# Tax Associate

Who We Are About Sweeney Conrad At Sweeney Conrad, our foundation of “people first” begins with our employees-because we know the success of our firm stems from the relationships within it. We consider our employees family and foster a positive work culture, encouraging a healthy balance between work and life; building a career over having a job; continuing education and skill development; and being actively involved in the Puget Sound community where we live, work, and play. We’re proud of our employees and our culture and have been recognized by Accounting Today as one of the “Best Accounting Firms to Work For” and by Puget Sound Business Journal as one of “Washington’s Best Workplaces”. For more information, visit www.sweeneyconrad.com. About Ascend Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a dynamic platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a Top 25 firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition and training, leading quality management resources, best-of-breed technology, AI tools, an offshore captive, shared back-office servic

- **Id**: 3843647
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ascend-tax-associate-3>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Kirkland, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T20:55:55Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T07:36:27Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4533
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible time off, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Audit & Assurance Firms, Accounting & Bookkeeping Services, Tax Advisory & Preparation

## Company

- **Id**: 6169
- **Name**: Ascend
- **Domain**: ascendtogether.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ascend>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 92
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.174
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 87
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 80000
- **Max**: 82000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 82000

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no
- **Outlook** — Optional: no
- **SharePoint** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T23:58:42Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 8 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 8

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 87
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 82000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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