State & Local Tax Senior (Income Tax & Residency)

Location: Must be located in California near a hirify.global office; the position is based in San Francisco, California.

Salary: $92,170–$163,400 per year in California.

Company

Professional advisory, tax, and assurance firm providing state and local tax, private wealth, and business advisory services.

What you will do

• Advise high-net-worth individuals, families, business owners, executives, and family offices on state residency, domicile planning, residency changes, and related tax implications.
• Lead or support state residency and individual income tax audits, controversies, protests, appeals, and negotiations with state taxing authorities.
• Provide guidance on multistate individual income tax matters, including income sourcing, compensation, business transactions, asset sales, and tax credits.
• Coordinate with Private Wealth and federal, estate and gift, trust, business tax, and other specialists to deliver integrated advice.
• Research complex state tax issues and contribute to technical memoranda, client communications, presentations, webinars, and thought leadership.
• Manage client engagements, business development activities, deadlines, budgets, billing, collections, and associate coaching.

Requirements

• Four-year degree; a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is required.
• At least three years of professional experience, preferably in state and local tax, individual taxation, tax controversy, or a related area.
• License eligibility for a CPA, CMI, law license, or JD.
• Knowledge of state individual income tax, residency and domicile, statutory residency, income sourcing, and credits for taxes paid to other states.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Strong analytical, research, written, verbal communication, collaboration, client service, and engagement management skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s or other advanced degree.
• Experience advising high-net-worth individuals, business owners, executives, family offices, or similar private clients.
• Experience with residency or individual income tax examinations, associate review, coaching, and technical guidance.

Culture & Benefits

• Client-facing consulting work in a 300+ professional State and Local Tax practice.
• Collaboration with Private Wealth and other specialty tax and advisory practices.
• Opportunities to contribute to professional development through coaching and technical feedback.
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package for eligible employees.