Job Description:

The Senior Tax Accountant will play a key role in ensuring accurate and timely tax compliance while driving efficiencies in reporting, planning, and process improvements. This role directly supports Ventas’s ability to meet regulatory obligations, optimize tax positions, and provide clear insights to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance and accuracy by preparing and reviewing federal, state, and local income tax returns for corporations, partnerships, and REITs.
• Support decision-making by preparing quarterly tax estimates and extensions, enabling effective cash flow planning.
• Strengthen risk management by preparing and reviewing specialty filings (e.g., sales tax, 1099s, informational returns) and responding to tax notices and inquiries.
• Enable strategic tax planning by gathering and analyzing detailed data from general ledger and tax systems for use in complex calculations, provision, and compliance.
• Provide insight through research on federal, state, and local tax issues to support planning and compliance strategies.
• Optimize state tax compliance by assisting with accruals and maintaining complete electronic documentation.
• Contribute to operational excellence by reviewing monthly and quarterly sales and use tax returns.
• Drive efficiency by partnering with Tax leadership to improve processes, enhance accuracy, and ensure timely completion of all deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required; CPA designation preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant tax experience (corporate, partnership, or REIT preferred).
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel; working knowledge of other Microsoft Office tools.
• Experience working with accounting and general ledger systems.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to contribute to team success in a fast-paced environment.

Ventas, Inc. offers a competitive compensation and benefits package to the successful candidate.

Ventas, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Ventas, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies, search firms or any third parties.

Ventas Inc., an S&P 500 company, operates at the intersection of two large and dynamic markets – healthcare and real estate. Our diversified portfolio of over 1,200 assets in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom are unified in serving the large and growing aging demographic. We use the power of our capital to unlock the value of senior living communities; life science, research & innovation properties; medical office & outpatient facilities, hospitals and other healthcare real estate. A globally recognized real estate investment trust, we follow a successful long-term strategy, proven over 25 years, built on diversification of property types, capital sources and industry leading partners, financial strength and flexibility, consistent and reliable growth and industry leading ESG achievements, managed by a collaborative and experienced team dedicated to our stakeholders.