Manager - Tax Automation & Development

Bpmcpa; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Well-being resources

Balance & flexibility

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

BPM is seeking a Manager - Tax Automation & Development to lead automation and development within the Tax practice. You will manage an offshore development team delivering internal technology solutions that enhance the Tax practice, bridging Tax and software development for scalable automation and AI-enabled capabilities.

Hybrid work is available for candidates near BPM offices, with 2–3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• CPA with significant public accounting tax experience.
• Experience in Tax Technology, business process improvement, or technology transformation.
• Experience leading software development initiatives and/or offshore development teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, mentor, and manage a dedicated offshore Tax Technology development team.
• Translate tax business processes into functional and technical requirements for development and prioritize roadmap.
• Lead the design and delivery of integrations, automation, AI-enabled capabilities, and internally developed applications.

Skills

Tax technology

Leading offshore teams

Tax workflows knowledge

Stakeholder management

Project delivery

Job description

About BPM

BPM is where caring and community are central to everything we do. We are driven by innovation, collaboration, and a shared commitment to helping our clients and our people thrive. Our entrepreneurial culture and flexible work environment empower our professionals to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact.

Position Summary

The Manager - Tax Automation & Development is responsible for leading the execution of automation and development within the Tax practice group. This role builds and manages a dedicated offshore development team responsible for designing, developing, and delivering internal technology solutions that enhance the Tax practice. Serving as the strategic bridge between Tax and software development, this position translates business objectives into scalable automation, integrations, AI-enabled capabilities, and custom applications that improve efficiency, strengthen the user experience, and extend the value of the firm's Tax Technology ecosystem.

Note: Candidates located near a BPM office will follow a hybrid work model, with 2–3 days per week in the office.

• Build, lead, mentor, and manage a dedicated offshore Tax Technology development team.
• Translate tax business processes into functional and technical requirements for development.
• Establish and prioritize the Tax Technology development roadmap and backlog.
• Lead the design and delivery of integrations, automation, AI-enabled capabilities, and internally developed applications.
• Partner with Tax Leadership to identify strategic technology opportunities and define solution approaches.
• Provide functional direction to developers and ensure delivered solutions align with business objectives, compliance requirements, and user expectations.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Technology and third-party vendors when architectural support or integrations are required.
• Establish development standards, documentation, testing, and quality assurance practices.

• CPA with significant public accounting tax experience.
• Experience in Tax Technology, business process improvement, or technology transformation.
• Experience leading software development initiatives and/or offshore development teams.
• Strong understanding of tax workflows, technology platforms, and automation opportunities.
• Demonstrated leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and project delivery skills.

Reports to the Tax Technology Leader and is responsible for the leadership and management of BPM's dedicated offshore Tax Technology development team.

Total rewardspackage:from flexible work arrangements to personalized benefit structures and financial compensation options that give you choice and flexibility.

• Well-being resources:interactive wellness platform and incentives, an employee assistance program and mental health resources, and Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) that provide safe spaces for colleagues to share, be heard, feel valued and deepen connections.
• Balance &flexibility:14 Firm Holidays including 2 floating, Flex PTO, paid family leave, winter break, summer hours, and remote work options, so you can balance challenging yourselfwithtaking care of yourself.
• Professional development opportunities:A learning culture with CPA exam resources and bonuses, tuition reimbursement, a coach program, and live classes, workshops, and seminars through BPM University.

A unique people-centered culture that attracts the brightest and most forward-thinking accounting professionals.

The resources, expertise, and global capability of a Big Four accounting firm together with the responsiveness and accessibility of a local firm.

A regional presence in the Bay Area, while still serving our clients nationally and internationally.

Recognition as one of the Bay Area's "Best Place to Work" and "No. 1 Best Large Accounting Firm to Work for" by "Accounting Today".

At BPM we are people who value people. We are progressive and purposeful. We are a firm with flexibility. Our shared entrepreneurial spirit drives us to see and do things differently. And our passion for people makes BPM a place where everyone feels welcome, valued, and part of something bigger.

BPM provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.