SALT - Income and Franchise Tax Senior Associate

2-6 yrs required

Full-time

No

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## Income and Franchise Tax Senior Associate
Grant Thornton is looking for an experienced Income and Franchise Tax Senior Associate to join their San Francisco, CA office. As the Senior Associate, you'll be responsible for delivering a full range of tax planning, consulting, and compliance services to multiple clients. You'll collaborate with the Income/Franchise Tax team and work closely with staff on various tax matters, on all phases of project and engagement management.

The base salary range for this position in the firm's San Francisco, CA office is between $92,000 and $138,000.

### Job Responsibilities
As an Income and Franchise Tax Senior Associate, your duties may include:

- Run client engagements from start to finish, which includes planning, executing, directing, and completing tax projects and managing to budget
- Supervise, train, and mentor associates and interns on tax projects and assess performance of staff for engagement reviews; perform in-charge role as needed
- Deliver a full range of State & Local Tax services including tax return preparation and review, tax research, preparation of technical memorandums and drafting client correspondence. Assignments include reverse sales tax reviews, audit defense, and research of sales tax issues
- Review tax returns done by staff and make recommendations on return preparation regarding accuracy and tax savings opportunities; gain increasing responsibility in review process?
- Conduct multi-disciplinary, multi-state reviews that analyze income, franchise, sales and use, payroll, valorem taxes, and others to identify optimal filing options, exemptions, credits and incentives, and corporate structures that can reduce the client's tax burden
- Prepare returns for more complex State & Local Income/Franchise Tax returns and demonstrate an understanding of increasingly complex tax concepts?
- Respond to inquiries from the IRS and other tax authorities
- Other duties as assigned

### Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- Minimum two to six years of progressive tax compliance and/or tax consulting
- CPA, JD, or Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong teamwork and analytical skills and attention to detail
- Strong computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Can travel as needed

### Benefits
Grant Thornton understands that everyone's needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and offers personalized and comprehensive benefits to recognize and empower those differences. Benefits may include:

- Medical, dental and vision insurance programs
- Employee assistance program
- 72 hours of paid sick leave
- Paid holidays
- 401(k) savings plan
- Employee retirement plan
- Discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance

### About Grant Thornton
At Grant Thornton, they believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for their clients and you. They go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes them different, and they think being different makes them better.

The team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Whether it’s your work location, weekly schedule or unlimited flex time off, they empower you with the options to work in the way that best serves your clients and your life. They understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different — and they think that’s a good thing. That’s why they support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you.

If you apply and are selected to interview, a Grant Thornton team member will reach out to you to schedule a time to connect. They also encourage you to check out other roles that may be a good fit for you or get to know them a little bit better at .

## Summary
Grant Thornton is looking for an experienced Income and Franchise Tax Senior Associate to join their San Francisco, CA office. As the Senior Associate, you'll be responsible for delivering a full range of tax planning, consulting, and compliance services to multiple clients. The base salary range for this position in the firm's San Francisco, CA office is between $92,000 and $138,000.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, two to six years of progressive tax compliance and/or tax consulting experience, CPA, JD, or Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation preferred, excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong teamwork and analytical skills and attention to detail, strong computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and the ability to travel as needed.

Grant Thornton offers a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. They understand that everyone's needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and offer personalized and comprehensive benefits to recognize and empower those differences. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision insurance programs, employee assistance program, 72 hours of paid sick leave, paid holidays, 401(k) savings plan, employee retirement plan, and discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance.

If you're interested in joining the Grant Thornton team, apply today and a Grant Thornton team member will reach out to you to

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Programs, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Sick Leave, 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Retirement Plan, Discretionary, Annual Bonus

Tax Planning, Consulting, Compliance Services, Supervising, Training, Mentoring, Tax Return Preparation & Review, Tax Research, Reverse Sales Tax Reviews, Audit Defense, Technical Memorandums, Drafting Client Correspondence, Multi-disciplinary, Multi-state Reviews, Optimal Filing Options, Exemptions, Credits & Incentives, Corporate Structures, Microsoft Excel

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

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Qualification and Experience Bachelor's degree in Accounting, CPA, JD, Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation

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