Jobs at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)

Consult on tax accounting methods, research complex tax issues, analyze client data, prepare calculations and Form 3115 filings, collaborate across teams, and mentor staff. The role focuses on optimizing the timing and character of income, expenses, capitalization, cost recovery, and accounting periods for clients.

Participates in quality of earnings due diligence for acquisitions by reviewing accounting records, analyzing financial and operational results, interviewing management, preparing and evaluating pro forma financial information, assessing seasonality and cyclicality impacts on cash flow, researching industries and companies, and connecting due diligence findings to client valuations.

Leads tax compliance and consulting services for a client book of business, overseeing teams, reviewing and signing engagement letters, tax returns, workpapers, and client deliverables. The role includes approving fees, monitoring tax law changes, mentoring professionals, managing client relationships, and developing new business and expanded services. The position requires significant public accounting tax experience and senior-level leadership.

Leads planning, supervision, and execution of higher education assurance engagements. Manages client relationships, engagement budgets, internal control evaluations, staffing, deadlines, and final meetings. Develops audit teams through recruiting, mentoring, performance evaluation, and professional instruction. Oversees engagement letters, fees, client communications, and major audit decisions while ensuring quality and value for higher education clients.

Lead audit and assurance engagements for financial institution clients from planning through completion. Manage client relationships, budgets, timelines, quality standards, internal control assessments, and deliverables. Mentor and develop team members, support recruiting and retention, contribute to business development, and ensure profitable, high-quality engagement execution. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field, CPA certification, and six years of relevant experience.

Lead financial services assurance engagements, serving as the primary client advisor while overseeing audits, financial statement reviews, budgets, staffing, risk management, quality control, and client satisfaction. Drive business development, expand client relationships, collaborate across the firm, and mentor assurance professionals. Requires an active CPA license, public accounting experience, financial statement audit expertise, and strong banking and financial services knowledge.

Lead international tax engagements, advising clients on cross-border structures, foreign tax credits, M&A, repatriation, treaty analysis, and export incentives. Prepare and review international components of individual and corporate tax returns, research complex tax issues, maintain current tax-law knowledge, manage engagements, support business development, and mentor international tax professionals.

Leads CLA’s national financial services tax practice and approximately 20-person team. Responsibilities include tax advisory and compliance leadership, client relationship development, workforce and capacity planning, technical quality, practice economics, coaching, strategic growth, risk management, and implementation of practice improvements. The role serves banks, insurance companies, investment funds, REITs, and specialty finance entities, requiring strong knowledge of ASC 740, partnership taxation, and financial instruments.

Develops and expands client relationships, builds community networks, identifies and closes new business, executes sales strategies, prepares client presentations, represents CLA at networking events, manages ongoing engagements, and tracks business development activity in CRM. The role partners with leadership and outsourcing service teams to grow CAAS offerings and serve public, private, nonprofit, and enterprise clients.

The Audit Director performs quality control reviews of assurance engagements, provides technical guidance on FASB and GAAS, researches complex accounting matters, analyzes findings, develops process improvements, maintains assurance methodologies, supports new-standard implementation, and creates thought leadership. The role collaborates with engagement teams, clients, and firm leadership, requiring public accounting experience, CPA credentials, supervisory experience, and strong analytical and communication skills.

Leads international tax advisory services for clients, managing relationships, engagements, technical quality, compliance, and methodology. Advises businesses on international expansion, cross-border transactions, international structures, foreign tax credits, mergers and acquisitions, earnings repatriation, treaty analysis, and export sales incentives. Maintains expertise in U.S. and foreign tax laws while developing client relationships and promoting broader firm services.

Manage sales and use tax consulting projects, including nexus studies, restructuring, voluntary disclosures, audit representation, return reviews, and refund opportunities. Drive client and practice growth, develop staff, support transaction tax engagements, create thought leadership, recruit talent, and ensure compliance with firm risk-management, billing, collections, and documentation policies.

Advise clients on federal tax accounting methods, including income and expense recognition, inventory, capitalization, cost recovery, and accounting periods. Research complex tax issues, prepare calculations, analyses, Form 3115 filings, technical memoranda, IRS responses, and ruling requests. Manage multiple client projects, collaborate with firm leaders, and mentor staff while delivering accurate, timely solutions.

Lead interim and project-based accounting engagements for large clients, serving as interim controller or similar. Improve accounting processes, execute hands-on client work, manage engagements and travel as needed, and support financial reporting, forecasting, consolidations, and system implementations.