Tax Senior Manager - Torrance, CA
About The Position
Cherry Bekaert’s Core Tax Services team is seeking a Tax Senior Manager to support its Torrance, California market. The role manages clients’ tax compliance needs, anticipates tax and business issues, identifies tax-planning opportunities, and serves as a primary client contact. The Senior Manager oversees workflows, deadlines, deliverables, and client communications, while training and developing less experienced professional staff. The position serves middle-market clients across industries including manufacturing, real estate and construction, and professional services. It includes managing engagements and reviewing complex individual and partnership returns, as well as serving high-net-worth individuals with estate, gift, and trust tax planning and compliance needs. The Senior Manager leads tax staff, seniors, and managers in a dynamic environment and delivers strong client service. Cherry Bekaert describes its workplace as collaborative and focused on inclusion, belonging, career growth, and professional development. The firm offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits program. The stated pay range is $100,000–$285,000, with individual compensation determined by factors including role, experience, education, skills, and location. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States; the firm does not provide work sponsorship for this position.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
- Active CPA certification and license.
- At least 7 years of public accounting experience, including at least 2 years of managerial experience.
- Strong background and understanding of C and S Corporation, LLC, and partnership taxation.
- Demonstrated experience working with pass-through entity taxation.
- Strong project management, analytical, interpersonal, and communication abilities.
- Eligibility to work in the United States; work sponsorship is not provided.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Partnership experience with entity structuring, operating agreement review and consultation, compliance, allocations, partner transactions, and related matters.
- Experience with complex individual tax compliance and planning.
- Experience with estate tax compliance and planning.
Responsibilities
- Manage clients’ tax compliance needs and anticipate tax and business issues and tax-planning opportunities.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients and manage workflows, deadlines, deliverables, and client communications.
- Solve tax problems for middle-market clients, including clients in manufacturing, real estate and construction, and professional services.
- Manage engagements and review complex individual and partnership returns.
- Serve high-net-worth individuals with estate, gift, and trust tax planning and compliance needs.
- Lead tax staff, seniors, and managers.
- Train and develop less experienced professional staff.
- Provide superior client service.
Benefits
- Annual bonus
- Medical, dental, and vision care
- Disability and life insurance
- Generous paid time off
- Retirement plans
- Paid Care Leave
- Other programs intended to enhance personal and work life and provide financial protection
- Competitive compensation and a total rewards package focused on wellbeing
- Career growth and continuous professional development opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
