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.

Manage state income tax audits for a large corporation, serving as the primary contact with state tax authorities. Research and defend tax positions, review adjustments, oversee amended state returns, resolve notices, track audit findings, support uncertain tax position reporting, draft tax memoranda, model state tax planning scenarios, and review state income tax returns.

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.

Manage multi-entity general ledger accounting, global balance sheet accounts, tax compliance support, intercompany transactions, multi-currency accounting, and monthly close activities in NetSuite. Prepare reconciliations, journal entries, variance analyses, consolidations, and tax schedules while partnering with Payroll, Tax, Legal, Finance, and external advisors to maintain accurate, audit-ready reporting.

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.

Perform tax planning for closely held businesses, review tax returns, research and resolve complex tax issues, and develop client recommendations. Collaborate with partners, clients, and senior accountants while managing tax projects, deadlines, and client relationships. The role requires public accounting tax experience, accounting or related education, EA or CPA credentials or progress toward them, and proficiency with accounting and tax software.

Supports U.S. federal and state corporate income tax compliance, ASC 740 tax provisions, estimated payments, technical research, audits, SOX controls, and tax account reconciliations in NetSuite. Partners with Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Legal, auditors, regulators, and external tax advisors. Researches tax law, documents tax positions, evaluates entity and transaction impacts, and improves high-volume tax processes through automation and data analysis.

Provide senior-level tax support including compliance, planning, provisions (ASC 740/FIN 48/SFAS 123R), SEC and statutory reporting, SOX 404 compliance, tax return preparation, deferred tax analyses, state apportionment, M&A tax evaluation, and audit/tax agency responses.

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