Tax Manager

An established, owner-run CPA practice in San Jose is looking for a Tax Manager to join a small, stable team working on high-net-worth individual and flow-through entity tax. This is a firm that has turned down multiple private equity buyout offers to keep control in the owner's hands, so there's no PE ownership, no sudden change of terms with clients, and no watching your book get handed to someone else. For a manager who wants technical work, real autonomy, and a firm that isn't for sale, this is worth a look.

The role

You'll handle review-level work across individual and flow-through entity returns, including S-Corps, LLCs, K-1s and complex 1099 situations, working directly with clients as well as the return itself. The practice uses Lacerte, so day to day you're reviewing and preparing returns, working through technical questions with the owner and the team, and dealing with clients directly rather than through layers of staff. Training runs one to two weeks fully in-office to get you familiar with the systems and the team, after which the role moves to a hybrid schedule, roughly two days a week from home, depending on your experience and how quickly you're up to speed on Lacerte. The team includes staff who've been with the firm over a decade, so you're stepping into an established setup, not building one from scratch.

What you'll need

• CPA license required

• Strong technical tax ability, particularly on high-net-worth individual and flow-through entity returns

• Experience with Lacerte preferred

• Review experience at a manager level

What's on offer

• No private equity ownership, the firm has turned down buyout offers to keep clients and staff protected

• Hybrid schedule after a short one to two week in-office training period

• High autonomy once you're up to speed, minimal oversight

• Long-tenured team, with staff who've been in place over a decade

• Potential path to eventually take over the practice from the owner

To apply

Apply through the listing and we'll follow up with next steps.