Tax Associate - Winter 2025

Full-time

No

Job Level Experienced (Non-Manager)
Travel 0 - 10%
Salary Range $84,000 per year


## Tax Associate

Grant Thornton is looking for a Tax Associate to join their team in San Francisco, CA. As a Tax Associate, you will be responsible for tax consulting and tax return preparation duties, including tax research, tax planning, and the preparation of supporting digital work papers for various tax returns and tax related projects.

### Responsibilities

* Reviewing data input, identifying and resolving technical tax issues, and assisting in the review of tax preparation completed by our colleagues in Bangalore, India
* Responding to inquiries from the IRS and other taxing authorities
* Identifying, researching, and assessing various tax issues while also providing information to senior staff members
* Providing on-the-job training to junior staff members
* Identifying and carrying out other projects as assigned
* Collaboratively working with client team members while building rapport and strong client relationships
* Other duties as assigned

### Qualifications

* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Juris Doctorate, or Tax LLM
* Minimum major and overall GPA of preferred
* Completion of necessary education hours to be eligible for CPA licensure or licensed attorney status
* Excellent analytical, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills
* Strong technical aptitude and skillset
* Demonstrated project management skillset including project planning and time management
* Ability to work efficiently and effectively in a complex team environment
* The willingness and ability to work additional hours, as needed, and travel to various client sites
* Ability to travel on short notice and work additional hours as necessary.

### Salary
The base salary for this position in the firm’s San Francisco, CA office is $84,000 per year.

### About Us
At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we 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 us different, and we think being different makes us better.

### About the Team
The team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here’s how:

* Whether it’s your work location, weekly schedule or unlimited flex time off, we empower you with the options to work in the way that best serves your clients and your life.
* Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well-being through work-life integration options that work best for your and those in your household.
* We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different — and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you.
* When it comes to inclusion, we are committed to doing more than checking boxes. Explore all the ways we’re taking action for diversity, equity & inclusion.

### Benefits
We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you.

* Benefits for internship positions: Grant Thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Interns also receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave, and are paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period.
* Benefits for seasonal employee positions: Grant Thornton seasonal employees are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Seasonal employees may also be eligible to participate in the firm’s 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements. Seasonal employees receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave.
* Grant Thornton employees may be eligible for a discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance, subject to the terms, conditions and eligibility criteria of the applicable bonus plan or program. Interns and seasonal employees are not eligible for bonus compensation.

Grant Thornton is looking for a Tax Associate to join their team in San Francisco, CA. As a Tax Associate, you will be responsible for tax consulting and tax return preparation duties, including tax research, tax planning, and the preparation of supporting digital work papers for various tax returns and tax related projects.

The base salary for this position in the firm’s San Francisco, CA office is $84,000 per year.

## Responsibilities

As a Tax Associate, your primary responsibilities will consist of:

* Reviewing data input, identifying and resolving technical tax issues, and assisting in the review of tax preparation completed by our colleagues in Bangalore, India
* Responding to inquiries from the IRS and other taxing authorities
* Identifying, researching, and assessing various tax issues while also providing information to senior staff members
* Providing on-the-job training to junior staff members

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benefits for internship positions: grant thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. to make an accommodation request, please contact colleaguesupportspecialists@us. to make an accommodation request, please contact

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