Experienced Tax Associate
Albuquerque, NMFull-timePosted 3w agoStill listed today
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CLA is hiring an Experienced Tax Associate for its Albuquerque, Phoenix, or Tucson offices. The associate prepares income tax returns for individuals and businesses, handles routine client tax questions, gathers information for tax compliance, and performs tax research and special projects. The role requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; CPA eligibility and one year of relevant experience are preferred.
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Full job description
CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.
CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.
CLA is looking to hire an Experienced Tax Associate to join our group in our Albuquerque, NM or Phoenix/Tucson, AZ offices!
As a Tax Associate, you will:
- Prepares individual, corporate, partnership, and other types of income tax returns, as well as performing limited tax research with guidance
- Handles routine client tax questions and works with clients to collect necessary information for tax return completion and compliance
- Have the ability to prepare simple tax returns.
- Completes tax related research and special projects as needed.
- Work with many great clients to help them resolve complex issues and get results.
What you will need:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
- CPA eligibility preferred
- 1 year of relevant experience preferred (prior experience via internship(s) may be acceptable)
- You are looking for a firm that will support and foster your aspiring career goals.
- You have a knack for solving issues and confidently bring solutions to the table.
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Wellness at CLA To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.
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How this job compares
Set against the 5,220 open Tax Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$77–159K/yr354 salary ranges
- US median$16–20/hr1,717 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 22 open Tax Associate jobs in New Mexico and 5,220 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less 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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