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TAX MANAGER W/ PARTNERSHIP TRACK

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY

Posted: 12/05/2025 Industry: ACCOUNTING Job Number: 14722 Pay Rate: $125K - $175K ANNUALLY

Job Description

Tight knit and well-established boutique CPA firm seeks a Tax Manager to join their team. This is the ideal opportunity for licensed CPA with demonstrated tax expertise who is looking for a partnership/equity opportunity. Managing partner is retiring in 2-5 years and is looking for someone willing to prove themselves and ultimately overtake the practice. This must be someone highly capable of working independently and with a team, willing to roll up their sleeves, who can work exceptionally well with clients and a small internal team, able to handle a high volume of returns, who ultimately wants to own and operate their own firm. Work schedule is flexible, full-time, on-site, with demand for increased workload and extra hours during busy tax season. Company offers the following benefits, flexible schedule with unlimited PTO (if not abused), 401k (no employer contribution), clear path to equity partnership/ownership in roughly 2 years of proven performance. Company does not provide medical plan, but will be taken into consideration with regard to compensation. The goal is to interview for and solidify this hire ahead of tax season, with a delayed start in May 2026 after the busy tax season has come to an end so that the focus can be turned to integrating this person into the firm. The firm is ready and willing to make an official offer, but wants to be honest about the timeline which gives them the ability to best integrate this person onto their team and this person the ability to wind down their work at their current employer without leaving in the midst of tax season.

Responsibilities:
- Review and complete a high volume of personal and business tax returns.
- Perform tax research.
- Review projections and becomes involved in planning for complex clients.
- Manage business and tax planning for personal and business clients.
- Analyzes IRS notices and drafts responses.
- Delegates work to administrative support staff.
- Acts as billing manager for all client engagement assigned.
- Acts as key client contact person for assigned clients.
- Contributes to the client service by producing quality work with quick turnaround and attentive service.
- Establishes good working relationships with all team members and existing clients.

Job Requirements

Requirements:
- Licensed CPA
- 5-10+ years of public tax accounting experience
- Experience with Thompson Reuters software highly desirable
- Desire for ultimate ownership/partnership/equity stake in a well-established CPA firm

Meet Your Recruiter

Shane Rizzotti
Partner, Business Development

Shane, born and raised in Rockland County, is half of the second generation running the RJ-Staffing family business day-to-day. He has been stuffing envelopes since he was 6 years old, began temping at 18 years old, and began working internally for the firm in 2010. Since then, Shane has grown from an Account Executive to Vice President, enhanced our service lines from temporary staffing to executive headhunting, increased our geographic area of recruiting capability, and expanded our internal team. When he's not developing our next company initiative, overseeing working relationships with his long-standing clientele, or recruiting the next internal staff member, you can find him on the golf course, spending quality time with his wife and son, or working in the yard at his woodland West Nyack, NY home.  

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