Senior Tax Manager

Senior Tax ManagerAardvark Tax Advisors is a full-service tax, accounting, and advisory firm serving small businesses and entrepreneurs. We're the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI.We're growing fast. As the accounting profession faces a growing succession challenge, we're partnering with retiring practitioners and thoughtfully bringing their clients into Aardvark, preserving the trusted relationships and personal service those clients value.We use proprietary AI to amplify your expertise while always deferring to your judgment. By shifting routine work to AI, Cynch's platform gives our accounting and tax teams more time for complex problem-solving, proactive planning, and building client relationships that last.We're looking for a Senior Tax Manager to own complex engagements, lead a team, and elevate the quality bar. That means working across entity types, acting as a trusted advisor, and developing the people doing the work.The role is hybrid, based out of our Cupertino, Pleasanton, or Santa Cruz offices, with additional potential work locations in the North Bay.Client Relationships & Tax DeliveryOwn client relationships on complex tax matters, including planning, compliance, and consulting, and be the person clients call when something is urgent or complicated.Lead the preparation and review of complex returns for corporations, partnerships, individuals, trusts, and estates across federal, state, and local jurisdictions.Deliver tax planning that goes beyond compliance; identify tax-saving opportunities, develop tax-efficient strategies, and advise clients on the impact of legislative changes.Stay current on legislative changes and preemptively translate them into specific, actionable guidance.Ensure every return that leaves the practice meets the standard you'd put your own name on.Team LeadershipLead, mentor, and develop a team of tax professionals. Set expectations, give direct feedback, and hold people accountable.Run performance evaluations that are specific and useful. Know where the team is strong and where it isn't, and build the training and processes to close those gaps.Practice Development & QualityIdentify opportunities to expand services with existing clients where the value is real.Monitor and manage tax risk for the practice and for clients, ensuring positions are defensible.