Summary
The Tax Staff Accountant is a key member of a group of talented Accounting and Tax professionals. This position supports daily tax operations, including the analysis and review of federal, state, and local compliance on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. This position also includes supporting the partner compensation daily operations, including capital account maintenance, periodic compensation budget/cash flow analysis, and tracking special partner income items. The Tax Staff Accountant has the opportunity to assist with various firm-wide business initiatives and projects. As a member of a team that is extremely focused on process improvement, this position also has the opportunity to help eliminate inefficiencies and identify solutions to maximize results. This role works collaboratively with professionals outside of the Accounting team as well, including DLA’s partners, Human Resources, Information Technology, Real Estate Operations, and various others.
Location
This position is located in our Baltimore or Chicago office and offers a hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of being in the office once a week.
Responsibilities
- Reviews and analyzes partner compensation and tax compliance items on a monthly and quarterly basis. Provides initial level of commentary to leaders of the Accounting team.
- Reconciles compensation and tax general ledger account balances on a monthly and quarterly basis to ensure completeness and accuracy.
- Assists with year-end tax file preparation, partner final distribution computations, and audit requests, as required.
- Assist with periodic capital contributions, returns, reconciliations, bank loan requests, and other communications associated with partner capital account maintenance. Additionally includes assisting with verification of employment and/or income requests.
- Assists with various tax requirements, including ad hoc research projects, sales and use tax filings, personal property tax filings, business tax filings, and other state compliance filings.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Desired Skills
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly with Excel. Excellent analytical skills with a thorough knowledge of accounting principles, including cash basis versus accrual basis accounting, partnership versus corporate accounting, and tax issues. Polished written and oral communication skills. Strong attention to detail and accuracy. Good organizational skills and ability to prioritize. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Public accounting experience with knowledge of state and local tax preferred.
Minimum Education
- 4 Year / Bachelor's Degree Accounting, Finance or related field
Certificates
- CPA license or CPA candidate preferred.
Minimum Years of Experience
- 2 years’ prior accounting experience.
Essential Job Expectations
While the specific job requirements of a DLA Piper position may vary depending upon scope of the job and area of specialty, there are certain universal requirements that are expected of all DLA Piper employees, which include but are not limited to:
- Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties;
- Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner;
- Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product;
- Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required;
- Foster positive work relationships;
- Comply with all firm policies and practices;
- Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed;
- Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.
Our employees are expected to embrace and uphold our firm values as a part of our DLA Piper culture. We are committed to excellence in how we represent our clients and develop our people.
Physical Demands
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Work Environment
- Hybrid - Regular in-office presence with some flexibility for work-from-home
