About the Role

Trail CPA is a rapidly growing multi-state accounting and advisory firm. We're looking for an experienced Sr. Accountant (Seasonal) who has built their career in public accounting, brings years or more of hands-on individual and business tax experience, and knows how to make clients feel taken care of. You know the code, you can review and teach, and you don't need to be managed closely. If you hold a CPA or EA and thrive in a fast-moving, high-trust environment, we want to talk.

Key Responsibilities

Tax Preparation & Review

• Prepare and review individual, business, trust, and exempt organization tax returns with an emphasis on individual and small business
• Research complex tax issues and develop well-reasoned positions
• Provide confident answers to client tax questions
• Ensure accuracy, compliance, and confidentiality across all client work

Team Leadership

• Review staff returns and provide constructive, specific feedback
• Mentor junior team members and help them grow technically and professionally

Client Relationship Management

• Serve as a trusted, responsive point of contact for your client base
• Attend to client needs in a way that drives loyalty, referrals, and year-over-year retention
• Communicate complex tax matters in plain language clients can actually use

Qualifications

Required

• 6–12+ years of tax experience in a public accounting environment, with a strong emphasis on individual and small business returns
• Experience working with nonprofit organizations
• Demonstrated experience reviewing staff returns and providing technical guidance
• CPA or EA designation
• Deep knowledge of federal, state, and local tax code, compliance, and procedures
• Strong working knowledge of individual, corporate, nonprofit, and partnership taxation
• Bachelor's degree or above in Accounting or Taxation
• Ability to operate independently in a fully remote environment
• Must be a motivated, team player, who loves contributing to the success of the team
• Must be US Based

Preferred

• Experience in a growing or entrepreneurial firm environment
• Familiarity with multi-state filing requirements
• Track record of building strong client relationships over multiple tax seasons

Why Trail CPA

• 100% remote work from anywhere
• Collaborative, high-trust team that refers their friends because they actually want to work here
• Competitive Pay ($85,000–$115,000, plus bonus and benefits)
  
  Must be US Based.