Senior Tax Manager

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Tax Manager for a direct hire, full-time opportunity with a well-established food and beverage production organization in Fresno, CA. This onsite role offers direct visibility to executive leadership and ownership, a collaborative tax team to lead, and genuinely varied technical tax work without billable hours.

This is an excellent opportunity for a tax professional who enjoys research, complex entity structures, pass-through taxation, clean technical execution, and strategic planning. The Senior Tax Manager will stay close to the technical work while also influencing broader financial decisions related to cash flow, entity planning, transaction timing, and long-term tax strategy.

The work environment offers supportive leadership, strong operational partnership, and the opportunity to coach and develop a capable team. This role is well suited for someone who values stability, technical challenge, teamwork, and a leadership path within a highly visible internal tax function.

Key Responsibilities

- Review complex federal and California tax returns for partnerships, S corporations, C corporations, LLCs, and trusts.
- Manage the tax compliance calendar, assign work across the team, and keep filing deadlines on track.
- Coach, train, and develop a small tax team, including quality review of staff deliverables.
- Partner with outside CPA consultants on technical tax matters and drive open items to resolution.
- Prepare the annual ASC 740 tax provision and maintain deferred tax balances.
- Manage IRS, FTB, and CDTFA notices, audits, and examinations from initial response through resolution.

Compensation and Benefits

- Salary range: $150,000 to $175,000 per year.
- Job type: Direct hire, full-time.
- Work arrangement: Onsite in Fresno, CA.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Lead complex tax compliance and technical review for multiple entity types.
- Manage the annual tax calendar, workflow, deadlines, and team assignments.
- Prepare ASC 740 provisions and maintain deferred tax balances.
- Identify tax planning opportunities related to entity structuring, 1031 exchanges, credits, incentives, cash tax projections, and legislative changes.

- Active CPA license required.
- 6+ years of progressive tax experience preferred for senior-level consideration.
- Minimum 3 years of tax accounting experience required.
- Strong pass-through tax expertise, including partnership allocations, basis, Section 704(c), Section 754, and Section 163(j).
- Direct supervisory experience, including staff development and technical review.
- Current PTIN or eligibility to obtain one before the first filing season.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Strong research, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work closely with ownership, executive leadership, consultants, and operational teams.

Preferred Qualifications

- Agriculture, agribusiness, food production, or real estate tax experience.
- Familiarity with Section 263A pre-productive costs.
- Experience with cooperative patronage.
- Knowledge of California tax conformity differences.
- Experience supporting privately held, multi-entity organizations.

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