Jobs at Ascend (ascendtogether.com)

Lead outsourced accounting engagements for multiple clients, overseeing reconciliations, payroll, month-end close, financial statements, reporting, client onboarding, and accounting operations. Supervise and train remote accounting staff, manage project timelines, communicate with client stakeholders, identify financial issues, and ensure accurate account classification and reporting. The role requires strong GAAP knowledge, cloud accounting platform proficiency, organization, and the ability to manage competing deadlines remotely.

Supervise tax engagements from general ledger cleanup through filed returns for individual, business, and fiduciary clients. Prepare and review tax returns, oversee multiple engagements, guide junior staff, manage client relationships, and ensure timely, high-quality deliverables. The role requires strong public accounting, accounting, tax regulation, leadership, and communication skills, with hands-on experience in reconciliations and adjusting entries preferred.

Manage and execute audit and tax engagements with minimal supervision; lead and review staff work; train and evaluate junior team members; maintain client relationships; ensure compliance with accounting and tax regulations and deliver high-quality, timely services across multiple clients.

The Tax Manager will oversee client engagements, develop relationships, manage a team, provide tax consulting, and facilitate training and client communication.

Manage diverse tax engagements for small businesses, corporations, business owners, and high-net-worth individuals. Responsibilities include reviewing complex tax returns, conducting tax planning and research, handling tax authority audits and notices, coordinating concurrent projects, scheduling and mentoring staff, improving processes, counseling employees, and developing new business. The role requires strong client relationships, technical tax knowledge, leadership, prioritization, and collaboration across accounting and advisory practices.

Ascend seeks applicants for future opportunities in accounting, operations, or administrative support across partner firms, encouraging general applications to remain connected with the recruiting team.

Prepare and review tax returns (individuals, corporations, S-corps, partnerships, trusts, estates); correct trial balances and create AJEs; document tax calculations; mentor associates; communicate with clients; ensure compliance with federal, state, and local tax codes; work independently and in teams during busy season to meet deadlines.