Tax Manager

Good Works Talent is partnering with an established CPA firm in Northern California to recruit a Tax Manager for its growing practice.

This is a tax leadership opportunity with a broader scope than preparing returns and managing deadlines. You’ll work closely with the firm’s partners, helping business owners and individuals navigate complex tax situations, plan ahead, and make informed decisions throughout the year.

You’ll take meaningful ownership of technical tax work and review, strengthen client relationships, and help develop less-experienced staff. Your contribution will create capacity for the firm to continue growing while providing the thoughtful, personal service its clients value.

For a CPA interested in ownership, there is also potential to grow toward partnership over time, based on performance, mutual fit, and an agreed path forward.

Become a trusted technical resource. During your first 90 days, you’ll learn the firm’s clients, tax workflow, and review standards while taking increasing responsibility for complex returns and review assignments. You’ll develop an understanding of where your expertise can have the greatest impact and when a matter needs partner involvement.

Strengthen tax preparation and review. You’ll handle sophisticated income tax work, review returns prepared by other team members, and resolve technical questions. Your review feedback will help improve the current assignment while building the preparer’s ability to handle similar issues independently.

Build lasting client relationships. You’ll be introduced to an assigned group of clients alongside an established firm leader and gradually become a dependable contact for questions, planning, and follow-up. The firm intentionally connects clients with more than one team member, creating continuity as responsibilities grow.

Help clients plan ahead. You’ll contribute to year-round tax planning, including estimated payments, financial updates, and year-end decisions. Depending on the client’s needs, that work may involve business sales, real estate transactions, charitable giving, trusts, gifts, estates, and other complex tax matters.

The objective is to identify important issues early so clients can understand their options before a transaction or filing deadline limits their choices.

Develop the people around you. You’ll coach less-experienced staff through real client work, explain technical reasoning, and help them build confidence with increasingly challenging assignments. As the team’s capability grows, you’ll help more work move forward without requiring partner involvement at every step.

Support the firm’s next stage of growth. You’ll help improve handoffs, reduce review bottlenecks, and support new client onboarding. By the end of your first year, success should mean meaningful ownership of tax work, stronger client coverage, and greater capacity across the practice.

This role offers the opportunity to do sophisticated tax work while staying close to the clients and decisions behind it. You’ll see how your advice affects business owners, families, and individuals managing significant financial transitions.

You’ll also have direct access to firm leaders who provide tools, answer questions, and trust people to manage their responsibilities. In a practice of approximately 14 people, your contribution will be visible across client service, staff development, and the firm’s future.

For someone interested in partnership, the anticipated horizon is approximately four to five years, although timing and terms would depend on your contribution and mutual agreement. The…