Top Tax Accountant Jobs in Chicago, IL

The Senior Accountant manages tax compliance, reviews partnership tax returns, leads client relationships, provides technical guidance, and mentors staff.

The Senior Accountant, Tax will provide tax compliance and advisory services for healthcare clients, manage client relationships, and analyze data to enhance process efficiency.

Prepares individual, business, and fiduciary tax returns and projections; researches tax issues; supports engagement planning; communicates with clients and firm leaders; manages deadlines and budgets; identifies engagement opportunities; provides technical client assistance; and maintains tax expertise through training and community involvement.

Owns Box’s US and global indirect tax function, including sales and use tax compliance, return filing, nexus and taxability research, exemption certificate management, audits, and regulatory monitoring. Partners with Finance, Legal, Revenue Operations, Billing, and Product to ensure accurate tax collection and advise on new initiatives. The role also drives process improvements and automation across tax compliance using tax technology, ERP, billing, and CPQ systems.

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.

Supports firm-wide tax compliance and partnership accounting by preparing tax estimates, schedules, filings, K-1 distributions, partner tax elections, audit responses, indirect tax reviews, tax notices, depreciation calculations, and global secondment tax coordination. Collaborates with partners, internal departments, tax preparers, outside advisors, and vendors while managing confidential information and time-sensitive deadlines.

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.

Prepare and file state and local tax returns; analyze tax and financial statement implications; prepare journal entries and reconciliations; process tax payments; perform tax research; communicate with stakeholders; support process improvements, documentation, and special projects to optimize tax outcomes.

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.

Manage tax engagements including preparation and review of individual and business returns, tax research and planning, client consulting, supervising staff, and identifying performance improvements while collaborating with partners and managers.

Prepare and review investor tax deliverables (K-1s, PFIC statements), federal and state tax returns, and related tax forms; compute quarterly estimated taxable income; liaise with external advisors and internal teams; support ASC 740 memos, audit tax footnotes, investor inquiries, tax notices, and process improvements using AI-driven tools.

Provide tax strategy and compliance services for closely held businesses and private equity portfolio companies, preparing federal, state, and local returns (C‑Corps, S‑Corps, Partnerships), conducting technical research, advising on tax efficiencies, managing client relationships, and coaching staff to ensure timely, accurate deliverables.

Prepare individual Federal and State tax returns, organize documentation, and manage tax data. Requires strong attention to detail and time management.