Tax Manager

Distinct | North America; Washington; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) match

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Distinct | North America is seeking a Tax Manager with 5+ years in public accounting and a CPA license to own a diverse client base including wine, agriculture, and hospitality sectors.

This office-based role emphasizes ownership, leadership, and potential equity as the firm grows, with modern cloud tools supporting daily work and a relocation option for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of public accounting experience with a CPA license.
• Experience supervising staff and reviewing complex tax work.
• Ability to own client relationships and participate in firm leadership.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of clients and manage staff on tax engagements.
• Review partnership returns and oversee day-to-day practice operations.
• Contribute to growing the practice, including potential equity opportunities.

Skills

Public accounting

Staff leadership

Client management

Education

CPA

Tools

UltraTax

Cloud-based systems

Job description

5+ Years Public Accounting Experience | CPA Required

There are firms where Partner track means “maybe one day”.

And there are firms where the business is growing quickly enough that someone good can actually get there.

This is much more the second one.

The firm is expanding, both in workload and geographically, and they’re looking for a Tax Manager who wants a bit more than another job reviewing returns and waiting for someone above them to move.

You’d be taking ownership of clients, managing staff, reviewing partnership returns and getting involved in the wider running of the practice.

As they continue to grow, there’s also scope to take responsibility for smaller acquired practices and build towards equity.

That’s probably the biggest selling point here.

They want someone who could genuinely see themselves becoming a Partner in the relatively near future and eventually leading parts of the business.

Not “Partner track” in the vague sense.

Actual responsibility. Actual ownership. Actual equity potential.

The client base has a strong wine and agriculture focus, so experience in either would be ideal. Hospitality experience also translates really well.

They use UltraTax and have invested properly in cloud-based systems, so the technology side is modern and actually works. A surprisingly underrated benefit in public accounting.

This is primarily an office-based role and they’d ideally want someone in five days a week.

Normally I’d struggle to sell that as a positive, but the office is genuinely nice, the culture is strong and for someone who wants to become part of the leadership team, being around the business probably makes a lot more sense here than it would in a standard Manager role.

Salary is competitive, alongside healthcare, 401k match and the usual benefits.

They’re also open to helping with relocation for the right person.

If you’re happy being a Manager forever, there are probably easier jobs.

If you want more ownership, more influence and the chance to actually build something, this one is much more interesting.

And you don’t need to have mentally resigned before getting in touch. Sometimes the first conversation is simply figuring out whether the grass is actually greener.