Private Wealth Tax Principal

Baker Tilly US

Private Wealth Tax Principal at Baker Tilly leading compliance and consulting for high-net-worth individuals and families, requiring extensive tax planning expertise and supervisory experience.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead compliance and consulting services to high-net-worth individuals, multi-generational affluent families, family offices and their private businesses and/or investment entities
Perform technical review of complex individual, partnership, S-corp, trust, estate, gift and state tax returns
Lead multiple engagements that deliver proactive tax planning and strategic consulting including federal, estate, gift, charitable planning and generation skipping tax
Advise and make recommendations to clients on business succession planning
Build on technical competence by keeping up-to-date on trends, developments and technical authorities - applying them to complex situations
Manage client engagement staffing, billings/collections, and ensure client profitability targets are met
Utilize your entrepreneurial skills to network and build strong relationships internally and externally with the goal of acquiring new clients, projects, and revenue
Invest in your professional development individually and through participation in firm wide learning and development programs
Support the growth and development of team members through the Baker Tilly Care and Teach philosophy, helping associates meet their professional goals

Requirements

What you’ll need

An undergraduate degree in accounting or law required
CPA or JD required
Experience as a leader in a public accounting firm in the Tax space
Fifteen (15)+ years’ experience in tax planning and consulting for wealthy individuals, family members and their trusts, investment entities, and private businesses. This includes strong experience in personal taxation, trust taxation, estate & gift taxation, charitable taxation, with exposure to flow through entities, partnership taxation and corporate taxation
Six (6)+ years supervisory experience, mentoring and counseling associates
Ability to lead and supervise others, provide exceptional client service, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning in order to stay current regarding applicable strategies, see the "big picture" as well as the details, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment, and exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of projects.
Eligibility to work in the U.S., without sponsorship, highly preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Enjoy friendships, social activities and team outings that encourage a work-life balance

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Hard Skills & Tools

tax planningconsultingtax returns reviewbusiness succession planningpersonal taxationtrust taxationestate taxationgift taxationcharitable taxationpartnership taxation

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringclient servicenetworkingrelationship buildingcontinuous learningethical knowledgecommitment to qualitysense of urgencystrategic thinking

Certifications

CPAJD