and/or state and local tax issues in transactional matters.

**Skills Needed to Be Effective in This Role**
• Experience with, or interest in counseling clients on federal, state, and local tax issues;
• Ability to manage multiple projects in collaboration with partners and senior associates;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Good judgment, responsiveness, and perseverance;
• Strong intellectual curiosity;
• Self-motivation;
• A commitment to client service and team success;
• JD from an accredited university;
• Active membership in the Oregon State Bar or ability to waive in (preferred).

**Stoel Rives: Part of Our Team**
At Law Firm, we offer a unique lateral integration program and core competency model that are designed to provide a roadmap of the practical skills, abilities, and client service techniques our lawyers need to succeed and progress at the firm. We also established a New Lawyer Integration Program that has deepened our relationships and connections with our new lawyers, while providing them with the mentoring, resources, and information necessary for success.

**Compensation, Benefits, and More**
The pay range for this position is $220,000+; however, the base compensation presented to a candidate may vary based on skills and overall experience. This salary range is based on market location.

In addition to base compensation, Law Firm has a total rewards program that includes an annual discretionary bonus and rich benefits offerings. For example, our benefits offerings include paid family & medical leave (and an on/off-ramp program for expecting parents), unlimited PTO, a flexible schedule program, remote work options, and a sabbatical program for eligible attorneys. We also offer competitive and robust medical, dental, vision, life, long-term disability, AD&D, EAP, FSA, and Voluntary Life, ADD, and LTC options. We also provide a generous firm-contributed health savings account and a pre-tax transportation/parking plan. To help meet billable hour expectations, we also allow up to 50 hours of billable credit for diversity, equity, and inclusion-related activities, as well as an additional up to 50 hours for pro bono activities.

We are also proud participants of the ABA Well-Being Pledge, strongly believing that the well-being of our employees is paramount to the success of the firm. In addition, the firm’s Culture Committee supports the firm’s mission, vision, and values in bringing together spectacular client service and job satisfaction.

**What We Are Doing to Ensure A Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Environment**
Stoel Rives places a high priority on attracting and retaining lawyers with different backgrounds and life experiences. This makes us better and happier as people, as an organization, and as legal advisers. We are proud to offer many engagement opportunities including a firmwide DE&I Committee, Associates Committee, Pro Bono Committee, Affinity Groups, and Parenting Circle.

We proudly partner with Diversity Lab to implement innovative programs to advance Law Firm’s DE&I goals, including the aggressive metrics-based goals we’ve adopted as one of five founding Move the Needle Fund firms. Our efforts with Diversity Lab include certification under the Mansfield Rule, to boost the representation of diverse lawyers in our firm’s leadership by broadening the pool of candidates considered for opportunities.

## Senior Tax Associate Job Opportunity at Law Firm

Law Firm is seeking a Senior Tax Associate to join its dynamic practice in the Pacific Northwest. The ideal candidate will have experience counseling clients on an array of federal and/or state and local tax issues in transactional matters. This is an exciting opportunity to join a firm that values diversity, equity, and inclusion and offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

### About Law Firm and the Corporate Team

The Corporate team at Law Firm consists of over 70 lawyers who focus on all areas of corporate law representing both public and private entities at all stages of formation and growth. Our clients are engaged in energy production and distribution, agribus

Paid family & medical leave (and an on/off-ramp program for expecting parents), unlimited PTO, a flexible schedule program, remote work options, and a sabbatical program for eligible attorneys, competitive and robust medical, dental, vision, life, long-term disability, AD&D, EAP, FSA, and Voluntary Life, ADD, and LTC options, generous firm-contributed health savings account, pre-tax transportation/parking plan

Counseling clients on federal, state, and local tax issues; managing multiple projects in collaboration with partners and senior associates; excellent written and oral communication; good judgment, responsiveness, and perseverance; strong intellectual curiosity; self-motivation; commitment to client service and team success

JD from an accredited university

Principals only, no recruiters, please

Qualification and Experience JD from an accredited university; active membership in the Oregon State Bar or ability to waive in (preferred)

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