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Tax Manager - Tax Exempt

Deloitte
Deloitte Salary
Seattle, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/12/2026
Are you a strategic and creative federal tax professional who enjoys solving complex tax issues and advising mission-driv e n organizations? Deloitte's Tax-Exempt practice offers the opportunity to work with sophisticated nonprofit clients, including health care organizations, private foundations, public charities, higher education institutions, and other tax-exempt entities.

Work You'll Do

As a Tax Manager, you'll provide federal, state, and international tax compliance and consulting services to nonprofit clients. You'll spend at least half-and potentially all-of your time supporting tax-exempt organizations and working directly with client leaders to address complex tax matters, manage risk, and advance their missions.

You'll build and maintain trusted client relationships while advising on tax compliance, business restructuring, acquisition planning, exemption strategies, philanthropic and charitable giving planning, unrelated business tax matters, and tax controversy. You'll oversee complex projects involving multiple entities and affiliates, manage engagement workflow, coordinate team resources, and oversee engagement billing.

As a people leader, you'll provide technical training, coaching, counseling, and career guidance to help engagement team members grow and deliver high-quality client service. You'll also collaborate regularly with Tax-Exempt specialists across the country and draw on Deloitte's broad network of tax, audit, consulting, and advisory professionals to support client needs.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

  • Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
  • Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
  • Ability to lead projects or workstreams
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

The Team

Deloitte's national Tax-Exempt team brings together professionals with expertise in federal compliance, including Forms 990 and 990-PF, multistate and international tax compliance, tax consulting, and transfer tax planning. We serve nonprofit organizations and sophisticated donors working to create meaningful community and societal impact. The practice regularly collaborates with Deloitte's Consulting, Audit & Assurance, and Advisory professionals on multidisciplinary planning projects. Through Deloitte's Global Center for Excellence in Philanthropy, tax, audit, and consulting professionals provide integrated advisory and compliance support to funders and tax-exempt organizations shaping the future of philanthropy. Learn more about Deloitte Business Tax Services .

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or other business-related field
  • 5 years of experience in federal taxation with a strong emphasis on tax-exempt organizations (501(c)(3)s and 501(c)(4)s), including a combination within health care providers, health plans, private foundations, and other community organizations
  • One of the following active accreditations obtained:
    • Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA
    • If not CPA eligible:
      • Licensed Attorney
      • Enrolled Agent
      • Certifications:
        • Chartered Financial Advisor (CFA)
        • Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
  • Ability to perform job responsibilities within a hybrid work model that requires US Tax professionals to co-locate in person 2-3 days per week
  • Ability to travel 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
  • Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
Preferred:

  • Advanced degree such as Master of Tax, JD, and/or LLM
  • Previous Big 4 or large CPA firm experience
  • Experience with federal tax compliance (Form 990 and 990-PF), tax analysis, and tax research
  • Solid understanding with respect to issues specific to tax-exempt organizations (unrelated business income, exemption planning, etc.)
  • Strong verbal and written communication; listening, interpersonal, and facilitation skills

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $107,925 to $205,000.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Salary : $107,925 - $205,000

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