Tax Director

Gaines & Associates, PC.; Edison (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Comprehensive benefits package

Vacation/PTO

Job summary

GAPC (Gaines & Associates, PC) seeks a Tax Director to lead and elevate a growing tax practice within a multidisciplinary advisory platform. This senior role focuses on designing scalable tax structures, standards, and client experiences as the firm expands nationwide.

You will oversee tax planning, compliance, and advisory engagements, mentor a high-performing team, and partner with CFO, M&A, and legal affiliates to drive growth and client value. CPA with 10+ years of experience required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive tax experience in public accounting or tax advisory
• Deep knowledge of federal, state, and pass-through taxation
• Strong proficiency with high-net-worth and entrepreneurial clients
• Experience with tax planning for growing businesses (entity choice, restructuring, M&A)
• Strong technical review skills and ability to manage complex engagements
• Excellent leadership, communication, and client relationship management
• CPA required
• Experience building or improving a tax function is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve the firm’s tax strategy, processes, and service delivery model
• Oversee all tax planning, compliance, and advisory engagements
• Establish standards for quality, workflow, review, and risk management
• Mentor and develop staff; grow a high-performing tax team
• Collaborate with leadership on service-line integration and firm growth strategy
• Serve as primary tax advisor for high-growth entrepreneurial clients
• Provide tax planning, structuring, and optimization aligned with business goals
• Lead tax strategy for clients scaling, acquisitions, restructurings, and exits
• Work with GAPC’s CFO and M&A teams on transactions, modeling, and diligence
• Support specialized advisory areas (trusts & estates, entity structuring, multi-state issues)
• Manage and review federal, state, and local tax returns
• Oversee tax research and technical memorandums
• Monitor changes in tax law, proactively advising clients & firm leadership
• Strengthen workflow, quality controls, and tax documentation practices
• Oversee the adoption of technology and workflow tools to increase efficiency

Skills

Leadership

Client management

Tax expertise

Communication

Entrepreneurial client service

Education

CPA

Job description

GAPC (Gaines & Associates, PC) is a fast-growing CPA–Business Advisory and Consulting firm serving clients nationwide. We offer a collaborative, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment where talented professionals can grow their expertise, make an impact, and build long-term client relationships.

Why This Role Matters

Gaines & Associates, PC (GAPC) is entering a new phase of growth. What began as a boutique CPA firm has become a multidisciplinary financial and advisory platform serving fast-growing entrepreneurial businesses across the U.S. — combining CPA services, CFO advisory, M&A support, business strategy, legal integration, and operational consulting.

We are now building a next-generation tax practice that integrates tax strategy with our broader CFO, business advisory, IT and transactional services. This isn’t a maintenance role, it’s a build, lead, and elevate role.

We are looking for a Tax Director who is excited to shape the tax function of a firm that is doubling in capabilities, expanding into new verticals, and preparing for future-scale growth.

If you’re a senior manager or principal-level tax professional who wants to escape the assembly-line feel of larger firms and step into a high-impact leadership role, this is the opportunity.

The GAPC Advantage

As Tax Director, you will:

• Build a modern tax practice - You will design structure, standards, processes, and client experience from a clean foundation as we scale strategically.
• Be part of an integrated advisory platform - You will work hand-in-hand with our CFO advisory, M&A, valuation, legal affiliates, and strategic planning teams.
• Become a key partner to fast-growing, entrepreneurial clients - Our clients look to us as full-spectrum advisors, not just annual preparers.
• Grow into a larger leadership role as the firm expands - This position is structured to scale in responsibility and influence as GAPC continues to grow, with increasing leadership authority, strategic involvement, and firmwide impact over time.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Direction

• Lead and evolve the firm’s tax strategy, processes, and service delivery model
• Oversee all tax planning, compliance, and advisory engagements
• Establish standards for quality, workflow, review, and risk management
• Mentor and develop staff; grow a high-performing tax team
• Collaborate with leadership on service-line integration and firm growth strategy

Client Advisory & Relationship Management

• Serve as primary tax advisor for high-growth entrepreneurial clients
• Provide tax planning, structuring, and optimization aligned with business goals
• Lead tax strategy for clients experiencing scaling, acquisitions, restructurings, and exits
• Work closely with GAPC’s CFO and M&A teams on transactions, modeling, and diligence
• Support specialized advisory areas (trusts & estates, entity structuring, multi-state issues)

Technical & Compliance Oversight

• Manage and review federal, state, and local tax returns (individual, corporate, partnership)
• Oversee tax research and technical memorandums
• Monitor changes in tax law, proactively advising clients & firm leadership
• Strengthen workflow, quality controls, and tax documentation practices
• Oversee the adoption of technology and workflow tools to increase efficiency

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive tax experience in public accounting or tax advisory
• Deep knowledge of federal, state, and pass-through taxation
• Strong proficiency with high-net-worth and entrepreneurial clients
• Experience with tax planning for growing businesses (entity choice, restructuring, M&A)
• Strong technical review skills and ability to manage complex engagements
• Excellent leadership, communication, and client relationship management
• CPA required
• Experience building or improving a tax function is a plus

Who Will Thrive in This Role

• Someone who wants to lead, not just execute
• Someone who feels under-leveraged or siloed in a larger firm
• Someone who enjoys entrepreneurial clients and fast-moving decision cycles
• Someone who wants to be part of building something ambitious — not just maintaining status quo
• Someone who sees tax strategy as part of the broader business strategy
• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus.
• 401(k) plan and comprehensive benefits package.
• Vacation/PTO.
• Continuing professional education and development support.
• Full-time (40+ hours/week).