Tax Manager | Hybrid, Top 200 Regional

Most tax managers at a Big 4 or national firm eventually hit the same fork: go to industry, or go to a small firm.Industry pays well, but you become "the tax person." One of one. No team. No new clients. Your technical edge dulls within three years because there's nothing to sharpen it against.Small firm keeps the public accounting work, but the clients get smaller, the infrastructure disappears, and the 70-hour weeks follow you anyway—just without the training budget or the bench.There's a third option most people don't seriously consider: a Top 200 regional firm that's built the systems and client base to actually hold a 45-hour cap.The client work doesn't shrink. You're still running nonprofit, partnership, and corporate engagements. The team is real—seniors who don't need you rewriting their workpapers, partners who close the loop on feedback in days not months. The hybrid schedule is the schedule, not a policy you're secretly dinged for using.The only thing that changes is the volume of nonsense.

Requirements:

• Experience at a Big 4, national, or large regional firm
• 5+ years running returns across nonprofits, partnerships, or corporations
• Comfortable reviewing senior-level workpapers and owning sign-off
• Strong technical foundation and practical judgment
• Active CPA preferred

Responsibilities:

• Run engagements end-to-end across a tenured client base
• Review senior-level workpapers and sign off on deliverables
• Develop the seniors reporting into you
• Weigh in on how the tax practice grows—client mix, staffing, delivery
• Hold the technical bar without holding every engagement together

Benefits:

• Clear partner-track for managers who demonstrate ownership
• Tenured client portfolio across nonprofits, partnerships, corporations
• 45-hour cap that actually holds through April
• Hybrid setup: 2 days on-site, 3 remote
• Competitive base with twice-yearly bonus
• Experienced team and systems that support the work