Our downtown Seattle client is seeking a collaborative Tax Director with excellent communication skills for their real estate business. This is an on-site role with one day work from home per week. You will be leading a strong team of two in a long-standing business.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Include but are not limited to the following, as additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
• Provide tax planning support for new business activities
• Responsible for the completion of federal and state income tax returns including all related analysis and support
• Responsible for in-house preparation sales and use, general excise tax, real and personal property tax returns
• Responsible for audits of federal and state and local filings
• Respond to related tax correspondence and research issues as they arise and recommend courses of action as needed
• Calculate monthly tax reserve requirement
• Prepare the annual tax provision for financial reporting purposes
• Oversee cost segregation studies
• Ensuring that appropriate internal controls are in place over accounting for taxes
• Oversee the development of the Sr. Tax Manager and Tax Senior Staff
• Support on-going estate planning activities
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting required. Enrolled Agent or CPA preferred.
• A minimum of 7 years of related experience; Pro System tax preparation software experience a plus
• Experience managing staff
• Strong interpersonal skills for interacting accountants, operations, upper management, and family
• Strong verbal/ written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Pay and benefits:
Up to $200k plus bonus. Benefits include MDV, matching retirement plan and vacation time.