• State and Local Tax Director

    Moss Adams LLP (Anaheim, CA)


    State and Local Tax Director

    Description

    At Moss Adams, we champion authenticity. For us, that means fostering a culture of talented people who care—about you, about our clients, and about our communities. Here, you’ll work towards our mission of empowering others to embrace opportunity, growing as a leader along the way. Our firm’s size, middle-market clients, customized career paths, and supportive culture make this a reality. Join a values-driven firm where you’ll have fun while solving complex and interesting business challenges.

     

    Introduction to the team

     

    With an abundant spirit of optimism, openness, and enterprise, Moss Adams helps organizations realize greater potential. The tax specialty group \(TSG\) at Moss Adams is comprised of tax professionals who go beyond compliance–providing deep technical and strategic guidance to clients so they're better equipped to tackle their most vexing challenges and embrace emerging opportunity. Within TSG, the State & Local Tax team helps clients compete and succeed by staying up-to-date on the ever-changing, complex state and local tax rules. These business advisors specialize in solutions that span income tax, indirect tax, property tax, and tax controversy matters. Join one of the fastest growing groups at Moss Adams and start realizing your potential.

     

    Individuals who thrive at Moss Adams exhibit the following success skills – Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Executive Presence, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity, and Results Focus.

    Responsibilities:

    + Provide state and local income/franchise tax consulting and related services and support to the regional offices and drive growth in the marketplace for state and local tax services

    + Provide state and local tax consulting services on transactions, including due diligence, structuring and related services; candidate will assist with the growth of this practice in the regional marketplace and across the firm

    + Participate and lead in business development and growth in State and Local Tax practice and Tax Specialty Group

    + Provide leadership, management and supervision over professional staff

    Qualifications:

    + Bachelor's degree required; emphasis in accounting, finance or related field preferred; Master’s Degree in taxation or JD/LLM preferred

    + CPA, EA, bar membership or equivalent credential required.

    + Minimum of 10 years of related tax experience required; public accounting experience preferred

    + Previous experience performing tax research and providing technical advice on state and local tax issues required; creative problem solver

    + Energy industry experience preferred. Ideal candidate possesses strong leadership and skill sets to work with our Energy practice and excels in a fast-paced, dynamic environment across multiple states

    + Must be a highly motivated self-starter and have previous experience handling multiple engagements simultaneously

    + Provide leadership and management over professional staff

    + Experience in state and local government revenue department a plus

    + Experience with multi-state income, sales/use, gross receipts, property, employment or other miscellaneous state and local taxes a plus

    + Prior success in leading key business development, project delivery and practice development activities preferred

    + Demonstrate success to the firm around practice development, providing thought leadership and meeting target sales goals by having an established network and participating in various market facing activities, such as industry presentations, webcasts, professional networking events, etc.

    + Experience in serving mid-market clients preferred

    + Excellent verbal and written communication skills

    + Proficient with Microsoft Office \(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook\)

     

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    Moss Adams is an Equal Opportunity Employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

     

    Moss Adams complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. 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 [email protected].

     

    Certain jurisdictions in the United States require employers to disclose the pay range in job postings. This is the typical range of pay for the position. Actual compensation may depend on factors such as qualifications, work experience, skills, and geographic location. This position may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For more information about our benefit offerings and other total rewards, visit our** **careers** **page.

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    **Compensation Range \(Denver Market ONLY\):** Compensation Range for California: $175,000-$314,000

    **Primary Location** Orange County, CA

    **Employee Status:** Regular

    **Schedule:** Full Time

    **Req ID:** 28473