The Senior Associate in State and Local Tax will provide tax consulting, represent clients during audits, and analyze state tax issues, including compliance and transaction advisory support.
Work with a Top 20 CPA and advisory firm that Accounts for Anything. Aprio has 40 U.S. office locations, as well as international office locations and more than 3,200 team members that speak 60+ languages across the globe. By bringing together proven expertise, deep understanding, and strategic foresight for fast-growing industries, Aprio ensures clients are prepared for wherever life or business may take them. Discover a top-rated culture, vast growth opportunities and your next big career move with Aprio.
Join Aprio's State and Local Tax team and you will help clients maximize their opportunities. Aprio is a progressive, fast-growing firm looking for a Senior Associate to join their dynamic team.
Are you looking for a State and Local Tax role that values your experience and your ability to deliver innovative tax services to an exciting client base? We have an immediate opening for a SALT Senior Associate to join our Tax Practice. We trust our team members to know best how to successfully meet the demands of their professional and personal lives. Team members may choose the environment that works for their unique needs: in the office, at home, or both.
Position Responsibilities:
- Apply knowledge of state income concepts for multistate businesses, including nexus issues, revenue sourcing issues, and state treatment of pass-through entities and C-corps
- Consult on state sales and use tax concepts
- Analyze varying state sales factor sourcing rules
- Represent taxpayers in state tax audits and work with state departments of revenue
- Exposure to tax controversy, appeals and voluntary disclosures
- Multi-state tax consulting, such as: Nexus and apportionment studies, determinations on state filing methodologies (e.g., separate vs combined, composite v, nonresident withholding, etc.), advising taxpayers on unique state tax regimes, such as state gross receipt taxes). Sales and use tax taxability determinations of varying products and services, recent developments in sales tax economic rules; variations in how states tax the digital economy
- Perform tax research, including distinguishing between relevant levels of authority (I.e.,. statues, regulations, administrative guidance, etc.) and synthesize findings in a clear and concise manner for internal and external clients
Qualifications:
- 2-8 years experience in public accounting required
- 1+ years experience with state and local tax compliance and/or consulting required
- 1+ years experience with transaction advisory due diligence support on state and local tax matters preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or equivalent required
- Master's Degree in Taxation preferred
- Juris Doctorate Degree preferred
- CPA preferred
- Exceptional writing skills
- Strong accounting, analytical, technical, organizational, and multi-tasking skills
- Excellent presentation and communication abilities
- Willingness to travel on a limited basis
The application window is anticipated to close on May 31, 2026 and may be extended as needed.
Why work for Aprio:
Whether you are just starting out, looking to advance into management or searching for your next leadership role, Aprio offers an opportunity to grow with a future-focused, innovative firm.
Perks/Benefits we offer for full-time team members:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on the first day of employment
- Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
- 401k with Profit Sharing
- 9+ holidays and discretionary time off structure
- Parental Leave – coverage for both primary and secondary caregivers
- Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with cash incentive upon completion
- Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group and individual performance
- Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales
- Top rated wellness program
- Flexible working environment including remote and hybrid options
What’s in it for you:
- Working with an industry leader: Be part of a high-growth firm that is passionate for what’s next.
- An awesome culture: Thirty-one fundamental behaviors guide our culture every day ensuring we always deliver an exceptional team-member and client experience. We call it the Aprio Way. This shared mindset creates lasting relationships between team members and with clients.
- A great team: Work with a high-energy, passionate, caring and ambitious team of professionals in a collaborative culture.
- Entrepreneurship: Have the freedom to innovate and bring your ideas to help us grow to become the CPA firm of choice nationally.
- Growth opportunities: Grow professionally in an environment that fosters continuous learning and advancement.
- Competitive compensation: You will be rewarded with competitive compensation, industry-leading benefits and a flexible work environment to enjoy work/life balance.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Aprio is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex; pregnancy; sexual orientation; gender identity and/or expression; age; disability; genetic information, citizenship status; military service obligations or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Aprio, LLP and Aprio Advisory Group, LLC, operate in an alternative business structure, with Aprio Advisory Group, LLC providing non-attest tax and consulting services, and Aprio, LLP providing CPA firm services.
Top Skills
Accounting
Tax Compliance
Tax Consulting
Tax Research
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