Senior Tax Preparer (Seasonal)

The Transactional – Tax Senior Associate advises businesses, investors, partnerships, corporations, nonprofit organizations, tax-exempt entities, foundations, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals on sophisticated tax planning, transactional structuring, compliance, governance, and controversy matters. The role serves as a strategic advisor on federal, state, and local tax issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, financings, restructurings, joint ventures, business operations, and organizational planning. The Senior Associate independently manages complex tax matters, leads transaction-related tax analyses, supports tax controversy matters, counsels nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, and contributes to business-development efforts within the Tax Practice. The ideal candidate combines strong technical tax knowledge with practical business judgment, leadership capabilities, and a client-focused approach. Advises clients on federal, state, and local tax matters. Supports tax planning, tax compliance, and transactional tax structuring initiatives. Advises on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, financings, and joint ventures. Represents clients in tax controversy, audit, administrative appeal, and IRS proceeding matters. Advises nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations on governance, compliance, and organizational matters. Supports foundations, charitable organizations, religious organizations, and affiliated entities. Assists with business structuring, risk management, and tax-efficient organizational planning. Lead sophisticated tax planning, transactional, compliance, and controversy matters. Mentor and develop junior attorneys and legal professionals. Review and oversee tax analyses, research, and work product prepared by associates. Assist with practice-development, training, and knowledge-sharing initiatives. Support strategic growth of the Tax Practice. Advise clients regarding federal, state, and local tax issues. Structure and support mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, financings, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions from a tax perspective. Counsel clients regarding partnership taxation, corporate taxation, pass-through entities, and business structuring matters. Conduct complex tax research and prepare legal memoranda, analyses, and strategic recommendations. Advise nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations regarding formation, governance, compliance, and operational issues. Assist clients with Form 1023, Form 990, charitable registration, fundraising compliance, and related regulatory obligations. Advise clients regarding UBTI, private foundation rules, intermediate sanctions, and tax-exempt operational issues. Represent clients in IRS audits, administrative proceedings, appeals, tax controversies, and related disputes. Assist with matters involving multistate taxation, apportionment, transfer pricing, income tax issues, and state and local tax matters. Draft and review governance policies, organizational documents, tax analyses, and transaction-related agreements. Bachelor's degree Excellent academic credentials. Approximately 7-10+ years of tax, tax-exempt organization, tax controversy, or related transactional law experience. Extensive experience advising clients regarding tax planning, tax compliance, mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, partnerships, and corporate transactions. Experience with IRS proceedings, audits, administrative appeals, and tax controversy matters. Experience involving multistate taxation, apportionment, transfer pricing, and income tax matters preferred. Experience advising tax-exempt organizations, nonprofits, religious organizations, nonprofits, religious organizations, foundations, or affiliated entities preferred. Advanced knowledge of federal, state, and local tax law. Strong knowledge of partnership taxation, corporate taxation, and transactional tax planning. Familiarity with nonprofit governance and tax-exempt organization compliance. Experience with tax controversy, audit defense, and regulatory matters. Excellent legal research, analytical, and drafting abilities. Strong client-counseling, leadership, and project-management capabilities.