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Tax Manager - Corporate Taxation and Mergers and Acquisitions

$133k - $206.9k

Cherry Bekaert

Cherry Bekaert, the nation's 17th largest public accounting firm, seeks a Tax Manager for its National Tax Office (NTO) to provide work with members of NTO to provide technical tax services related to a variety of topics such as corporate taxation, partnership taxation, and mergers and acquisitions . This highly visible position offers excellent training, development, feedback, and professional growth. We're looking for an extremely bright and motivated tax professional with a CPA and/or JD. Government experience is a plus.

What Does Your Day Look Like?

As a member of the firm's NTO, you will work directly with NTO members, Cherry Bekaert professionals and their clients to provide federal tax expertise related to various tax technical issues related to compliance and planning. As a rapidly growing public accounting firm servicing the middle market, you will help to develop the vision, strategies, and action plans to grow Cherry Bekaert's tax practice as well as ensure the profitability of such practice. You have the opportunity to help build-out the technical resource for / thought leadership for Cherry Bekaert's NTO. This includes the opportunity to deal directly with NTO members, Cherry Bekaert professionals and their clients, managing internal resources to complete client projects, collaborate with leaders across other disciplines, drive the adoption of best practices in answering federal tax questions and recommending courses of actions to clients and our professionals, to support the development of the firm's technical positions, as well as support the firm in its internal growth.

Specifically, primary responsibilities are focused in the following areas:

  • Work closely with fellow NTO specialists to ensure comprehensive technical soundness on tax consulting and advisory work.

  • Providing tax consulting and advisory services to Cherry Bekaert professionals and their clients.

  • Researching and writing technical tax memoranda.

  • Developing thought leadership and other external marketing materials.

  • Analyzing new laws, regulations and sub regulatory guidance, and producing internal and external thought leadership that guides the reader to take advantage of related opportunities and mitigate related risks.

  • Developing and delivering internal staff training for tax issues.

  • Assisting with internal and external webinars and presentations.

  • Assisting with firm-wide quality control procedures.

  • Working closely and collaboratively with the Strategic Tax Advisory team's mergers and acquisitions professionals.

What Do You Need for this Role?

We're looking for a high energy, entrepreneurial, proactive individual to make significant contributions to firm leadership, risk management, and client service. Strong communication and organizational skills are needed as is a passion for working with our professionals and their clients. The following are also needed:

  • CPA and/or JD.

  • At least 4 years working with federal tax issues related to CPMA issues.

  • Excellent research, analytical, and writing skills.

  • Engaging and effective presentation style.

  • Strong interpersonal skills.

  • Ability to work on multiple projects and manage deadlines.

  • Strong communication skills.

  • Strong technical skills and a desire to enhance them.

What Can We Offer You?

  • Competitive salary and performance bonus

  • Excellent benefits

  • 401(k)

  • Remote work

  • Minimal travel

  • Work/Life Blend.

What you can expect from us:

  • Our shared values that foster inclusion and belonging including uncompromising integrity, collaboration, trust, and mutual respect

  • The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you

  • A collaborative environment focused on enabling you to further your career growth and continuous professional development

  • Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing

  • Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work

  • Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures

Benefits Information:

Cherry Bekaert cares about our people. We offer competitive compensation packages based on performance that recognize the value our people bring to our clients and our Firm. The salary range for this position is included below. Individual salaries within this range are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program ( which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.

Pay Range:

$133,000-$206,900

About Cherry Bekaert

Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. For more details, visit

Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws.

This role is expected to accept applications for at least five calendar days and may continue to be posted until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.??

Candidates must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States.?Cherry Bekaert will not provide?work?sponsorship for this position.

Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC are members of Allinial Global, an accountancy and business advisory global association. Visit us at? and follow us on?LinkedIn,?Instagram, Twitter?and Facebook.?

© 2026 Cherry Bekaert. All Rights Reserved.

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