Compliance Manager
Do you want a career without limits? Do you want to shape your own future and be surrounded by people who listen? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you at Smith + Howard.
Smith + Howard is a family of companies that offers tax, audit, accounting and advisory and wealth management services. We are headquartered in Atlanta with offices across the Southeast, while still offering a local firm flavor.
We offer competitive pay, excellent training opportunities and great benefits. You can help influence our culture and have the support and dedication from our leaders to help you achieve your career goals. Smith + Howard provides a great opportunity for professional growth and advancement within one of the nation’s top accounting firms.
If you are ready to make a career move and join a firm consistently named a “Best of the Best Firms” (Inside Public Accounting), we invite you to complete our employment application.
Summary
In the Compliance Manager role, you’ll lead multi-state and local indirect tax compliance engagements for clients across North America. You’ll collaborate with a network of SALT professionals to ensure accurate, timely filings across complex jurisdictions, while overseeing end-to-end engagement delivery, including preparation, review, workflow coordination, and quality control to meet client and regulatory requirements.
Essential Functions
- Uphold firm and AICPA and IPT ethical standards while maintaining strict client confidentiality.
- Deliver high-quality state and local use compliance services with strong client focus and attention to detail.
- Lead planning, execution, and completion of compliance engagements, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and jurisdictional compliance.
- Supervise and guide associates and seniors to ensure consistent, high-quality client service throughout engagements.
- Review and finalize state and local tax filings to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
- Manage engagement workflows, deadlines, and resources to ensure efficient service delivery.
- Respond to tax notices and assist with audits and issue resolution as needed.
- Identify and support process improvements and use of technology to enhance efficiency.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships to support ongoing compliance needs.
Position Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related fields
- CPA or CMI license preferred
- Five to ten years of sales tax compliance experience, preferred
- Experience managing staff and client relationships in a professional services setting
- Strong analytical skills and ability to resolve complex problems independently or collaboratively
- Excellent communication and time management skills across multiple projects
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related fields
- CPA or CMI license preferred
- Five to ten years of sales tax compliance experience
- Experience managing staff and client relationships
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent communication and time management skills
What We Do
Smith and Howard is a tax, accounting and advisory firm headquartered in Atlanta with a national reach and a reputation for doing more than expected. Our team of enterprising advisors are driven by creating extraordinary value for our clients, people and community. While many advisors say clients are their priority, Smith and Howard lives and breathes a promise of personal, responsive client service. Today, our family of companies is expanding and our client resume includes highly successful, profitable and entrepreneurially-driven individuals and businesses from around the country and the world. The professionals on our team are high caliber individuals who enjoy the nuances of our work and are looking for opportunities to put their acumen and creativity to work in growing careers. Explore our page and visit our website to learn more about who we are and what we do!
