Senior Tax Accountant

Description

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✨ Senior Tax Accountant

📍 Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid)

🏢 Venture Capital & Family Office Environment

💰 Competitive Base + Bonus + Profit Sharing

This is a rare opportunity to step beyond traditional public accounting and work alongside some of the most sophisticated investors, entrepreneurs, and high-net-worth families in the country.

We're partnering with a highly respected investment organization seeking a Senior Tax Accountant to play a key role supporting complex tax matters for investment-focused individuals, trusts, partnerships, and family entities. If you're looking for intellectually stimulating work, exceptional work-life balance, and long-term career growth in a collaborative environment, this role deserves a closer look.

What You'll Be Doing

• Prepare and review complex individual tax returns (Form 1040)

• Work with partnership, trust, and investment-related tax reporting, including K-1s

• Support tax planning and compliance for high-net-worth individuals and family structures

• Partner closely with accounting, finance, and external advisors on tax matters

• Research tax issues and help drive process improvements and efficiencies

• Handle highly confidential financial information with professionalism and discretion

Why Professionals Are Excited About This Opportunity

💡 Exposure to an elite investment ecosystem that's typically difficult to access

📈 Direct interaction with sophisticated investors, entrepreneurs, and multi-generational family structures

🤝 Collaborative, tenured team with a strong mentorship and development mindset

⚖️ Exceptional work-life balance, averaging roughly 40-hour weeks throughout the year

🏥 Premium employee benefits with minimal out-of-pocket costs

💰 Meaningful profit-sharing program on top of salary and bonus

🏡 Flexible work arrangement with California-based remote options

🚀 Long-term career growth within a stable organization that invests heavily in its people

Requirements

What We're Looking For

✅ 4+ years of tax experience

✅ Strong experience with high-net-worth individual taxation (Form 1040)

✅ Exposure to K-1s, partnerships, investment entities, and complex tax structures

✅ CPA preferred

✅ Trust & estate tax experience or Private Client Services (PCS) background is a major plus

✅ Detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable operating in a hands-on environment

Ideal Backgrounds

• Private Client Services (PCS)

• High-Net-Worth Tax

• Family Office Tax

• Wealth Management Tax

• Investment Partnership Tax

• Trust & Estate Tax

• Public Accounting professionals seeking a lifestyle upgrade without sacrificing complexity or compensation

If you're a tax professional who enjoys sophisticated client work but is ready for a more balanced and rewarding environment, we'd love to connect!

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