Tax Manager

About Shah & Co., Certified Public AccountantsShah & Co. is a CPA firm serving individuals, businesses, and corporations across the San Diego area and beyond. We get the compliance work right, but that's the floor, not the ceiling. What clients actually come back for is the strategy: the planning conversations that happen well before a deadline, the structuring decisions that save real money, the advice that treats their business like it's ours too.Make sure to apply with all the requested information, as laid out in the job overview below.The RoleWe're hiring a Tax Manager who thinks past the return. You'll review technical work across nearly every entity type, run point on international reporting when clients lives' or businesses cross borders, and lead a team that looks to you for both the right answer and the better question. Just as much, you'll be the person clients call when they're weighing a big decision, because you've already spotted the angle they hadn't considered.What You'll DoReview individual, partnership, S-corps, C-corps, estate, and trust returns, and coach the team on getting it right the first time.Own international tax reporting and compliance for clients with cross-border income, assets, or ownership structures.Get ahead of tax season, not just through it: flag planning opportunities early and bring strategic recommendations directly to clients.Manage the team's workflow, deadlines, and development, and give feedback that actually helps people get better.Build real relationships with clients as a trusted advisor, not just the name on the review stamp.Run multiple engagements at once without letting quality slip on any of them.Dig into the harder questions: unusual transactions, gray areas, and the situations the textbook skips.What You BringAn active CPA license.6+ years in public accounting, with real review-level experience under your belt.Strong technical range across individual, partnership, S-corp, C-corp, estate, and trust tax.Working knowledge of international tax reporting and compliance.Experience leading or mentoring a team, and the patience to actually do it well.An instinct for strategy, not just compliance: you see the planning opportunity before someone points it out.The ability to explain a complicated tax position to a client without losing them halfway through.Why Shah & Co.A firm that's genuinely built around strategy and client relationships, not just volume.Real ownership over your own clients from day one.A team that mentors each other instead of competing.Competitive pay and benefits. xhyhwjd Room to grow into bigger leadership as the firm grows.