Jobs · Accounting · North Carolina

Senior Tax Manager

MDS Search · Raleigh, NC · 4 wk ago
HybridAccountingFull-time

Position Summary & Your Impact

Provide strategic leadership for complex tax engagements, serving as a key advisor to clients and a technical resource for internal teams.

Essential Duties

  • Strategic Client Advisory: Advise on tax planning, transaction structuring, succession planning, and long-term tax minimization for high-net-worth individuals, multi-entity businesses, and cross-jurisdictional structures.
  • Technical Oversight: Review highly complex tax returns to ensure technical accuracy, compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, and alignment with client goals.
  • Ledger & Mentorship: Coach managers and senior associates through goal-setting, continuous feedback, and performance reviews to foster leadership development and succession planning.
  • Process Optimization: Drive continuous improvement in tax processes, documentation standards, and quality control to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner across service lines—including assurance, advisory, and client accounting—to deliver integrated solutions.
  • Business Development: Contribute to growth via client pitches, proposals, and pricing strategies; represent the firm at industry events and networking forums.
  • Practice Management: Oversee resource allocation and engagement planning to ensure productivity and profitability. Meet annual billable hour and individual productivity targets.

Your Background

  • Experience: 8+ years of experience in public accounting and tax preparation.
  • Credentials: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field; CPA license required (or actively eligible).
  • Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of federal, state, and local tax laws with a proven ability to deliver strategic entity structuring and transaction advisory.
  • Systems Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in modern tax compliance software and digital research tools.
  • Leadership: Proven track record of managing, coaching, and developing multi-level teams across concurrent engagements.
  • Communication: Exceptional skills to convey complex tax concepts clearly to clients and stakeholders.
  • Commitment: Full-time commitment with flexibility to work additional hours during peak deadlines.

What We Offer

  • Generous paid time off (PTO)
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Paid holidays, including a firmwide winter break (December 24 – January 1)
  • Paid parental leave (after one year of service)
  • Mentorship, career development, and CPA exam support
  • Firm-sponsored networking events, holiday parties, and busy-season milestone celebrations

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