Tax Manager

More than 2,000 returns a year, one office in Erie, Colorado, and one person running the floor. We're hiring that person.

Monterra has done accounting and tax work since 1991. Our Erie office files more than 2,000 returns every year: about 70% individual 1040s, the rest partnerships, S corporations and other business work. Most of these clients have used the same accountant for years and plan to keep it that way, so the person they sit across from this season matters. That's you and your team.

• A full book on day one. There's no three-year grind to build a client list, and there's no sales quota or cold calling. The clients are already here and they come back every year.
• A team that needs a leader. A tax staff who already review each other's work and want someone on the floor to get them unstuck and make them better.
• Backup when you want it. The technical calls are yours. When a return needs a second set of eyes, our Tax Director is there to help.
• Admin off your plate. Billing, payroll and operations sit with our head of operations and administration. Your hours go to clients and the team.
• Room to grow, fast. The Erie office is about to carry the tax work for the whole firm. The seat you take this season is a bigger seat by next season.

You run the office. Your team handles most of the client work day to day, and you make sure it's right. When a client has a real problem, you're the one who sits down with them. The staff review each other's returns. You set the standard that review holds to, and what gets filed and what gets extended is your call.

When a client needs to hear no, you're the one who tells them, and they stay.

You sign or review returns in a practice right now, and you have for several seasons. A CPA or EA is required. Preparers already come to you when they're stuck, and you like being that person. Put a notice, a late K-1 or a disallowed deduction in front of you and you can explain it to a client face to face, in plain English, so they leave calmer than they came in.

And you're ambitious: you want a bigger job next year than this one, which this office will give you. If you've ever taken over clients from someone who left and kept them, that's a bonus, though it isn't required.

A corporate tax career with the compliance work a decade back won't fit here, and neither will anyone who needs to be the smartest person in the building to feel useful. This desk files 1040s, 1065s and 1120-Ss all day, and January is the wrong month to relearn them.

Tax season is tax season. January to April is hard work, but not as bad as other firms because we put about half our clients on extension to smooth out the busy season. The office is changing hands, some of that will be uncomfortable, and you're the one who steadies it. The firm is also rolling out AI across the practice.

You don't have to love it, but you do have to work with it.

The seat is on-site in Erie, Colorado, with flexible part-time work from home. Compensation is $100,000 to $150,000, with generous PTO, a 401(k) and performance bonuses. You report to the firm's owner. Apply by December 1, 2026.

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Applications close December 1 and the season starts in January. Whoever takes this seat walks into 2,000 returns, five people waiting for a leader and a book of clients who already trust this office. Make it you, and apply today.

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