Tax Manager

Kforce's client, a well-established firm located in the Quincy, MA area, is seeking an experienced Tax Manager to lead client engagements, oversee tax department activities, and deliver high-quality tax compliance, planning, and advisory services. This position is hybrid and ideal for a licensed CPA with strong technical tax expertise, proven leadership experience, and the ability to manage complex client relationships.

Kforce's client, a well-established firm located in the Quincy, MA area, is seeking an experienced Tax Manager to lead client engagements, oversee tax department activities, and deliver high-quality tax compliance, planning, and advisory services. This position is hybrid and ideal for a licensed CPA with strong technical tax expertise, proven leadership experience, and the ability to manage complex client relationships. The client offers salary, benefits, great team culture events, work/life balance and other company perks. Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and review tax returns, extensions, planning calculations, and related deliverables prepared by tax staff
• Review complex federal and multistate tax returns for individuals, corporations, partnerships, fiduciaries, nonprofit organizations, estates, and trusts
• Prepare and review tax-planning projections for individual and business clients
• Oversee client engagements, deadlines, workflow, and overall service quality
• Research complex tax matters and prepare technical memoranda documenting findings and recommendations
• Manage federal, state, and local tax audits, notices, and inquiries
• Delegate engagements based on staff capabilities, workload, and development needs
• Provide technical guidance, training, and mentorship to tax professionals
• Communicate directly with clients, firm leadership, colleagues, and taxing authorities
• Support business-development activities, including prospective-client meetings, proposals, fee quotes, and needs assessments
• Help improve departmental software use, processes, and workflows
• Participate in consulting engagements and special projects as needed

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; Master's degree in taxation preferred
• 10 or more years of current tax experience within public accounting
• Active CPA license required
• Demonstrated experience supervising and developing tax professionals
• Experience handling tax audits and responding to taxing-authority notices
• Experience serving high-net-worth individuals and closely held businesses
• Strong knowledge of individual, corporate, partnership, fiduciary, nonprofit, estate, gift, and multistate taxation
• Proficiency with professional tax research and preparation software; Experience with ProSystem and BNA is preferred
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project-management skills
• Excellent written, verbal, and client-service abilities
• Detail-oriented and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Collaborative leadership style with a commitment to teamwork and staff development
• International or foreign tax experience is preferred