Tax Manager

Distinct | North America; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

End of year bonus 8–9%

First-year billings: 10% of new client

Hybrid work: 3 days in-office

Stable firm culture

Job summary

Distinct | North America in Orlando is seeking a Tax Lead to own the tax function, partner with clients, and guide delivery across the team. You’ll manage relationships with partnerships, S corps, high net worth individuals, trusts and nonprofits, while staying close enough to the work to stay sharp.

The role emphasizes leading, reviewing, and improving processes rather than doing all the work yourself, with a hybrid work model offering 3 days in-office and 2 from home.

Qualifications

• Strong public accounting background.
• Comfortable leading people and owning client relationships.
• Looks at processes and drives improvements.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the tax function, working directly with clients while leading delivery across the team.
• Focus on partnerships and S corps, high net worth individuals, trusts and nonprofits.
• Shift from doing everything yourself to guiding, reviewing, and improving how things run.
• Be the primary client contact, not the person behind the scenes.

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.