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Lead tax department scheduling, capacity management, and operational workflows. Manage staff assignments, monitor workload distribution, run staffing calls, track deadlines and extensions, produce operational reports, and optimize processes to improve turnaround, accuracy, and utilization across tax service lines and offices.

Manage diverse tax engagements for small businesses, corporations, business owners, and high-net-worth individuals. Responsibilities include reviewing complex tax returns, conducting tax planning and research, handling tax authority audits and notices, coordinating concurrent projects, scheduling and mentoring staff, improving processes, counseling employees, and developing new business. The role requires strong client relationships, technical tax knowledge, leadership, prioritization, and collaboration across accounting and advisory practices.

Leads assurance engagements from planning through issuance, overseeing audits, reviews, compilations, risk assessment, staffing, budgets, quality, and technical compliance. Manages client relationships, communicates findings, develops practical recommendations, and identifies cross-service opportunities. Supervises and mentors assurance teams, supports recruiting and practice development, and contributes to quality-management initiatives. Requires public accounting experience, active CPA licensure, and industry expertise in oil and gas or healthcare.

Ascend seeks applicants for future opportunities in accounting, operations, or administrative support across partner firms, encouraging general applications to remain connected with the recruiting team.

Manage client relationships and lead tax engagements including review and preparation of complex tax returns, planning and research, audit representation, mentoring staff, coordinating concurrent projects, and supporting business development.

Prepare and review tax returns (individuals, corporations, S-corps, partnerships, trusts, estates); correct trial balances and create AJEs; document tax calculations; mentor associates; communicate with clients; ensure compliance with federal, state, and local tax codes; work independently and in teams during busy season to meet deadlines.