Provide clients guidance on local income and franchise tax matters, analyze and interpret local tax laws, ensure compliance, optimize tax positions, mentor junior staff, collaborate on tax strategies, and uphold PwC technical and independence standards while developing client relationships and data-driven recommendations.
The Opportunity
As a State and Local Tax - Income Franchise - Senior Associate, you will provide advice and guidance to clients on local tax matters, helping them navigate complex tax regulations and optimize their tax positions. Within our Tax practice, you will focus on analyzing and interpreting local tax laws and regulations, assisting businesses in complying with local tax requirements, and enhancing their local tax strategies.
As a Senior Associate, you will build meaningful client connections and learn how to manage and inspire others. You will navigate increasingly complex situations, growing your personal brand and deepening your technical skills. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, delivering quality work while embracing ambiguity. In this role, you will use critical thinking to break down complex concepts, interpret data to inform insights, and uphold professional and technical standards. This position offers the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is evolving, using reflection to enhance strengths and address development areas.
Responsibilities
- Analyzing and interpreting local tax laws and regulations to provide strategic guidance to clients
- Assisting businesses in complying with local tax requirements and optimizing their tax positions
- Utilizing analytical thinking to break down complex tax concepts and develop actionable insights
- Building meaningful client connections and fostering relationships to understand and anticipate client needs
- Navigating complex situations and using critical thinking to solve tax-related challenges
- Developing a deeper understanding of the business context and adapting strategies to align with changing tax landscapes
- Upholding professional and technical standards, including adherence to PwC tax guidance and independence requirements
- Mentoring and guiding junior team members to enhance their skills and understanding of local tax matters
- Collaborating with teams to generate innovative solutions and improve tax compliance processes
- Interpreting data to inform insights and recommendations for client engagements
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 2 years of experience
- Before starting full-time at PwC, meet the educational requirements to be eligible to sit for the CPA exam in your intended state of employment (Member of the Bar or other tax, technology, or finance-specific credentials may qualify for this opportunity).
What Sets You Apart
- Demonstrating proficiency in Multistate Tax Compliance
- Utilizing analytical thinking to solve complex tax issues
- Embracing change and adapting to evolving tax regulations
- Developing insights from data to inform tax strategies
- Excelling in communication to build client relationships
- Applying intellectual curiosity to explore innovative tax solutions
- Leveraging knowledge of local taxes for client benefit
The salary range for this position is: $77,000 - $214,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
As a State and Local Tax - Income Franchise - Senior Associate, you will provide advice and guidance to clients on local tax matters, helping them navigate complex tax regulations and optimize their tax positions. Within our Tax practice, you will focus on analyzing and interpreting local tax laws and regulations, assisting businesses in complying with local tax requirements, and enhancing their local tax strategies.
As a Senior Associate, you will build meaningful client connections and learn how to manage and inspire others. You will navigate increasingly complex situations, growing your personal brand and deepening your technical skills. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, delivering quality work while embracing ambiguity. In this role, you will use critical thinking to break down complex concepts, interpret data to inform insights, and uphold professional and technical standards. This position offers the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is evolving, using reflection to enhance strengths and address development areas.
Responsibilities
- Analyzing and interpreting local tax laws and regulations to provide strategic guidance to clients
- Assisting businesses in complying with local tax requirements and optimizing their tax positions
- Utilizing analytical thinking to break down complex tax concepts and develop actionable insights
- Building meaningful client connections and fostering relationships to understand and anticipate client needs
- Navigating complex situations and using critical thinking to solve tax-related challenges
- Developing a deeper understanding of the business context and adapting strategies to align with changing tax landscapes
- Upholding professional and technical standards, including adherence to PwC tax guidance and independence requirements
- Mentoring and guiding junior team members to enhance their skills and understanding of local tax matters
- Collaborating with teams to generate innovative solutions and improve tax compliance processes
- Interpreting data to inform insights and recommendations for client engagements
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 2 years of experience
- Before starting full-time at PwC, meet the educational requirements to be eligible to sit for the CPA exam in your intended state of employment (Member of the Bar or other tax, technology, or finance-specific credentials may qualify for this opportunity).
What Sets You Apart
- Demonstrating proficiency in Multistate Tax Compliance
- Utilizing analytical thinking to solve complex tax issues
- Embracing change and adapting to evolving tax regulations
- Developing insights from data to inform tax strategies
- Excelling in communication to build client relationships
- Applying intellectual curiosity to explore innovative tax solutions
- Leveraging knowledge of local taxes for client benefit
The salary range for this position is: $77,000 - $214,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
PwC Seattle, Washington, USA Office
1420 Fifth Avenue Suite 2800, Seattle, WA, United States, 98101
PwC Seattle, Washington, USA Office
1420 Fifth Avenue Suite 2800, Seattle, Washington , United States, 98101
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