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Tax Senior - Operating Pass- Throughs

Deloitte

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Compensation
$75–153K/yr
Location
Davenport, IAHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified • Visa sponsorship

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

CPA Or Attorney Or Enrolled AgentBachelor's degree

Job overview

Deloitte is hiring a Tax Senior to prepare and review compliance and advisory work for operating pass-through entities, including partnerships, LLCs, and S corporations. The role owns complex workstreams, coordinates with clients and engagement teams, coaches junior staff, and supports accurate, timely delivery. The position requires co-location in person 2–3 days per week and may involve travel averaging 25%.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Independent WorkCollaborationWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationAttention to DetailRelationship BuildingProject LeadershipTask PrioritizationInterpersonal SkillsDeadline ManagementGuidancePartnership TaxationS Corporation TaxationLeadershipProblem SolvingDecision MakingExecutive Presence

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Accounting, Finance, or Business3+ Years Public Accounting or Equivalent ExperienceCPA or Attorney or Enrolled Agent25% TravelBig 4 ExperienceFast-Paced Team Experience

Full job description

Are you looking to be a part of the largest growth area in the tax industry? Do you have experience serving major players in partnership taxation, leading and mentoring teams, and advising on important tax and business issues? If you're a leader who wants to develop and thrive in the most strategic part of our tax practice and serve our largest clients, we have an exciting opportunity for you as a Tax Senior on our growing team!

Recruiting for this role ends May 31, 2027.

Work You'll Do

As a Senior Tax professional, you will prepare and review tax compliance and advisory work for operating pass-through entities, including partnerships, LLCs, and S corporations. You'll take ownership of complex workstreams, apply sound technical judgment, coordinate with clients and engagement teams, and help deliver accurate, high-quality work on schedule. You'll also support and coach junior team members and flag engagement, quality, or scope matters to the manager.

In this role, you will:

  • Own assigned workstreams across multiple operating pass-through engagements, from planning through completion.

  • Prepare and review federal, state, and local partnership and S corporation tax returns.

  • Prepare and review Schedule K-1s, extensions, estimates, tax workpapers, and related deliverables.

  • Analyze allocations, capital accounts, distributions, basis, guaranteed payments, and other pass-through tax matters.

  • Identify tax issues, conduct research, and bring conclusions and recommendations to the manager for discussion.

  • Coordinate routine client information requests and meetings; communicate workstream status, open items, and deadlines.

  • Organize assigned work, track deliverables, and promptly raise risks, delays, or technical questions.

  • Review work prepared by junior team members for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with engagement guidance.

  • Provide day-to-day coaching and timely feedback to staff and offshore delivery teams.

  • Track assigned work against budgets, timelines, and staffing plans; alert the manager to potential variances.

  • Support tax provision, transaction, state and local, international, and other specialty workstreams when applicable.

  • Identify process improvements and use tax technology, automation, and standardized workpapers where appropriate.

  • Contribute technical input and client-service support to proposals and client expansion activities.

  • Maintain required documentation and promptly escalate quality, independence, confidentiality, or scope concerns.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

  • Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team

  • Effective written and verbal communication skills

  • Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product

  • Ability to build and sustain professional relationships

  • Ability to lead projects or workstreams

  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

  • Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor

  • Ability to meet deadlines

  • Ability to provide clear guidance to others

Qualifications Required

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or other business-related field

  • 3+ years of public accounting experience or equivalent experience in law firms or a related industry

  • One of the following active accreditations obtained, in process, or willing and able to obtain:

  • Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA

  • If not CPA eligible:

  • Licensed Attorney

  • Enrolled Agent

  • Knowledge of partnership and S corporation taxation.

  • Ability to perform job responsibilities within a hybrid work model that requires US Tax professionals to co-locate in person 2-3 days per week

  • Ability to travel 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve

  • Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

Preferred

  • Previous Big 4 experience

  • Proven leadership skills demonstrating strong judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities

  • Experience working in a fast-paced, team environment

  • Strong executive presence and demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $74,925 to $153,000.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

How this job compares

Set against the 835 open Tax Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$75–153K/yr
  • US median$80–153K/yr497 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $114K, is 5% below the US median midpoint ($120K) — in the middle half of Tax Accountant salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 11 open Tax Accountant jobs in Iowa and 835 across the US. 3% 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; Tax Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (720 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 563 of the 835 open Tax Accountant jobs (67%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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