A well-established public accounting firm serving small businesses and individual clients, is seeking a Tax Manager to join the team in the Myrtle Beach, SC area. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced tax professional who enjoys both hands-on tax work and mentoring others, with a clear path for increased responsibility and long-term growth within a collaborative firm.
What You'll Do as the Tax Manager:
- Prepare and review complex federal and state business and individual tax returns
- Oversee the work of tax preparers and provide guidance, coaching, and quality review
- Manage a mix of business and personal tax engagements
- Review returns including 1120, 1120S, 1065, Schedule C, and 1040 filings
- Serve as a trusted advisor to small business and individual clients
- Identify tax planning opportunities and help clients navigate tax-related challenges
- Ensure compliance with changing federal and state tax regulations
- Collaborate with firm leadership on workflow management and client service initiatives
- Help develop and improve internal tax processes and best practices
Must-Haves as the Tax Manager:
- 5+ years of tax preparation experience in public accounting
- 5+ years reviewing tax returns prepared by other professionals
- Strong experience with both business and individual tax returns
- Expertise with federal and state tax compliance
- Experience reviewing forms including 1120, 1120S, 1065, Schedule C, and 1040 returns
- Public accounting experience required
- Working knowledge of QuickBooks
- Experience with tax preparation software such as ProSeries
- Strong communication and client relationship skills
Nice-to-Haves as the Tax Manager:
- Active CPA license
- CPA candidate currently pursuing licensure
- Experience mentoring junior tax professionals
- Prior leadership or supervisory experience
- Interest in taking on increasing responsibility and career advancement opportunities
- Relocation interest for candidates outside the Myrtle Beach area
They Offer:
- Competitive base salary of $90,000-$150,000+, depending on experience
- Performance-based bonus opportunities twice per year
- Relocation assistance available for the right candidate
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Employer-paid portion of medical coverage
- 401(k) with 6% company match
- Strong work-life balance compared to many public accounting environments
- Private office space for employees
- High level of autonomy and flexibility
- Close-knit, collaborative team environment
- Long-term growth and advancement opportunities
Skills Required
- 5+ years of tax preparation experience in public accounting
- 5+ years reviewing tax returns prepared by other professionals
- Strong experience with both business and individual tax returns
- Expertise with federal and state tax compliance
- Experience reviewing 1120, 1120S, 1065, Schedule C, and 1040 returns
- Public accounting experience
- Working knowledge of QuickBooks
- Experience with tax preparation software such as ProSeries
- Strong communication and client relationship skills
- Active CPA license
- CPA candidate currently pursuing licensure
- Experience mentoring junior tax professionals
- Prior leadership or supervisory experience
- Interest in taking on increasing responsibility and career advancement opportunities
- Relocation interest for candidates outside the Myrtle Beach area
What We Do
Who are we? As an independent, full-service marketing and consulting business based in Portland, Maine, we provide strategy, content and design for businesses, nonprofits and individuals in Maine and throughout the world. What do we do? Everything we do revolves around ROI—improving your bottom line. Through a rock-solid communication and branding strategy, we show you how to support and engage your employees, build your workforce, find new clients and support existing business. Here’s a snapshot of our services: Strategy: Branding and rebranding; mission statement; search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine results page (SERP); hiring and retention; fundraising; communicating with board members; personal branding (for executives); events and PR; advertising campaigns; product launches; social media campaigns and management. Design: Websites; logos; promotional material (digital and print); event guides; employee photos; drone video footage; custom magazines; advertisements. Content: Website text; speeches and keynotes; promotional text; employee bios; custom articles; social media posts; newsletters and internal emails; corporate reports. Custom Publishing: Vanguard, Equity, Toggle, Blueprint, Vision, Terra Firma What’s our mission? We want to help you solve real challenges—like growing your business, hiring and retaining employees, fundraising and keeping existing business. Our mission is to do this with honesty and integrity. Authenticity—it’s a good look on you. Why do we do this? We want to reimagine marketing. We want it to be less about the perfect image, and more about using good communication and branding as a way to engage with your employees and clients in successful and lasting relationships. Ultimately, we believe this approach will create a world where people come before profit, where the environment is respected and given back to, and where good business is synonymous with the best intentions.
