Manager, Tax

At a big firm you make manager and then spend two years waiting for somebody to let you sign something. At a firm of under 20 you sign it in your first month.

$122k to $149k in Garden Grove, at a tax led practice with audit and advisory alongside it. They put money into training and into getting people through the CPA. What they don't have is a bench, so the week you're ill is a week the work waits.

Why this firm:

• $122k to $149k
• Under 20 people, so review and sign off come to you quickly
• Tax is the core of it, with audit and advisory work to dip into
• They pay for coaching, courses and the CPA, which is rarer than it should be at this size
• No bench. Cover is thin in March, and you'd be learning from partners rather than from a curriculum

What you'll be doing:

• Reviewing individual, partnership and corporate returns
• Running a book of owner managed clients through the year
• Planning conversations with owners who ring you, not the partner
• Some advisory and accounting work in the mix

What you'll have:

• CPA or EA, or parts passed and finishing
• A few years of public accounting behind you
• Happy being the senior tax person in the room on a client