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Senior Tax Associate- Individual Tax Services

Baker Tilly

Remote · USFull-time$25.5–84/hrPosted 1w agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$25.5–84/hr
Location
Remote · US
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Baker Tilly is hiring a contract Senior Tax Associate to provide U.S. individual tax preparation, planning, and consulting services to its partners. The role is fully remote and offers a steady year-round schedule with a limited fall busy season. The associate will review complex individual tax returns, support approximately 80–85 principal engagements, and develop technical competence through applying tax developments and participating in learning programs.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Tax Return Review, requiredTax Planning, requiredMulti-State Tax Compliance, nice to haveComposite Tax, nice to haveWithholding Tax, nice to havePass-Through Entity Tax, nice to haveFederal Tax Compliance, nice to haveTax Consulting, nice to haveManagement, nice to haveAnalytical Skills, nice to haveOrganization, nice to haveInterpersonal Skills, nice to haveProject Management, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveCCH Axcess, nice to havePDFlyer, nice to haveMicrosoft Suite, nice to have

Qualifications

3+ Years Tax Return Review and Planning, required4-Year Degree, requiredBachelor's in Accounting or Law or Similar Business Degree, nice to haveMaster's or Advanced Degree, nice to haveCPA or EA, nice to have2+ Years Supervisory Experience, nice to haveU.S. Work Eligibility Without Sponsorship, nice to have

Full job description

Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

Please discuss the work location status with your Baker Tilly talent acquisition professional to understand the requirements for an opportunity you are exploring.

Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state or local law.

Any unsolicited resumes submitted through our website or to Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, employee e-mail accounts are considered property of Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorized recruitment agency ("search firm") for Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by Baker Tilly's Talent Attraction team, to submit candidates for review via our applicant tracking system.

Job Description:

Are you a talented tax professional that specializes in US individual tax services? Would your ideal job offer a limited tax busy season? If yes, consider joining Baker Tilly (BT) as a Contract Senior Tax Associate- Individual Tax Services! This is an internal contract position that provides US individual tax services to Baker Tilly Partners, including tax preparation, planning and consulting. This is fully remote. This position can be worked from any location - fully remote work is allowed. Ideal location is East Coast, Southeast, or Mid-West. As one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, BT has the ability to offer you upward career trajectory, flexibility in how and where you work along with meaningful relationships with clients, teammates and leadership who truly care about you and your development. You will enjoy this role if:

  • You enjoy being your client’s personal advisor and collaborating with a team to provide a holistic approach to their tax services.
  • You seek a leadership opportunity with a well-established practice that continues to achieve tremendous growth
  • You want to be part of a firm invested in your success by providing the resources and support to continually sharpen your technical skills and build your career now, for tomorrow
  • You prefer having a steady schedule year-round with a limited fall busy season

What you will do:

  • Provide compliance and consulting services to BT Partners
  • Perform technical review of complex individual tax returns and all supporting tax documents.
  • Grow technical competence by applying technical developments to complex situations.
  • Support a workload of approximately 80–85 principal engagements
  • Invest in your professional development individually and through participation in firm wide learning and development programs.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Three (3)+ years’ experience in tax return review and planning for high net worth individuals required

  • 4- year degree required

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or law, or a similar degree in business, master’s or advanced degree desirable
  • CPA or EA strongly preferred
  • Available to work a contract basis through April 30th 2027
  • Multi-state tax compliance experience for individuals, including understanding of composite, withholding and pass-through entity tax
  • Experience providing federal tax compliance and consulting services in a professional services firm
  • Two (2)+ years of supervisory experience, mentoring and counseling associates preferred
  • Demonstrated management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills
  • Highly developed CCH Axcess, PDFlyer and Microsoft Suite skills
  • Eligibility to work in the U.S. without sponsorship preferred

The pay range for this position is $25.50 to $84.00. This range represents a good-faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation the firm expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will depend on a variety of relevant factors, including an applicant’s skills, experience, qualifications, professional certifications, work arrangements, geographic location, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range, and compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. Baker Tilly offers a compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,220 open Tax Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$25.5–84/hr
  • US median$16–20/hr1,717 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $54.75/hr, is 208% above the US median midpoint ($18/hr) — in the top quarter of Tax Associate hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 13 open Tax Associate jobs in Washington, D.C. and 5,220 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Tax Associate postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 407 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 394 of the 5,220 open Tax Associate jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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