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Tax Manager – CPA Firm | Public Accounting, Tax Planning & Advisory
Hybrid or On-Site | Full-Time
Location: Kirsch CPA Group
Experience: 5 years of public accounting tax experience
License: CPA or EA required
Location: Kirsch CPA Group
Experience: 5 years of public accounting tax experience
License: CPA or EA required
Pay Range: $110,000–$150,000 per year, based on experience
ESOP employee ownership | 53-hour busy season expectations | Hybrid flexibility | Advisory-focused client work | Clear growth path
Join an Employee-Owned CPA Firm
Kirsch CPA Group is a 100% employee-owned CPA firm seeking an experienced Tax Manager to lead client relationships, manage tax engagements, and help privately held businesses make smarter financial decisions.
Through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan / ESOP, eligible employees have the opportunity to share in the success they help create. At Kirsch, you are not just managing tax work. You are helping build a firm where your leadership, client impact, and long-term contributions matter.
This role is ideal for a public accounting tax professional who wants more ownership, more advisory work, stronger work-life balance, and a long-term growth path.
Why This Role Stands Out
Tax Manager roles are competitive. We know experienced tax professionals are looking for more than another busy season.
At Kirsch CPA Group, you’ll find:
- Employee ownership through our ESOP
- 53-hour busy season expectations
- Flexible scheduling and work-from-home options
- Summer Fridays with reduced hours
- Meaningful advisory work with small and mid-sized business clients
- Year-round client relationships, not just seasonal tax contact
- Direct access to firm leaders
- Career coaching through our THRIVE development program
- A transparent, collaborative culture where you can help shape the future of the firm
What You’ll Do
As a Tax Manager, you will manage tax compliance, tax planning, and advisory relationships for privately held businesses, business owners, and individuals.
Responsibilities include:
- Manage tax engagements for businesses and individuals
- Review complex tax returns, including partnerships, S corporations, C corporations, and pass-through entities
- Provide proactive tax planning and client advisory support
- Advise clients on business decisions, entity structure, transactions, and tax implications
- Support state and local tax matters, including multi-state tax considerations
- Build year-round client relationships through monthly and quarterly advisory conversations
- Identify planning opportunities, process improvements, and key business insights
- Manage engagement workflow, deadlines, budgets, and client communication
- Mentor, develop, and review the work of tax staff and seniors
- Collaborate with firm leaders to deliver high-value client service
What We’re Looking For
Required
- 5 years of public accounting tax experience
- CPA or EA license
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Accounting
- Strong technical knowledge of federal tax laws and regulations
- Experience reviewing business tax returns
- Experience managing client relationships and engagements
- Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills
Preferred
- Experience with privately held businesses and business owners
- Strong pass-through entity tax experience
- Partnership and S corporation tax experience
- Multi-state tax or SALT experience
- Experience mentoring and developing staff
- Interest in client advisory and business consulting work
Benefits That Matter
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- ESOP / employee ownership opportunity
- Retirement plan
- Generous PTO
- Maternity and parental leave
- Flexible scheduling
- Work-from-home options
- 53-hour busy season expectations
- Summer Fridays with reduced hours
- Career development through THRIVE
Be Part of Something Bigger
At larger firms, it can be easy to feel like one of many. At smaller firms, growth can feel limited.
Kirsch CPA Group offers the opportunity to lead meaningful client relationships, mentor future firm leaders, and contribute to the growth of an employee-owned CPA firm. Our culture is built on transparency, accountability, collaboration, and long-term thinking.
If you are a Tax Manager who wants more ownership, more balance, more advisory opportunity, and more purpose in your public accounting career, we’d love to talk.
Apply Today
Ready to take ownership of your career and your future?
Apply now to join the employee-owned team at Kirsch CPA Group.
Salary : $110,000 - $150,000