Tax Manager

Shah & Co., Certified Public Accountants; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits

Client ownership

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Shah & Co., Certified Public Accountants in San Diego is seeking a Tax Manager who thinks past the return. You’ll review technical work across entity types, run point on international reporting for cross-border clients, and lead a team that delivers sound, strategic guidance.

You will coach staff, manage multiple engagements, and build lasting client relationships as a trusted advisor. A CPA license and 6+ years in public accounting are required, with strong knowledge across all major tax areas.

Qualifications

• Active CPA license required.
• 6+ years in public accounting with review-level experience.
• Strong technical range across individual, partnership, S-corp, C-corp, estate, and trust tax.
• Experience leading or mentoring a team and advising clients.

Responsibilities

• Review returns for individuals, partnerships, S-corps, C-corps, estates and trusts.
• Own international tax reporting and cross-border compliance.
• Flag planning opportunities early and provide strategic recommendations to clients.
• Manage team workflow, deadlines, and development; provide constructive feedback.
• Build client relationships as a trusted advisor and maintain quality across engagements.
• Handle multiple engagements simultaneously without compromising quality.
• Tackle complex tax questions and unusual transactions.

Skills

Active CPA license

Public accounting

International tax

Team leadership

Tax planning

Education

CPA certification

Job description

About Shah & Co., Certified Public Accountants

Shah & Co. is a CPA firm serving individuals, businesses, and corporations across the San Diego area and beyond. We get the compliance work right, but that's the floor, not the ceiling. What clients actually come back for is the strategy: the planning conversations that happen well before a deadline, the structuring decisions that save real money, the advice that treats their business like it’s ours too.

The Role

We're hiring a Tax Manager who thinks past the return. You'll review technical work across nearly every entity type, run point on international reporting when clients lives’ or businesses cross borders, and lead a team that looks to you for both the right answer and the better question. Just as much, you'll be the person clients call when they're weighing a big decision, because you've already spotted the angle they hadn't considered.

What You'll Do

• Review individual, partnership, S-corps, C-corps, estate, and trust returns, and coach the team on getting it right the first time.
• Own international tax reporting and compliance for clients with cross-border income, assets, or ownership structures.
• Get ahead of tax season, not just through it: flag planning opportunities early and bring strategic recommendations directly to clients.
• Manage the team's workflow, deadlines, and development, and give feedback that actually helps people get better.
• Build real relationships with clients as a trusted advisor, not just the name on the review stamp.
• Run multiple engagements at once without letting quality slip on any of them.
• Dig into the harder questions: unusual transactions, gray areas, and the situations the textbook skips.

What You Bring

• An active CPA license.
• 6+ years in public accounting, with real review-level experience under your belt.
• Strong technical range across individual, partnership, S-corp, C-corp, estate, and trust tax.
• Working knowledge of international tax reporting and compliance.
• Experience leading or mentoring a team, and the patience to actually do it well.
• An instinct for strategy, not just compliance: you see the planning opportunity before someone points it out.
• The ability to explain a complicated tax position to a client without losing them halfway through.

Why Shah & Co.

• A firm that's genuinely built around strategy and client relationships, not just volume.
• Real ownership over your own clients from day one.
• A team that mentors each other instead of competing.
• Competitive pay and benefits.
• Room to grow into bigger leadership as the firm grows.