Tax Manager

• Pay or shift range: $105,000 USD to $125,000 USD The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

About Our Team:

EFPR, a Springline company, is a regional firm with the reach and resources of a national powerhouse. As a founding firm member of Springline Advisory, we bring expanded capabilities, deeper expertise, and even greater opportunities to serve our clients—while staying true to the personalized, high-touch service and vibrant culture that sets us apart.

This is an exciting time to join our firm as we redefine the middle-market accounting and business advisory space. We proudly invest in our people with a winning blend of values, expertise, and ambition. Our people-first approach empowers our team members to thrive within a culture that supports growth, innovation, and collaboration. Our commitment to investing in talent means flexibility, professional development, enhanced benefits, and a range of career paths to explore.

About The Role

As a Tax Manager on the Tax and Business Services team, you will oversee tax compliance, planning, and advisory engagements while serving as a trusted resource to clients. You will lead and develop team members, resolve complex tax matters, manage engagement performance, and identify opportunities to support clients’ broader business goals.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the primary client contact, build trusted relationships, and provide strategic tax planning and business consulting guidance.
• Oversee tax reporting, planning, and compliance engagements, including the review of income, sales, payroll, corporate, pass-through, partnership, and other applicable tax returns.
• Conduct top-level review of tax returns, resolve technical issues with clients, and involve specialists when appropriate.
• Monitor changing federal, state, and local tax laws to support compliance and identify opportunities to minimize clients’ tax and reporting burdens.
• Lead, mentor, and develop tax and business services professionals through delegation, training, guidance, and actionable performance feedback.
• Analyze financial statements and advise clients on business strategy, financial planning, risk management, and opportunities for improvement.
• Identify opportunities to expand client relationships through cross-selling, proposals, and recommendations for additional services.
• Monitor engagement progress, budgets, billing, and out-of-scope activity while keeping clients and firm leadership informed.
• Determine when tax research is needed, clearly frame technical issues, and communicate concise written analysis and advice.
• Maintain the highest standards of quality, confidentiality, professional ethics, and firm compliance.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting is required;
  Master’s degree in accounting is preferred.
• Five to eight years of recent public accounting experience, including prior supervisory experience.
• CPA license or active progress toward licensure is preferred. Strong candidates with relevant experience may be considered without current CPA pursuit.
• Experience with corporate taxation, consolidations, partnerships, individual taxation, corporate pass-through entities, and state and local tax is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage tax professionals, delegate effectively, and provide clear verbal and written feedback.
• Executive presence and experience acting as a primary client contact, including presenting tax issues, recommendations, and resolutions.
• Strong analytical, research, critical-thinking, decision-making, and written tax advisory skills.
• Experience with tax research databases and tax compliance software.…