Tech Tax Senior Manager

Looking to work at a firm that encourages a work life balance and a path to Partnership? 

Withum is a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm, helping clients to Be in a Position of StrengthSM in today’s modern business landscape. Withum empowers clients with innovative tools and solutions to address their accounting, tax and overall business management needs. Withum is a place where talent thrives. We recruit only the best and brightest people, with a genuine passion for the business. 

Withum’s Tax Services Group is made up of a brilliant team of tax specialists that work to ensure tax reporting obligations are met in an accurate and timely manner and minimize or defer the payment of taxes. Their comprehensive understanding of international, US federal, state, and local regulations, counting our affiliation with HLB international, allows them to help develop economical tax strategies anywhere. Their services include Business, Individual, State & Local tax, R&D Tax Credit, as well as International and Private Client services. 

As a Tech Tax Senior Manager based out of our Orange County, CA office, you'll work alongside an integrated team of seasoned, well-known CPAs and industry leaders. In this position, you will take a lead role on all aspects of tax engagements, supervise/mentor staff, and build/maintain relationships with clients.  

Withum’s brand is a reflection of our people, our culture and our strength. Withum has become synonymous with teamwork and client service excellence. The cornerstone of our success can truly be accredited to the dedicated professionals who work here every day, whose mission is to help our clients grow and thrive - to be in a position of strength. But our commitment goes beyond our clients as we continue to live the Withum Way, promoting personal and professional growth for all team members, clients, and surrounding communities.  

How You’ll Spend Your Time:

• Achieving associated growth goals in revenue, team head count and key ecosystem relationships
• Being a focal point for collaboration, coordination and communication with your team and the national practice
• Identifying and leading a coordinated, cross functional team to pursue technology and emerging growth opportunities within the Southern California marketplace
• Assisting with establishing and achieving specific revenue and service growth goals for the region
• Actively participating in strategy sessions, marketing calls and events with the regional and National technology team
• Working with industry, service line engagement teams to ensure appropriate resources and deliverables are provided to our technology clients
• Providing routine insight in to the technology landscape and your associated clients based on your relevant and tangible experience and communicate it to firm leadership. Ensure you are ever aware of your technology clients position, personnel, activity, issues and challenges in order to provide support
• Providing thought leadership to the Southern California technology market
• Actively participating in and contributing to the industry and service line leadership providing perspective and commentary on areas of opportunity and challenge presented to Withum in the technology marketplace

The Kinds of People We Want to Talk to Have Many of The Following:

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting from an accredited institution
• CPA, JD, LLM or MST required
• Minimum of 8+ years of professional services experience required
• Extensive experience with C-Corp Form 1120 tax filing entities and ASC 740 tax provisions
• Industry knowledge within the Technology/Startup and Emerging Growth sector a plus
• Demonstrated strategic leadership. Defining market opportunities, creating a strategic plan, process and deployment capabilities
• Demonstrated process creation.  Adept at developing and deploying best of breed business development and relationship management practices
• Outstanding multitasking skills and organization
• Strong verbal communication. Demonstrate clear verbal communication
• Strong writing skills. Demonstrate clear written professional communication
• Strong presentation skills. Must possess ability to organize and lead meetings with senior executives
• Strong leadership skills. Demonstrate ability to set strategy and lead a team of professionals in a variety of capacities and different position responsibilities
• Project management. Must demonstrate ability to manage time, multi-task, and meet deadlines for themselves and their firm team members
• Candidate must demonstrate experience in working as a productive member of a team
• Tangible and demonstrated experience in formal sales process deployment, use and training
• Ability to be a resource to other team members on the firm, the technology community, overall strategy and tactics
• Ability to adhere to an environment of accountability and responsibility – no excuses
• Ability to constructively monitor, formally (CRM) and informally (personal interaction) personal and client account performance
• Creative problem solving & conflict resolution
• Attentiveness to detail
• Outstanding relationship management skills and personal networking skills are essential
• Must be solution oriented

The compensation for this position will vary by location. If you reside in California, please see below. In addition to the base compensation, Withum offers a competitive benefits package and bonus program (for eligible roles) based on individual and firm performance. Final offer amounts are based on multiple factors such as the specific role, hiring location, as well as the individual’s skills, experience and qualifications. For additional information on our benefits, visit our website at https://www.withum.com/careers/.

California State ranges are from $125,000 - $235,000.

WithumSmith+Brown, PC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, (including pregnancy), genetic information, marital status, domestic partnership status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, disability or handicap, veteran status, weight, height, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

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