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Job overview
KPMG is seeking a Senior Associate for its State and Local Tax practice. The role supports multi-state companies with tax compliance, advising, planning, controversies, and technical research, and assists audit teams with state tax-related items. The Senior Associate also supervises, mentors, and develops staff. Candidates need at least three years of relevant tax experience and one of the stated education paths.
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Job Duties
At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the worlds top tax firms. Enjoy a collaborative, future-forward culture that empowers your success. Work with KPMGs extensive network of specialists; enjoy access to our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Join a diverse team helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges. Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring. At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because it is an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm.
KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate to join our State and Local Tax (SALT) practice.
Responsibilities:
Assist multi-state companies with state and local tax issues including compliance, advising, planning, controversies, and technical research
Review information presented on state income tax returns before, during and after preparation
Assist multi-state companies with state and local tax controversies which includes preparing clients for discussions with auditors and preparing protests
Research and draft technical memoranda regarding income and franchise tax questions
Help KPMG audit teams with review and analysis of state tax-related income and balance sheet items
Supervise, mentor, and develop staff
Qualifications:
A minimum of three years of experience performing tax research, preparing/reviewing state income tax returns for various types of entities (including partnerships and REITs), and providing technical advice on multi-state tax issues
Master's degree from an accredited college/university (or bachelor's degree with requisite hours to pursue CPA certification) or JD/LLM
Ability to foster relationships both internally as well as with clients
Excellent writing, compliance, communication, and tax research skills
Ability and desire to perform in a high-energy team environment
KPMG LLP and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("KPMG") complies with all local/state regulations regarding displaying salary ranges. If required, the ranges displayed below or via the URL below are specifically for those potential hires who will work in the location(s) listed. Any offered salary is determined based on relevant factors such as applicant's skills, job responsibilities, prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications and market considerations. In addition, KPMG LLP is proud to offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, with options designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself, your family, and your lifestyle. Available benefits are based on eligibility. Depending on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service, KPMG LLP provides a Total Rewards Package that includes 401(k) and medical and may include dental, vision, disability and life insurance, personal well-being and Personal Time Off. Additionally, each year KPMG publishes a calendar of holidays to be observed during the year depending on your job classification and entity affiliation. Additional details about our benefits can be found towards the bottom of our KPMG US Careers site at Benefits & How We Work.
Follow this link to obtain salary ranges by city outside of CA:
https://kpmg.com/us/en/how-we-work/pay-transparency.html/?id=M306B_4_26
KPMG LLP and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("KPMG") is an equal opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, creed, religion, age, sex/gender, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or other related condition, military/veteran status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence or sexual abuse or any other legally protected status. The attached link contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state, and local recruitment and hiring laws
KPMG recruits on a rolling basis. Candidates are considered as they apply, until the opportunity is filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously to any role(s) for which they are qualified that is also of interest to them.
Los Angeles County applicants: Material job duties for this position are listed above. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, and safeguard business operations and company reputation. Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
KPMG is an equal opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. The attached link “https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/us/pdf/2018/09/eeo.pdf? ”contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws. No phone calls or agencies please.
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Experience Required
3 - 20 years
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Public Transportation Accessible
Yes
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
No
Physical Required
Yes
Drug Test Required
Yes
Compensation
$11.41 / Hourly
Postal Code
55401
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
136322
Job Benefits
Not specified
How this job compares
Set against the 5,112 open Tax Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$11.41/hr
- Minnesota median$14–18/hr81 hourly ranges
- US median$16–20/hr1,705 hourly ranges
This rate, $11.41/hr, is 30% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($16/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Tax Associate hourly ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 95 open Tax Associate jobs in Minnesota and 5,112 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- H&R Block79 open
- Eide Bailly5 open
- Forvis Mazars, LLP3 open
- 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 313 postings).
- Education
- 312 of the 5,112 open Tax Associate jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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