Senior Tax Associate

Senior Tax Associate
About the Role
The Senior Tax Associate will play a key role in supporting a growing tax advisory practice by managing federal and state corporate, partnership, and individual tax compliance for a mix of private clients and private equity-backed clients. This position offers exposure to the firm's leadership and collaborative work with directors, managers, and other senior associates. The role provides the flexibility to work fully remote while contributing to a team focused on high-quality, efficient client service.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and review federal and state corporate, partnership, and individual tax returns.
• Manage tax engagements for private clients (high-net-worth individuals, small businesses, trusts) and private equity clients (partnership tax).
• Collaborate with managers and directors to provide technical tax guidance and ensure high-quality work.
• Assist in maintaining client relationships and ensuring engagement efficiency.
• Contribute to process documentation and improvements to enhance team workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA designation or eligibility preferred.
• 2-5 years of progressive public accounting experience, ideally with exposure to private client services, family high-net-worth clients, or private equity-backed partnerships.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state corporate, partnership, and individual tax compliance.
• Experience managing multiple client engagements efficiently while maintaining accuracy and quality.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, able to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating effectively with the team.

Why This Opportunity Is Great

• Fully remote position with flexibility and optional office access.
• Collaborative, supportive team culture with a focus on work-life balance.
• Competitive base salary with up to 25% performance bonus.
• Generous benefits including fully paid family health insurance, 401(k) with 3% match, and 20 PTO days.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan.

Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal .

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

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