Tax Staff Accountant (2026)

Tax Staff Accountant 2026

Location: Rochester, NY

Insero Advisors is an accounting and business advisory practice with more than 150 employees throughout New York State serving businesses, nonprofits, governmental entities, and individuals. One of our core values is that we are Passionate about People. We don’t just talk about our values, we live them. That’s why we’ve consistently been recognized as a best place to work:\

• Ranked the #4 Best Company to Work For in New York in the Medium Companies category (State, NYS-SHRM and Best Companies Group) in 2026, #1 2025 & 2024, ranked #3 in 2023 and #1 in 2022.
  
• Best Accounting Firms to Work For (National, Accounting Today and Best Companies Group) 2012-2025. #1 Best Accounting Firm and Most Innovative Workplace, Reader Rankings (Local, Rochester Business Journal) 2025 and 2024, consistently ranked since joining in 2018.
  

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At Insero, we’re committed to transforming the employee experience beyond industry standards to enable you to build your ideal career.

Our Vision: We deliver bold, game-changing value to our clients by building the best place to work, empowered with the best talent, culture, and innovation.

The Insero Way – Our culture is guided by our core values and motivates result-orientated associates. Our values form the foundation of our daily practices.

 We believe great teams are built on shared values: Be Passionate about People, Deliver Excellence, Grow to New Heights, and Go Further Together. If these speak to you, we encourage you to apply!

Let us show you how Life at Insero is different:

·         We offer excellent advancement opportunities as well as advisor and mentor programs.

·         We invest heavily in training and technology.

·         We focus on flexibility, with an amazing hybrid working environment giving you the ability to work in the office as well as from home/remotely.

·         We serve a wide variety of clients and offer many compliance and consulting services, giving our team members opportunities to explore different areas of practice.

·         There are also many opportunities to get involved from day one, including our initiatives for outreach, innovation, wellness, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We are seeking to hire a Tax Staff Accountant to join our growing practice with start date options in either Fall 2026 or January 2027. This is a full-time position with our firm based in our Rochester, NY office.

Responsibilities:

• Preparing complex high net worth individual returns and business income tax returns (Small business, Partnerships, S-Corps, C-Corps)
  
• Learning the software, processes and procedures to efficiently complete assignments
  
• Preparing tax projections to assist clients in implementing tax strategies
  
• Developing tax research and writing skills
  
• Maintaining strong working relationships with clients and internal team members
  
• Developing the skills for basic tax research projects.
  
• Developing an understanding of tax software for compliance.
  
  

Requirements

Requirements: 

Bachelor's degree (Masters in Tax is a plus) in accounting and CPA license or progress towards license is required. Internship experience involving auditing or tax preparation experience is also a plus. Basic knowledge of spreadsheet and database applications is required; experience with financial/accounting software applications is preferred.

Our Benefits: 

We offer competitive salaries, an outstanding paid time off program (4-5 weeks based on level), 16 paid holidays, dress for the day program, hybrid work schedule option, 401(k) plan with firm contributions, tuition reimbursement program, 100% employer paid parking, spot bonus program, CPA bonus, a variety of different medical plan options along with opt-out dollars if you don't need medical ins coverage.

Salary Range:  $59,000 – $64,000

The above range is a reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, qualifications, and/or education, and geographic location.  It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the capabilities and experience of the candidate. You may also become eligible to receive discretionary spot bonus incentives. Incentives, if any, depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and firm performance.

Insero is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer