Senior Tax Manager

Client: A client in the accounting and tax advisory industry
Location: Ramsey, NJ
Work mode: On-site
Experience: Senior Level
Work authorization: US Citizen (Only)
Relocation: Not available
Openings: 1

The client is seeking a Senior Tax Manager to lead complex client engagements, strengthen client relationships, develop new business, and contribute to the continued growth of its New Jersey practice.

This is a leadership-track position for an experienced public accounting tax professional who combines strong technical expertise with client-management, business-development, and team-leadership capabilities.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Managing Partner and firm leadership while supervising and developing managers, seniors, and staff. The position offers a direct path to Partner within a growing national accounting platform, along with the opportunity to participate in long-term incentives tied to future firm growth.

Key Responsibilities:
Manage and review complex business, partnership, and individual tax engagements.
Ensure tax engagements are completed accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with federal and state requirements.
Provide strategic tax-planning and structuring advice to closely held businesses, partnerships, and high-net-worth clients.
Build trusted, long-term relationships with existing clients.
Identify additional advisory and tax-service opportunities within the existing client base.
Develop new business through professional networking, community involvement, referrals, and prospective-client relationships.
Supervise, train, and mentor tax managers, seniors, and staff.
Support the technical and leadership development of the firm’s emerging professionals.
Work with firm leadership to execute regional growth plans and improve practice profitability.
Support clients with transactions, entity restructuring, and multistate tax compliance.
Contribute to process improvements, technology implementation, and firm best practices.
Collaborate with professionals across the Accounting First Group network.
Support multi-location clients and contribute to national platform initiatives.

Benefits:
Direct path to Partner.
Long-term incentive plan tied to future firm growth and exits.
Competitive salary and performance bonus.
CPA licensure and continuing-education support.
Healthcare benefits.
401(k) plan.
Paid time off.
Collaborative and client-focused culture.
Opportunity to help build a growing national CPA platform.
Access to broader career paths, leadership roles, and firmwide initiatives.