Manager - Tax & Small Business
Listed on 2026-10-25
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Accounting
Public Accounting, Tax Accountant, Accounting Manager, Senior Accountant
Description
BLS, one of the largest and most established certified public accounting firms in Delaware, is seeking professionals with experience and advanced technical skills in managing multiple tax and accounting client engagements, including scheduling, staffing, coordinating workflow and consistently meeting profitability goals. Typical work includes reviewing work papers and tax returns and developing new business.
BLS is an eighteen-time winner of the News Journal’s Top Workplaces Award and an independent member firm of Prime Global, one of the most expansive associations of independent accounting firms in the world. We offer opportunities for growth, a diverse workload, flexible hours, a competitive salary, excellent benefits, state-of-the-art technology and continued training. Travel is limited.
Responsibilities- Maintaining contact with clients and developing a thorough knowledge of each client and their business
- Preparing or performing technical tax review of returns of any complexity
- Supervising and prioritizing simultaneous engagements, including appropriate delegation of duties
- Reviewing changes in work performed from prior years, considering changes in clients’ accounting procedures, and making adjustments to comply with changes in tax laws or accounting pronouncements
- Resolving accounting problems and tax issues
- Preparing client invoices and communicating fee details
- Reviewing staff qualifications and assignments for appropriateness
- Mentoring and developing new staff on assignments
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or another business-related degree with an emphasis in accounting
- 7–9 years of public accounting experience in a tax environment, including solid knowledge of current standards and principles
- CPA certification
- Demonstrated skill in managing numerous engagements simultaneously
- Working knowledge of small business tax compliance
- Ability to work independently
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite, tax software (CCH Axcess preferred), trial balance software (Thomson Reuters Engagement Manager preferred), and other electronic practice management, document management, workflow and portal tools
- Familiarity with international, multistate, estates and trusts, or high-net-worth individual clients
Only applicants of interest will be contacted.
Salary Range: $109,000 – $164,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications.(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).