Job Opening - Flex-Time Tax Supervisor

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Summary

Provides tax planning, tax preparation and tax reviews to both individual and corporate clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Apply technical tax principles to practical business problems in a variety of industries including construction, healthcare and manufacturing/distribution.
• Assume full responsibility for small tax engagements with limited supervision.
• Provide high level support for clients including managing expectations and meeting deliverable deadlines.
• Assist with preparation of tax returns for complicated business entities and individuals.
• Provide review for business entities and individuals.
• Work as part of a team that helps to provide tax knowledge and experience to clients.
• Develop, motivate and train staff and intern level team members.
• Collaborate with managers and partners on both team and client issues.

Education/Experience Required:

Bachelor’s in Accounting required. Minimum of 3-5 years of public accounting experience. CPA certification preferred.

Core Competencies/Skills Required:

• Technical Excellence – Demonstrates appropriate technical knowledge and applies it to identify issues and resolve client problems. Does not require excessive guidance from higher management levels to complete technical areas of the engagement. Learns and applies new firm technology.
• Results Orientation – Sets, strives to achieve, and succeeds in achieving challenging goals.
• Teamwork – Functions effectively as part of or leader of a group of people working together to accomplish tasks or reach goals. Promotes looking at the firm’s goals in addition to team goals.
• Developing Self and Others – Works to improve the performance of oneself and others by pursuing opportunities for continuous learning and feedback, constructively helping/advising others in their professional development. Delegates and leverages work to ensure staff development.
• Conceptual Thinking – Able to identify cause and effect relationships and put ideas together in ways that increase understanding, solve problems, result in innovation and otherwise benefits the organization.
• Strategic Thinking – Uses understanding of the firm and its clients, positions in their respective markets, and business trends to envision, support, create and execute organizational strategies. Relates the firm’s business strategies to identify additional services that could benefit clients.
• Communication – Keeps others informed of important information, whether daily activities, crises or progress on long-term projects. Tailors content and style of communication to the needs and expectations of their audience.
• Change Orientation – Accepts, pursues and promotes constructive change within the firm, client organizations and project work teams. Addresses unexpected problems quickly and effectively.
• Influence – Presents persuasive arguments with personal presence and professional credibility, convincing others to change the course of events.
• Initiative – Goes beyond job/role requirements to seize opportunities or accomplish a task. Identifies new ways to meet client expectations and solve client problems.
• Relationship Building – Works to build, maintain and utilize individual relationship or networks with co-workers, clients, and other people who are, or might be, helpful in achieving work related goals. Develops professional relationships with all constituencies based on trust.

Demonstrated Contributions/Results:

Client Services

• Consistent track record of success in serving clients with demonstration of high quality client service.
• Consistent track record of meeting deadlines
• Past successful results in research and technical judgment.

People Development

• Effectively train and supervise interns during tax season.
• Successfully represents the firm in the community and at recruiting events.
• Assists in assimilating new hires into the firm.

Firm Economics

• Past successful results in achieving and maintaining appropriate productivity based on responsibility.
• Seeks out opportunities to assist in projects to stay highly utilized.
• Utilizes technology to create efficiencies for self, other team members and the firm.

Business Development

• Familiar with the products and services of the firm, staying current on firm happenings.
• Knows the history of the firm and can effectively communicate a brief summary to others when asked about the firm.

 

Desired Values/Culture:

● Professionalism ● Respect ● Integrity

● Dedication ● Excellence ● Teamwork

Authority/Responsibility:

• Reports to Tax Partner of Soren McAdam Christenson LLP
• No direct reports, but will have supervisory responsibility of staff on assigned engagements.
• Responsible to provide regular feedback including performance reviews of staff.

Other Preferences:

• Must possess excellent computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Must possess a strong willingness to participate in a high-energy team environment.

Every firm member who works for Soren McAdam Christenson LLP works not only for a particular team/partner, but also for the firm as a whole. Accordingly, firm members are expected to act in the best interests of the firm, even if doing so requires actions and behaviors not listed in the above Role Description. This Role Description is provided as a tool to assist you in understanding your position and is subject to revision by management when client service needs change.

 

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