Tax Manager/Director - Flowthrough Experience

Bpmcpa; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Summer hours

Flexible schedule

Well-being resources

Career development

Job summary

BPM is seeking a dynamic Tax Manager or Director to join our Flowthrough practice. The role focuses on partnership taxation for Real Estate, Consumer Business, and Professional Services clients and offers leadership and mentoring opportunities.

The ideal candidate will have partner-track aspirations, 6+ years of public accounting tax experience, and CPA licensure, with strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Licensed CPA with 6+ years of public accounting tax experience.
• Experience with flow-through taxation and advising on real estate, consumer business, and professional services sectors.
• Strong analytical ability, communication, and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing, analyzing, and building strategies to develop and maintain client relationships throughout the tax process.
• Provide tax planning, compliance oversight, and consulting on mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring.
• Lead and mentor tax seniors and associates, foster a collaborative team environment.

Skills

CPA

Tax expertise

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

CPA license

BS/BA in Accounting or related field

Master degree preferred

Job description

BPM – where caring and community is in our company DNA; we are always striving to be our best selves; and we’re compelled to ask the questions that lead to innovation. As a Tax Director (Flowthrough), you will be responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and building strategies to help develop and maintain relationships with clients throughout the tax process.

BPM is seeking a dynamic and technically strong Tax Manager or Director (depending on experience) to join our Flowthrough practice, with deep expertise in partnership taxation. This role will focus on servicing clients in the Real Estate, Consumer Business, and Professional Services industries, providing strategic tax planning, compliance oversight, and consulting on mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring. The ideal candidate will bring leadership experience, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for mentoring others. If you have partner-track aspirations and are ready to make a meaningful impact in a growing, client-focused environment, we’d love to hear from you.

(Ideal candidate will reside near Irvine, Santa Monica or Long Beach)

• Consistent recognition as one of the Bay Area’s “Best Places to Work”
• Recognition as “Top 5 Accounting Firm in the Bay Area”
• Summer Hours – Leave early on Friday afternoons from June to August!
• BPMU – A corporate university that’s dedicated to your career growth and development
• Flexibility in your day-to-day work schedule
• Rich diversity in the clients, industries, and overall work
• Licensed CPA
• Tax Director : 6+ years of public accounting tax experience.Tax Manager: 4+ years of public accounting tax experience.
• BS/BA degree in Accounting, Finance or related field (Master degree preferred).
• Licensed CPA or EA certified
• Extensive experience with flow-through taxation.
• Strong analytical ability and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrates proactive thinking and a strong desire to learn.
• Extensive experience in researching tax issues and exposure to a variety of flow-through tax issues.
• Provide tax compliance and consulting to a diverse base of flow-through clients in the Real-Estate, Crypto Currency, Venture Capital, Private Equity and/or Wine Industry.
• Manage multiple engagements and deliver high quality products timely and efficiently.
• Deliver and Develop innovative financial planning ideas that meet or exceed client expectations.
• Oversee complex tax research projects for a variety of clients and diverse industries.
• Develop recommendations and implementation plans for clients and team members.
• Develop and motivate tax seniors and associates by reviewing their work and provide counseling, leadership and career guidance.
• Champion sustainable workplace practices by supporting remote-first operations, promoting paperless workflows through digital collaboration tools, participating in recycling initiatives to minimize paper use, and consistently demonstrate alignment with BPM’s values.
• Total rewards package:from flexible work arrangements to personalized benefit structures and financial compensation options that give you choice and flexibility.
• Well-being resources:interactive wellness platform and incentives, an employee assistance program and mental health resources, and Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) that provide safe spaces for colleagues to share, be heard, feel valued and deepen connections.
• Balance & flexibility:14 Firm Holidays including 2 floating, Flex PTO, paid family leave, winter break, summer hours, and remote work options, so you can balance challenging yourself with taking care of yourself.
• Professional development opportunities:A learning culture with CPA exam resources and bonuses, tuition reimbursement, a coach program, and live classes, workshops, and seminars through BPM University.
• Caring people who put others first
• Self-starters who embody the BPM entrepreneurial spirit
• Authentic individuals with a diverse point of view
• Lifelong learners with a drive to excel
• Resilient people who rise to the occasion

At BPM we are people who value people. We are progressive and purposeful. We are a firm with flexibility. Our shared entrepreneurial spirit drives us to see and do things differently. And our passion for people makes BPM a place where everyone feels welcome, valued, and part of something bigger.

BPM provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Please note - this posting is for prospective candidates only. Unsolicited third-party resume submissions will be considered property of BPM and will not be acknowledged or returned.