Director, Tax

Pathstone

$180K — $210K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or related fields; Master's in Taxation preferred.
  • Minimum of 10 years of public accounting or family office experience.
  • CPA license mandatory; CFP certification desirable.
  • Proven leadership in tax management and client relationship handling.
  • Strong communication, project management, and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

  • Review and sign various tax returns for accuracy and timely submission.
  • Communicate quarterly tax projections and planning strategies to clients.
  • Lead tax and family office services proactively for assigned families.
  • Ensure prompt action on internal and external communications.
  • Monitor cash flow needs in collaboration with accounting and investment teams.
  • Analyze quarterly financial reports to ensure accuracy for client activities.
  • Facilitate deliverables at family meetings, collaborating with Pathstone departments.
  • Train and mentor team members in family office operations.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with high-net-worth clients and complex financial portfolios.
  • Hybrid work model offering flexibility in work location.
  • Involvement in strategic family office services including estate planning and philanthropy.
  • Support for professional development through training and mentoring.
  • Participation in business development and client acquisition initiatives.
Full Job Description
The Atlanta office is looking for a Tax Director to lead the financial affairs of the high-net-worth families, resulting in their tax, financial, personal, and business needs and expectations being met, in a timely and accurate manner.

Responsibilities:
  • Review and sign individual, gift, trust, partnership, and corporate multistate tax returns for completeness and accuracy, ensuring that they are submitted to the taxing authority in a timely manner.
  • Review and directly communicate quarterly and year-end tax projections and other planning strategies.
  • Proactively lead the tax and other family office services for assigned families.
  • Reviewing and taking action on internal and external communications in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Monitor unique cash needs with accounting and investment groups to ensure that adequate funds are available to meet needs.
  • Conduct an analytical review of the quarterly financial report ensuring that they completely and accurately reflect all of the clients' financial activities.
  • Collaborate with the other Pathstone departments to present the deliverables at the quarterly family meetings.
  • Participate in quarterly family meetings either virtually or in person.
  • Train and mentor the family office team.
  • Proficient in delivering comprehensive family office service model to clients utilizing advisory, tax, accounting, risk management, and wealth planning teams.
  • Ability to manage and lead large client relationships, including economics, without direction or oversight.
  • Subject matter expert or other tax management/leadership experience.
  • Ability to embrace and promote the firm's innovation efforts.
  • Participate in business development process and the cultivating of new clients.
  • Other family office duties as assigned and needed in areas such as estate & financial planning, philanthropy, and entity selection/structuring.


Requirements:
  • Education - Bachelor's degree in accounting or other related fields, Master of Taxation desirable.
  • Work Experience - 10 years public accounting experience with a Certified Public Accounting firm serving high net worth families or Family Office Services experience desirable including extensive knowledge and experience with reviewing and filing tax returns as experienced senior manager or executive.
  • CPA License required. CFP desirable.
  • Strong communication and project management and prioritization skills.


Pay Transparency: Pathstone's expected starting base compensation range for the position as of the time of this posting is $180,000 - $210,000 per year. The actual base compensation selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including (but not limited to) experience, education, specialty and training. The successful candidate(s) may also be eligible for a discretionary bonus award.

Visa Sponsorship: Please note, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for the position offered. Accordingly, we are unable to hire individuals who require, or will require, employment visa sponsorship either now or in the future.

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