senior tax manager

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A Senior Tax Manager role focused on diverse tax compliance and advisory work, including corporate and personal taxation, cross-border matters, and tax planning for high-net-worth clients. The position involves technical research, client service, team leadership, and active participation in staff development and mentoring.

What you will be doing

• Review and oversee corporate and personal income tax returns and tax planning engagements
• Provide advisory services on domestic and international cross-border tax matters
• Conduct technical tax research for client needs and internal use, and draft correspondence to tax authorities
• Identify technical issues, propose solutions, and analyze new tax legislation
• Manage tax season processes and procedures
• Coach and mentor staff, assign tasks, and contribute to professional development seminars
• Participate in practice development activities

What the role requires

• Minimum eight years of tax experience in public accounting, with at least one year at senior manager level
• Experience with owner-managed businesses
• Proficiency in tax preparation software and working paper platforms
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to clients
• Demonstrated organizational skills with ability to prioritize, manage workflows, and meet deadlines

Designations

What your resume should make obvious

Screeners spend seconds on a first pass. For this role, these are the things worth putting where they will be seen.

• Specify your public accounting experience: number of years, progression to senior manager, and types of entities served
• List tax designations prominently, including CPA and In-Depth Tax Program completion
• Name the tax software and platforms you use daily for compliance and working papers
• Quantify your client portfolio: include high-net-worth individuals, owner-managed businesses, and cross-border files
• Show leadership evidence: size of teams mentored, training delivered, or seasonal staff supervised
• Highlight technical contributions: research projects, tax authority responses, or legislative analysis work

Where people in this role usually come from

Candidates typically progress through public accounting tax departments, advancing from staff to senior roles before reaching manager and senior manager levels. Experience spans compliance, advisory, and client management across individual and corporate taxation.