Senior Tax Accountant

**Senior Tax Accountant** **Elite Tax and Accounting** **$100,000 annual base salary plus additional earning potential** **Full-time, year-round** Elite Tax and Accounting is a Utah-based firm serving individuals, business owners, and real estate professionals nationwide. We’re hiring a Senior Tax Accountant who can prepare and review returns, manage client relationships, and handle tax and accounting questions independently. You’ll work directly with the owner and tax manager, supported by our tax preparation, bookkeeping, and administrative team. You’ll take responsibility for an assigned group of clients and have opportunities to grow that portfolio and earn additional compensation tied to client growth and retention. You will prepare and review individual, S-corporation, and partnership returns, research tax questions, identify planning opportunities, and explain recommendations to clients. You’ll manage assignments through completion, monitor deadlines, and keep clients informed about their work. Your accounting responsibilities will include reviewing financial statements, identifying bookkeeping problems, making adjusting entries, and resolving issues that affect tax preparation. You’ll also help address IRS and state notices and guide staff in obtaining accurate supporting information. An important responsibility is providing senior coverage when the owner or tax manager is unavailable. As you learn our clients and procedures, you’ll answer technical questions, make routine decisions, support preparers, and keep client work moving. You’ll also conduct consultations with prospective clients generated by our calling and marketing team. You’ll assess their needs, recommend services, explain fees, and follow through on proposals to bring suitable clients into the firm. You’ll have the opportunity to build and manage a client portfolio within Elite, with support from the team. Tax review and client service remain the primary responsibilities of this position. We’re looking for an active CPA or Enrolled Agent with at least five years of recent public accounting tax experience, including reviewing returns prepared by others. You must have experience with Forms 1040, 1120-S, and 1065, strong QuickBooks Online skills, and the ability to manage client conversations without ongoing supervision. Experience with rental real estate, multistate returns, ProSeries, and TaxDome is preferred. Prior experience conducting prospective-client consultations and bringing in business is helpful. We value sound judgment, clear communication, organized work, and respectful feedback to other team members. This is a permanent position with availability during Mountain Time business hours. Expect approximately 40 hours per week outside peak periods and 50–55 hours during tax season, with additional availability around extension deadlines. You’ll have direct access to firm leadership, responsibility for client relationships, and opportunities to increase your earnings and take on greater leadership responsibility as the firm grows. Apply with your resume and a brief description of your experience reviewing individual and business returns, managing client relationships, and conducting client or prospective-client consultations. Pay: $89,000.00 - $108,000.00 per year Benefits: * Paid time off * Work from home Work Location: Remote