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Tax Manager - Private Client Services (PCS)

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KLR is a leading New England Regional Public Accounting Firm, consistently ranked among the Top 100 firms in the United States. With more than 350 professionals across eight office locations—including Andover, Boston, Bradenton, Lausanne, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, and Waltham—KLR delivers assurance, tax, and business advisory services to private and publicly held companies nationwide and abroad. Recognized as a Best Place to Work for 19 years, KLR is committed to fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and innovation.

We are seeking a Tax Manager to join our Private Client Services Team on a flexible hybrid basis.

The PCS Tax Manager is responsible for providing tax and consulting services to our high net worth clients as well as managing, developing and growing the local Private Client Services practice.

Job Responsibilities

  • Technical planning and advising of clients that include private entities (including C-Corp, S-Corp, Trusts, and Partnerships) as well as high-profile individuals/families.
  • Trusted advisor and role model for your clients and our people across multiple teams, making this a great place to develop a diverse network of collaborative colleagues.
  • Ensure timely filing of all client-related tax returns and documents.
  • Respond to federal and state tax notices that impact clients, and represent clients in any potential tax audit.
  • Personally coach and develop a highly trained team, all while handling activities with a focus on quality and commercial value.
  • Manage multiple Estate, Gift and Fiduciary client tax engagements simultaneously.
  • Review complex estate (Form 706), gift (Form 709), and fiduciary (Form 1041) income tax returns, including related tax schedules, forms and fiduciary accounting documents.
  • Building effective long-term relationships with our clients, understanding their unique needs to provide a tailored service.
  • Communicating complex tax issues to non-tax professionals and clients.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change from time to time with notice whenever possible, but not guaranteed.

Job Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Accounting or Tax
  • 6+ years of technical tax experience in public accounting
  • Strong experience with individual taxation (high net worth)
  • CPA certification is required
  • Researching tax issues to develop effective tax planning strategies
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
  • Familiarity and willingness to perform all types of tax work from entity to individual
  • Ability to manage multiple high-level work simultaneously
  • Ability to translate complex data from a range of sources into client-ready insights and deliverables
  • Developed public accounting management experience
  • Trusted advisor and role model for your clients and our people across multiple teams, making this a great place to develop a diverse network of collaborative colleagues.

This is a full-time position with standard hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Additional hours, including some evenings and weekends, will be required during peak busy seasons.

Pay Range

The salary range for this position is included below. Individual salaries within this range do not include benefits and bonus potential, and are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location.

$120,000.00 - $145,000.00

Benefits

KLR offers a wide range of benefits including: health and dental insurance, paid time-off and a competitive retirement savings plan. We offer tuition assistance, in-house education programs and offer employees opportunities for community involvement.

Come join a firm who has recently been recognized as a “Best Place to Work” for 19 years by the Providence Business Journal and voted as a Top 100 Firm in the country by Accounting Today!

KLR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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