Top Tax Associate Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Performs tax compliance and advisory work for asset and wealth management clients. Reviews financial data, prepares tax returns and workpapers, researches tax law, identifies filing risks, and supports technical issue resolution. Coordinates engagement workstreams, manages deadlines, communicates with clients, reviews junior team members’ work, and improves recurring tax compliance processes.

Prepares quarterly and year-end income tax provisions, federal, state, and local tax returns, estimated payments, and apportionment data. Supports tax research, notices, tax planning, forecasting, transfer pricing, controls documentation, and process improvements. Coordinates with finance and corporate teams, monitors tax law changes, and maintains tax software and ledger expertise. The role requires strong knowledge of ASC 740, tax accounting research, return preparation, Excel, and corporate tax processes.

Provide tax advice to financial services clients (real estate focus), manage local and international tax matters, advise on pricing between related parties, support tax structuring for transactions, drive digitization and automation, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, and uphold professional and technical standards.

Advise private companies and high-net-worth clients on partnership tax planning and compliance. Analyze complex tax issues, mentor team members, deliver high-quality reports, build client relationships, leverage technology and spreadsheets, and support business development and innovation.

Provide tax advisory to private companies and high net worth clients, analyze complex tax issues for US subsidiaries, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, promote process standardization and uphold professional standards while using technical tools to drive efficiency.

Provide specialized tax advice on complex areas including R&D tax credits and accounting methods. Analyze tax regulations, optimize client tax positions, document strategies, and uphold PwC technical standards. Collaborate with clients, mentor junior staff, build relationships, and apply analytical and technical writing skills to support tax planning and compliance in a hybrid professional environment.

Provide specialized tax advice on complex areas (accounting methods, fixed-assets, R&D and energy tax credits), analyze tax structures, advise on compliance and planning, build client relationships, mentor juniors, and apply changing legislation to optimize client tax positions.

Provide tax advisory and compliance services to banking and capital markets clients, including tax structuring, cross-border transaction guidance, financial statement tax analysis, regulatory compliance, and operational tax risk management. Mentor junior staff, build client relationships, conduct tax research, and deliver strategic solutions that align with clients' business objectives while staying current on tax regulations.

Lead and contribute to State and Local Tax strategy for financial services clients, analyze complex SALT issues (income, franchise, payroll, credits, indirect tax, abandoned property), recommend compliance and tax planning solutions, mentor junior staff, and drive digitization and automation to increase efficiencies while building client relationships.

Perform tax form and regulation research, interpret tax code updates, guide programmers on calculation changes, design and execute tests, document calculations, contribute release notes and customer guidance, and support tax software products remotely.

Manage sales tax compliance for clients, including state and local tax returns, registrations, business licenses, exemption certificates, tax accruals, reserves, journal entries, and use tax matters. The role involves supervising staff, managing information, communicating with clients and tax authorities, resolving issues, and collaborating with tax professionals across the firm.

Prepare and review individual, partnership, S-corporation, and other tax returns, including complex filings, Form 3115, and 1031 exchanges. Review supporting documentation, identify missing information, communicate with clients, resolve tax notices, maintain accurate workpapers, and assist with proposals, training materials, and process projects. The role is fully remote and requires strong time management, communication, client service, ethics, and ongoing professional development.

Supports screening, underwriting, modeling, structuring, and closing of tax equity and preferred equity transactions in renewable energy and infrastructure. Responsibilities include analyzing sponsor financials, contracts, diligence materials, transaction economics, risks, portfolio performance, and investment committee materials. The Associate also improves financial models and workflows, uses AI-enabled tools, supports external stakeholders, and contributes to technology-enabled financing initiatives.

Supports tax administration and reporting for exchange-traded funds. Responsibilities include calculating dividend and capital gain distributions, preparing tax returns and shareholder reporting adjustments, monitoring book-to-tax differences, coordinating tax disclosures and provisions, and researching tax impacts across securities. The role partners with fund administration leadership, auditors, and clients while helping expand tax administration services.

Prepare partnership tax returns and Schedules K-1, K-2, and K-3 for SPVs and funds; research complex tax issues; support customers and internal teams; manage tax software vendors; map investment events to tax systems; advise on compliance and planning; and respond to tax notices and audits.

Prepare and review complex U.S. international tax filings, apply international tax provisions, and provide inbound and outbound tax consulting. Advise on partnerships, M&A structuring, reorganizations, transfer pricing, and multinational tax planning. Draft technical memoranda, identify risks and opportunities, coordinate with domestic and international tax teams, manage engagement workflows, and respond to client requests.

Lead and manage R&D tax credit and Sec.174/174A engagements: conduct technical client interviews, produce technical reports, prepare calculations and tax forms, supervise and mentor junior staff, manage engagement economics, perform technical tax research, support business development, and act as client representative with the IRS. Work remotely across many clients and industries while ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables and strengthening R&D tax expertise at the firm.

Provide federal income tax research and analysis for partnerships, S and C corporations; support M&A tax structuring, internal restructurings, and due diligence; draft memos, firm alerts, and training materials; mentor and advance within the National Tax Office.

Manage federal, state, local, and international tax compliance, including income, sales and use, VAT, withholding, and property taxes. Oversee tax filings, reconciliations, projections, audits, controls, regulatory monitoring, third-party consultants, and tax planning. Drive process improvements, support internal and external audits, prepare journal entries, and communicate tax risks and opportunities to leadership. The role may require occasional evenings or weekends.

Prepare complex partnership and corporate tax returns involving transactional tax matters, reorganizations, basis adjustments, waterfall allocations, multi-state exposure, and 1031 exchanges. Support private equity and family office clients, conduct technical tax research, resolve issues with senior team members, and gradually assume review responsibilities while managing multiple engagements remotely.

Manage global indirect tax compliance (VAT/GST, US sales/use tax), lead filings and audits, streamline workflows using tax automation and AI, advise cross-functional teams on tax impacts, and implement strategies to minimize liabilities during international expansion.

The role involves working on Indirect tax audits and providing consulting services. Responsibilities include tax analysis, research, and project management for clients in various industries.

Perform corporate income tax for parent and subsidiaries including tax provision, estimates, extensions, and returns (federal, state, local). Prepare work papers, respond to notices, support audits, maintain tax calendar, coordinate with vendors and internal teams, monitor tax law changes, and assist with other tax matters (indirect tax, credits, M&A).

The candidate will provide state and local tax compliance and consulting services, focusing on income and franchise tax, including audits and tax returns for clients across various industries.