Tax Director

Job Description

At EisnerAmper, we look for individuals who welcome new ideas, encourage innovation, and are eager to make an impact. Whether you're starting out in your career or taking your next step as a seasoned professional, the EisnerAmper experience is one-of-a-kind. You can design a career you'll love from top to bottom - we give you the tools you need to succeed and the autonomy to reach your goals.

EisnerAmper is seeking a highly motivated Director to join our growing State and Local Tax (SALT) practice. This leadership role is ideal for a technically strong indirect tax professional who possesses an entrepreneurial mindset, excels at building client relationships, developing talent, and driving practice growth. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, lead complex multistate indirect tax consulting engagements, mentor and develop professionals, and play a significant role in expanding EisnerAmper's presence throughout the Southeast.

What it Means to Work for EisnerAmper:

• You will get to be part of one of the largest and fastest growing accounting and advisory firms in the industry

• You will have the flexibility to manage your days in support of our commitment to work/life balance

• You will join a culture that has received multiple top "Places to Work" awards

  • We believe that great work is accomplished when cultures, ideas and experiences come together to create new solutions

  • We understand that embracing our differences is what unites us as a team and strengthens our foundation

  • Showing up authentically is how we, both as professionals and a Firm, find inspiration to do our best work

What Work You Will be Responsible For:

• Lead complex multistate sales and use tax consulting engagements for middle-market and large clients across diverse industries.

• Advise clients on nexus, taxability, exemptions, sourcing, tax automation, audit defense, voluntary disclosures, and controversy matters.

• Serve as a primary client relationship leader and trusted advisor.

• Review technical analyses, memoranda, taxability studies, and client deliverables.

• Collaborate with professionals across tax, audit, transaction advisory, technology, and industry groups to deliver integrated solutions.

• Develop and execute strategies to grow the indirect tax practice in the broader Southeast region.

• Identify, cultivate, and close new business opportunities through networking, referrals, industry involvement, and internal cross-selling initiatives.

• Expand relationships with existing clients and serve as a catalyst for multidisciplinary service offerings.

• Participate in proposal development, thought leadership, speaking engagements, and marketing activities.

• Build and maintain a strong network of referral sources, business leaders, and industry contacts.

• Recruit, mentor, coach, and develop high-performing professionals.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, technical excellence, and client service.

• Manage engagement economics, staffing, project execution, and client satisfaction.

• Support the continued development of the firm's indirect tax service offerings, methodologies, and technology-enabled solutions.

• Assist in developing and executing long-term growth strategies for the SALT practice.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or related field.

• CPA required; MST and/or JD preferred.

• 10+ years (Director) of progressive state and local tax experience with significant focus on multistate sales and use tax consulting.

• Experience in public accounting, consulting, or a national advisory firm environment.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex client relationships and lead teams.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of:

  • Economic nexus and marketplace facilitator rules

  • Taxability of tangible goods, software, SaaS, and digital products

  • Tax automation and systems implementations experience

  • Audit defense and controversy

  • Voluntary disclosures and remediation projects

  • M&A transaction tax due diligence and planning

• Track record of building and maintaining client relationships.

• Success identifying and developing new business opportunities.

• Ability and desire to contribute meaningfully to revenue growth and market expansion.

• Entrepreneurial and growth-oriented mindset.

• Business development and relationship management skills.

• Exceptional communication and presentation abilities.

• Collaborative leadership style with a passion for mentoring others.

• Strategic thinker capable of balancing client service, people development, and business growth.

EisnerAmper is proud to be a merit-based employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of veteran or disability status or any protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law.

About our Tax Team

As the largest service line within the firm, EisnerAmper's Tax Group doesn't only provide trusted and innovative tax solutions to its clients, but it creates new opportunities for employees to grow, both personally and professionally. With a range of specialties based on location and industry, employees have the flexibility to focus on the work they want to do and the autonomy to shape their careers in a fulfilling way.

A hybrid between a general tax practice and a hyper-specialized firm, our culture is based on collaboration, innovation and transparency. For us, success is defined by working together, sometimes across specialties, to provide the best tax solutions to meet our clients' unique needs.

Tax regulations and procedures are always changing, and so are we. All EisnerAmper tax employees are empowered to challenge the status quo by thinking outside the box and bringing new ideas to the table. Because when we can identify creative ways to reduce filing turnarounds or streamline compliance work, we're able spend more time conducting impactful business advisory services for our clients.

About EisnerAmper

EisnerAmper is one of the largest accounting, tax and business advisory firms in the U.S., with nearly 4,500 employees and more than 450 partners across the world. We combine responsiveness with a long-range perspective; to help clients meet the pressing issues they face today, and position them for success tomorrow.

Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms and middle-market companies, as well as high net worth individuals, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures across a variety of industries. We are also engaged by the attorneys, financial professionals, bankers and investors who serve these clients.

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