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 services, a catalytic leadership system, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount today’s industry challenges to reach their full potential. For more information, visit .
About Tronconi Segarra & Associates
We are a top 3 accounting and advisory firm in Western New York with nearly 140 partners and associates, including 70 CPAs serving clients across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and South & Central America. We serve all industries and have deep expertise in small business, manufacturing, education, e-commerce, aerospace & defense, construction, insurance, professional services, private equity, non-profits, and government entities. Our key services include Tax Advisory services, M&A/Transaction Advisory services, State & Local Tax services, Client Accounting & Advisory Services (CAAS), Audit & Attestation Advisory services. We have many additional services that we specialize in. We strategically partnered with Ascend, an accounting firm platform, in 2025 to expand our footprint and enhance our capabilities and service offerings to our clients.
The Team You Will Join
At Tronconi Segarra & Associates (TSA), we empower every client to become his or her best and most confident self through the responsible provision of high-quality financial and business services, products and information. Over the years, our clients have told us that our solutions have made a difference in their businesses and given them the confidence to take the next steps – buy or sell a business, expand a plant, open a new branch, hire additional employees, prepare for the next generation to run their business, expand sales to a new country. And we’ve been with them every step of the way, providing the support, services and information they need to reach the next level of success.
The Opportunity
Tronconi Segarra & Associates (TSA) is seeking a State and Local Tax (SALT) Manager to play a key leadership role within our sales and use tax practice. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with clients on complex, multi-state tax matters while helping grow TSA’s SALT capabilities through client development, team mentorship, and strategic advisory services. The ideal candidate combines deep sales and use tax knowledge with strong relationship-building and leadership skills.
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Manage and deliver profitable state and local tax (SALT) engagements — with an emphasis on sales and use tax consulting and compliance.
- Provide timely, high-quality advice on sales and use tax nexus reviews, taxability studies, registrations, voluntary disclosure agreements, refund opportunities, transactional planning, audit controversy projects, and multi-state tax compliance strategies.
- Lead and coordinate the flow of sales/use tax information with clients to ensure accurate filings and advisory deliverables.
- Review workpapers, tax returns, and accounting entries related to sales and use tax.
- Research and resolve complex multi-state sales/use technical issues.
- Meet with clients and vendors to identify options for automated sales tax solutions and work with our team to implement and maintain these solutions.
- Participate in the billing and collection process for SALT engagements.
- Identify opportunities to provide additional sales and use tax services and actively market our SALT expertise to clients.
- Supervise, mentor, and develop staff in sales and use tax topics.
- Develop specialized multi-state sales and use tax knowledge within industries such as Manufacturing, Retail, Construction, Wholesale and Distribution, and Information Technology.
Desired Qualifications
- 5–7 years of public accounting tax experience, including at least 3-4 years focused on sales and use tax.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA or JD preferred but not required.
- Superior analytical, technical, and communication skills with strong knowledge of sales and use tax accounting/technology.
- Proven ability to identify and address client needs in the sales and use tax space: building and maintaining networks, communicating value propositions, managing resources, budgets, and billing.
- Experience supervising staff and leading multi-state sales and use tax projects.
- Ability to manage multiple engagements in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills with attention to detail.
- Proficiency with MS Word, Access, Excel, and other sales tax software/technology.
- Prior experience working with or at a state Department of Revenue is preferred but not required (audit, compliance, or policy roles).
- Willingness to travel to client sites and work additional hours as needed.
The annual base salary range for this role is $95,000 - $115,000. This range includes the anticipated low and high end of TSA’s salary range for this position. Actual compensation may vary based on various factors, including experience, education and/or skill level.
At Ascend, we provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Ascend hires and promotes individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs.