Tax Senior Job specification:
Leading accountancy practice based in Dublin, Meath and Cavan have an opportunity for a tax senior to work directly with the tax partner as part of dynamic tax team, across a wide range of consultancy and compliance assignments. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to develop their career across all areas of taxation.
The successful candidate will require the following skills:
Technical:
• Prepares complex individual, corporate, and partnership tax returns;
• Performs review of individual tax returns prepared by tax staff or interns;
• Serves as a technical resource for tax staff and interns;
• May have the opportunity to work on estate, gift, trust and international tax returns;
• Conducts basic and complex tax research;
• Collaborates with firm colleagues to conduct tax planning for individual, corporate, partnership, estate, gift, trust and international tax clients;
• Reviews federal, state and local tax notices and drafts responses;
• Authors and collaborates on articles, blogs and e-books.
Supervisory
• Delegates work to tax staff and interns;
• Supervises tax staff and interns; defines expectations and performance indicators;
• Participates in firm wide and tax department administrative projects;
• Acts as key client contact person for smaller engagements;
• Fosters and exemplifies collaborative working relationships with all employment levels of the firm;
• Assists with training of other tax department or firm accounting personnel;
• Represents firm at intern recruiting fairs;
• Develops a network of industry peers and business contacts, meets with prospective clients, and cultivates referral business.
Requirements:
• Full tax qualification or preparing for Final exams;
• Minimum of two years relevant experience in a busy tax department;
• Ability to work to deadlines;
• Be up to date with all Irish tax legislation and tax compliance obligations;
• Have excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
We are looking for someone with 2 years experience with knowledge of the SME sector in particular. Salary and benefits will reflect the experience of the candidate