Aprio

Senior Tax Manager

Aprio$110K — $130K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active CPA or EA license
  • Ability to sign simple individual tax returns
  • Significant experience preparing or reviewing 1040s
  • Strong communication and relationship skills
  • High digital and systems fluency
  • Curiosity and commitment to proactive client service

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary relationship lead for clients
  • Lead planning-focused conversations with clients
  • Build long-term relationships through open-ended questioning
  • Identify planning cues from various client interactions
  • Simplify financial concepts for client decision-making
  • Collaborate with internal teams for client-related tasks
  • Monitor planning tasks using digital dashboards

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance from day one
  • 401k with Profit Sharing
  • Generous time off with 9+ holidays and discretionary leave
  • Parental Leave for primary and secondary caregivers
  • Tuition Assistance Program with cash incentive upon completion
  • Discretionary incentive compensation based on performance
  • Top rated wellness program
  • Flexible working environment with remote and hybrid options
Full Job Description
Join Aprio's Tax team and you will help clients maximize their opportunities. Aprio Advisory Group, LLC is a progressive, fast-growing firm looking for a Senior Tax Manager to join their dynamic team.

Responsibilities:

Client Relationship & Planning Leadership
  • Serve as the primary relationship lead for Atlas clients
  • Lead planning-focused conversations, including structured touchpoints throughout the year.
  • Build trusting, long-term relationships using open-ended questions, curiosity, and empathy.
  • Identify planning cues from questionnaires, tax returns, system prompts, and client interactions.
  • Translate cues into actionable next steps using standardized playbooks and frameworks.
  • Simplify financial concepts and guide clients through important decisions with clarity.

Tax & Technical Responsibilities
  • Possess significant hands-on individual tax experience, including the ability to sign simple 1040 returns immediately.
  • Serve as the Tax Job Lead on designated clients when appropriate.
  • Provide light technical explanation during planning discussions without performing full prep or review unless assigned.
  • Identify complexity, planning triggers, and out-of-scope work; escalate items to the CSA and Tax Lead for proper billing and workflow support.

Cross-Functional Coordination
  • Collaborate closely with CSAs, Wealth Advisors, Tax Leads, and specialist teams
  • Serve as the central coordinator for client-related tasks, ensuring handoffs are clear and timely.
  • Activate overlays and planning workflows based on client attributes and cues.
  • Maintain and update client notes, planning actions, and engagement details in HubSpot.

Process & Systems Responsibility
  • Apply Aprio's Tier + Overlay model consistently across all assigned clients.
  • Use HubSpot, Practice Engine, HubSync, planning dashboards, and standardized workflows to manage client engagements.
  • Monitor cue dashboards and ensure timely completion of planning tasks.
  • Support margin protection by upholding minimum fees, proper scoping, and structured delivery expectations.


Qualifications:

  • Active CPA or EA license
  • Ability to sign simple individual tax returns
  • Significant experience preparing or reviewing 1040s
  • Strong communication and relationship skills
  • Ability to translate tax, financial, and personal context into planning actions
  • High digital and systems fluency
  • Demonstrated curiosity, empathy, and commitment to proactive client service

Required Within 18 Months:
  • CFP® certification (or completion of all requirements to obtain the certification within 18 months)


Perks/Benefits we offer for full-time team members:

- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on the first day of employment

- Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account

- 401k with Profit Sharing

- 9+ holidays and discretionary time off structure

- Parental Leave - coverage for both primary and secondary caregivers

- Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with cash incentive upon completion

- Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group and individual performance

- Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales

- Top rated wellness program

- Flexible working environment including remote and hybrid options

What's in it for you:

- Working with an industry leader: Be part of a high-growth firm that is passionate for what's next.

- An awesome culture: Thirty-one fundamental behaviors guide our culture every day ensuring we always deliver an exceptional team-member and client experience. We call it the Aprio Way. This shared mindset creates lasting relationships between team members and with clients.

- A great team: Work with a high-energy, passionate, caring and ambitious team of professionals in a collaborative culture.

- Entrepreneurship: Have the freedom to innovate and bring your ideas to help us grow to become the CPA firm of choice nationally.

- Growth opportunities: Grow professionally in an environment that fosters continuous learning and advancement.

- Competitive compensation: You will be rewarded with competitive compensation, industry-leading benefits and a flexible work environment to enjoy work/life balance.

About Aprio

Aprio is an accounting firm that provides a wide range of services to clients in various industries. The firm has a global presence with offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Aprio is committed to providing high-quality services to its clients and has been recognized for its expertise in areas such as tax planning, audit and assurance, and business consulting. The firm is also committed to diversity and inclusion and has been recognized for its efforts in this area. Aprio is dedicated to giving back to the community and has been recognized for its contributions to various charitable organizations.
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