Tax Director

**About the Role:**

We are seeking an experienced **Tax Director** to lead tax planning, compliance, and advisory engagements for privately held businesses and their owners. This leadership role is responsible for providing strategic tax guidance to closely held companies, partnerships, S corporations, C corporations, and individual business owners while overseeing complex client engagements, developing tax professionals, and driving business growth. The ideal candidate brings extensive public accounting experience, deep technical tax expertise, and a proven ability to build trusted client relationships.

**Responsibilities:**

• Perform technical reviews of complex tax returns and engagement workpapers for individuals, partnerships, S corporations, C corporations, and privately held businesses.
• Provide strategic tax planning and advisory services related to business and personal transactions, including evaluating tax implications, compliance requirements, and entity structuring.
• Develop responses to IRS examinations, state tax authority audits, notices, and regulatory inquiries.
• Lead multiple complex tax engagements while managing budgets, staffing, scheduling, workflow, deadlines, and overall engagement profitability.
• Conduct advanced tax research on complex federal, state, and local tax matters and prepare technical memorandums supporting tax positions.
• Drive business development initiatives by identifying new client opportunities and expanding advisory services for existing clients.
• Build and maintain long term client relationships while identifying opportunities to deliver additional tax and consulting services.
• Allocate engagement resources effectively to ensure quality service delivery and efficient project execution.
• Mentor, coach, and develop managers, supervisors, and staff through technical training, performance management, and career development.
• Stay current on changes in tax legislation and communicate technical updates and best practices to tax professionals across the practice.

**Qualifications:**

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Tax, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA, JD, or Enrolled Agent credential with authorization to practice before the IRS.
• Minimum of 8 years of public accounting tax experience or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of leadership experience managing client engagements and developing tax professionals.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local tax laws affecting individuals, partnerships, S corporations, C corporations, and privately held businesses.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple complex tax engagements while maintaining exceptional client service.
• Advanced analytical, leadership, communication, and project management skills.
• Ability to perform advanced tax research and provide practical, strategic recommendations for complex tax matters.

**Desired Qualifications:**

• Master's degree in Accounting, Taxation, or a related discipline.
• Subject matter expertise in a specialized area of taxation.
• Experience advising privately held businesses and business owners on tax planning, entity structuring, and succession planning.
• Proven success developing client relationships and leading business development initiatives.
• Strong presentation, technical writing, and thought leadership skills.
• Experience mentoring and developing tax professionals through coaching and technical training.