A global law firm seeks a Tax Analyst to join their Los Angeles team.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare accurate tax returns and ensuring appropriate tax compliance with regards to various tax procedures and research projects.
• Working with the Tax Manager to manage the firm’s U.S. and international tax issues.
• Working with Tax Manager to communicate and answer tax compliance questions for Partners.
• Analyzing data provided by the Finance and Accounting group and preparing tax schedules for the preparation of the U.S. federal and state partnership income tax returns, business tax returns, sales and use tax returns, and international tax compliance requirements.
• Leading the process of preparing and providing information to external tax accountants with respect to the preparation of the U.S. federal and state partnership tax returns and international tax filings.
• Reviewing applicable general ledger analysis and performing quality assurance procedures.
• Researching U.S. and international tax issues using CCH, BNA, and Lexis.
• Developing and maintaining a compliance schedule of all U.S. federal, state, and international tax returns. Assisting the Tax Manager with ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local governmental tax laws and regulations, including but not limited to income, sales/use taxes and unclaimed personal property.
• Participating in acquisition analysis.
• Preparing and reviewing the partners’ U.S. and international partner withholding tax calculations.
• Assisting the Tax Manager with maintaining the partners’ tax databases and historical information used by firm management.

  
  Qualifications: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting along with a minimum of two (2) years of experience in public accounting at a multi-office professional services organization is required.
• A CPA or working progress toward a CPA is desired.
• Relevant experience with preparing U.S. federal and state partnership income tax returns is considered a plus.
• Related experience with international partnership and expatriate tax issues is also considered a plus.