- First/primary tax professional within an established accounting and advisory firm.
- Build the firm's tax function from the ground up.
- Initially responsible for essentially all tax work.
- Potential path to partnership/equity based on performance and growth of the tax practice.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and review federal and state tax returns.
- Individual, partnership, S-Corp, and C-Corp taxation.
- Tax compliance and tax planning/advisory.
- Work directly with business owners and high-net-worth individuals.
- Participate in ongoing/periodic client meetings and provide year-round tax guidance.
- Partner with the firm's bookkeeping, accounting, controller, and fractional CFO teams.
- Use existing clean/reconciled financial data for tax preparation and advisory.
- Develop tax processes and workflows.
- Help grow the firm's tax client base through existing relationships and referrals.
- Potential opportunity to bring an existing book of business.
Required
- Active CPA.
- Minimum 5 years of tax experience; 7–8+ preferred.
- Experience with:
- Individuals
- Partnerships
- S-Corps
- C-Corps
- Client-facing/advisory experience.
- Comfortable with hands-on preparation and review.
- Able to work independently and take ownership of the tax function.
Preferred
- High-net-worth individual experience.
- Existing client relationships/book of business.
- Entrepreneurial or small-firm background.
- Experience building or developing a tax practice.
- Interest in eventual leadership/equity opportunity.
Candidate Profile
Looking for a Senior Tax Manager-level CPA who can function independently as the firm's tax department initially, combining hands-on compliance with client advisory work and eventually building a team.
Key personality/fit
entrepreneurial, consultative, client-facing, self-directed, and willing to build something from scratch.
Role Structure
- Fully remote.
- Southern California preferred but not required.
- Local candidate could periodically use the office.
- Initial client base already exists; approximately 8–10 clients could transition to the tax practice relatively quickly.
- Long-term goal is to build a full tax department.