Senior Tax Associate, Complex Property Taxnew

Why Ryan?

• Flexible Work Environment

• Award-Winning Culture

• World-Class Benefits and Compensation

• Accelerated Career Path

• Community Outreach

• Mentorship Opportunities

• Wellness-Centric Benefits

The Senior Tax Associate assists team members with a variety of tasks to provide client engagement support and coordination. The Senior Tax Associate ensures all support needs are met and assists with both engagement and non-engagement tasks.  The incumbent provides basic administrative support to team members and is available to work overtime and travel as needed to assist with projects at client sites. Duties detailed below are core, and can vary somewhat, depending on the practice area to which a Senior Tax Associate is assigned.

Duties and Responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

• Create a positive team experience.
• Maintains a professional and positive attitude at all times, being a team player and able to multitask and adjust to changing priorities.
• Takes direction from multiple team members to organize and prioritize multiple tasks, meeting critical deadlines and seeking assistance with prioritization when needed.
• Assists engagement team in preparing and distributing client deliverables.

Client:

• Clients are not limited to external but proactive work status update to US / India liaison.
• Respond to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.
• Performs research on client and industry for team members.
• Copies or scans and uploads workpapers at client site or in Ryan office.
• Maintains calendar appointments and deadlines to ensure proper accountability and client deadlines are observed.
• Scans, formats, codes, and maps client data into databases.

Value:

• Downloads, prints, and organizes workpapers for review.
• Prepares e-mails, memos, letters, and confirmation requests.
• Gathers required signatures on forms and letters.
• Creates files for clients and projects utilizing Microsoft® Excel and Access.
• Answers telephone calls and takes accurate and concise messages.
• Makes travel arrangements as needed.
• Maintains communications (e-mail, written, phone, and fax) while team is traveling.
• Tracks and reports time and expenses in detail for self and Manager as needed.
• Works effectively in a complex, deadline-driven environment.
• Handles tasks in a timely manner and with a high degree of accuracy.
• Handles and safeguards confidential information and sensitive material.

• Maintains ability to quickly learn new procedures with limited direction.
• Researches and manipulates data.
• Possesses solid analytical aptitude, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Follows instructions explicitly, knowing when to ask questions to seek clarification.
• Utilizes strong grammar, spelling, and proofreading skills.
• Works overtime and travels independently as needed.
• Performs other duties and assists with other projects as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Four-year college degree from accredited institution required.
• Direct hires into this position must have an Accounting, Finance, Economics, or practice-relevant degree with the minimum number of Accounting hours required for entry-level Consultants of the practice area to which they are assigned.
• Overall GPA must be at least 2.80. Those promoted into this position from Associate Consultant must have the number of Accounting hours required for entry-level Consultants of the practice area to which they are assigned.
  

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have expert skills in Microsoft® Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran