Tax Manager – Core Tax Services

Perkins & Co

Tax Manager or Senior Manager focused on core tax services for closely held family businesses, primarily in the Portland and Seattle markets. Collaborating with local business leaders and managing client relationships.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeRemote • Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $120,000 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Looking for a seasoned tax manager or a senior manager for the core business tax team
Focuses on closely held family groups and their individual owners
Relationship heavy practice, emphasizing flow through entities and their implications
Collaborate with local business leaders, primarily in Portland or Seattle market
Expect to log at least 50 charge hours per week during peak season, collaborating and supporting the team
Provide mentorship and resources for career development with self-selected development courses and career coaches

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active CPA License
5-7+ years of recent experience in public accounting that includes 2 in a manager/senior manager capacity, working in a paperless environment, reviewing complex returns, researching complex tax issues, managing client relationships, supervising project teams, and collection of accounts receivable
Experience reviewing (not just preparing) business tax returns (primarily forms 1120, 1120S; some 1065 & 1040); provisions; consolidated returns; multi-state returns; ASC 740
Experience with Partnership basis adjustments
Due diligence experience on both buy/sell sides of M&A activity. Well-versed in taxable/nontaxable transactions of reorganizations and mergers, corporate issues of 382/383, E&P, and liquidating distributions.
Familiarity with foreign reporting experience (Form 5471, 5472, FBAR, 8865, 1042) is preferred
Excellent communication skills including a proven ability to give and receive positive and constructive feedback
Organized, detail-oriented, and ability to solve problems (critical thinker)
Collaborative approach to getting work done, shares knowledge, and seeks knowledge of others as appropriate
Embraces new/changing technology; adept at using MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and tax software (preferably CCH Axcess & Engagement)

Benefits

Comp & perks

401(k) profit sharing plan; immediate vesting of employer contributions
14.5 paid holidays
5 weeks of paid time-off (PTO)
Ample paid leave, including family leave
Incentive plan for sales leads

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Hard Skills & Tools

CPA Licensepublic accountingreviewing complex returnsresearching complex tax issuesmanaging client relationshipssupervising project teamscollection of accounts receivablereviewing business tax returnsPartnership basis adjustmentsdue diligence

Soft Skills

excellent communication skillsorganizeddetail-orientedproblem solvingcollaborative approachknowledge sharingadaptability to new technologycritical thinking

Certifications

Active CPA License