Senior Accountant

Overview

Cleary Gottlieb is a pioneer in globalizing the legal profession. We have fourteen offices in major financial centers around the world, but we operate as a single, integrated global partnership and not a U.S. firm with a network of overseas locations. The firm employs approximately 1,100 lawyers from more than fifty countries.

 

Since 1946, our lawyers and staff have worked across practices, industries, jurisdictions, and continents to provide clients with simple, actionable approaches to their most complex legal and business challenges, whether domestic or international. We support every client relationship with intellectual agility, commercial acumen, and a human touch.

 

Reporting to the Tax Compliance Manager, the Senior Accountant is responsible for the tax activities of the Firm, including: preparation of tax filings worldwide; management and analysis of foreign and US tax payments made on behalf of partners; maintenance and analysis of the Firm's fixed assets, including depreciation; participation in the Firm's year-end audit; and implementation of procedural improvements associated with these activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the preparation and review of workpapers for use in the annual firm audit and related US partnership tax return.
• Prepare and review supporting tax filings for the various partnership international tax filings.
• Conduct first level of review of partnership tax return and Schedule K-1s, as prepared by the firms tax compliance provider.
• Serve as point of contact with firm’s external service providers, including tax compliance provider.
• Prepare state and federal quarterly tax estimates for the firm, including estimate calculations and generation of payment vouchers.
• Reconcile and maintain fixed asset schedules for firm’s US and international offices, including managing fixed asset additions, disposals and corresponding tax gain or loss calculation, as well as prepare monthly tax depreciation entries.
• Prepare regular reconciliation of the firm’s tax reserve accounts to track payments made on behalf of departed partners.
• Assist with the preparation of partner tax letters/K-1s for US and other CGSH local offices.
• Participate in the maintenance of partner-related compliance documents.
• Assist with US non-resident tax returns, including monitoring and processing of data and draft returns through to ultimate filing by compliance provider.
• Assist in preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual indirect tax returns for multiple jurisdictions.
• Assist in the preparation and review of 1099 forms to vendors.
• Track associates' travel location for foreign tax purposes.
• Own the annual tax information request process from the firm’s partners.
• Participate in special projects such as initial preparation of cash flow projections related to tax payments or modelling out fixed asset net book value into the future.
• Maintain the firm’s notice log and draft initial responses to the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities.
• Assist with ad hoc requests from partners of the firm.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• 3-4+ years professional tax experience, ideally in a public accounting or law firm environment.
• Experience with partnership/flow-through taxation.
• Experience with international taxation preferred but not required.
• Working knowledge of fixed assets, including depreciation methods and useful lives, special depreciation allowances, etc.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to communicate effectively and professionally in a hybrid working environment.
• CPA strongly preferred.

The estimated base salary for this position is $120,000 to $130,000 at the time of posting. The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of job-related factors, including skills, education, training, credentials, experience, scope and complexity of role responsibilities, geographic location, and performance. This role is exempt, meaning that it is not overtime pay eligible.

 

Cleary provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health care benefits. More information can be found here: Benefits

 

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination based on any category protected by law. Cleary provides reasonable accommodations to enable otherwise qualified employees to perform the essential functions of their position, provided the accommodation does not pose an undue hardship to the Firm.