Top Tax Accountant Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Own U.S. and global indirect-tax compliance, including sales and use tax, VAT/GST, business taxes, registrations, notices, reconciliations, payments, filings, and close support. Build scalable reconciliation workflows, strengthen controls and documentation, support audits and SOX readiness, investigate variances across billing and accounting systems, and partner cross-functionally. Contribute to income-tax compliance while using AI and data tools to improve quality, documentation, and repeatable processes.

The Senior Tax Accountant completes tax projects, reviews engagements, manages client relationships, researches business-specific issues, and recommends solutions. The role increasingly manages engagements, supervises and mentors Staff Accountants, improves team profitability, and meets firm deadlines. Responsibilities also include professional development, maintaining accounting and tax expertise, pursuing CPA licensure, and supporting varied client assignments involving real estate, affordable housing, community development, and related tax-credit programs.

Manages tax projects and engagement reviews with minimal supervision, increasingly oversees engagement management, researches business issues, maintains client relationships, mentors staff accountants, and improves team profitability. Requires strong accounting and tax knowledge, organizational skills, communication, attention to detail, and Microsoft Office proficiency. The role may involve CPA licensure efforts, occasional domestic travel, and evening or weekend work as needed.

Owns multi-state sales tax compliance, including nexus analysis, registrations, filings, provider management, and taxability research. Supports monthly close, treasury backup, bank reconciliations, liquidity monitoring, audits, VAT and income tax compliance, intercompany reconciliations, and transfer pricing. The role also drives process improvements and automation while partnering with outside accountants and advisors across a multi-entity international business.

The Tax Senior Accountant supports corporate tax compliance, state audits, federal and state filings, tax research, ASC 740 income tax provisions, account reconciliations, and tax technology improvements. The role prepares and reviews tax workpapers, returns, estimates, disclosures, and responses to tax notices. It partners with auditors and internal stakeholders, resolves tax matters, supports process improvements, and may lead defined projects. Occasional travel to the corporate headquarters is required.

Creates realistic tax compliance, provision, planning, notice-response, and controversy scenarios from professional experience. Reviews AI-generated tax outputs for technical accuracy, provides written feedback, and collaborates asynchronously with an AI research team. The role covers corporate, individual, partnership, SALT, and international tax specialties.

The Tax Accountant is responsible for tax preparation, ensuring compliance with regulations, and providing tax planning support to clients.