Tax Manager

Distinct | North America; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 8–9% end of year

First-year billings bonus 10%

Hybrid work 3 days in office, 2 from 홈

Stable firm with retention

Job summary

Distinct | North America is seeking a Tax Lead to take ownership of the tax function, working directly with clients while leading delivery across the team. You’ll guide, review, and improve how things run, focusing on high-value client relationships and efficient processes.

The role emphasizes leadership over doing everything personally, with a clear path to shaping tax delivery for partnerships, S corps, trusts, and nonprofits. Hybrid work arrangement offered.

Qualifications

• Strong public accounting background.
• Comfortable leading people and owning client relationships.
• Someone who looks at processes and improves them.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the tax function and lead delivery across the team.
• Be the primary client contact and guide project execution.
• Review, refine, and improve how things run within the tax function.

Skills

Public accounting

Client relationships

Process improvement

Leadership

Job description

You already know whether you’re where you should be.

If you spent the last few months too deep in the detail, fixing things that shouldn’t need fixing, or watching leadership get buried in review work… this will land.

This role exists for a reason.

The firm has been established for 35+ years. Stable, profitable, 20–30 people.

But this last season exposed a gap.

Their Tax Lead is strong, but stretched too far into the detail.

They need someone who can step in, take ownership, and change that.

Not by doing more work.

By leading it properly.

The role

You’ll take ownership of the tax function, working directly with clients while leading delivery across the team.

Partnerships and S corps

High net worth individuals

Trusts and nonprofits

You’ll still be close enough to the work to stay sharp.

But the focus shifts.

Less doing everything yourself

More guiding, reviewing, and improving how things run

You’ll be the person clients speak to.

Not the one sitting behind the scenes.

What you get

8–9% end of year bonus

10% of first year billings on any clients you bring in

Hybrid working 3 days in office, 2 from home

A stable firm where people actually stay

What they’re looking for

Strong public accounting background

Comfortable leading people and owning client relationships

Someone who looks at processes and improves them

The reality

They want someone in place soon so they can build properly after busy season, not rush it next time around.

You don’t need to tick every box.

If you’re already thinking “I could run something like this if I had the chance”, this is it.