Tax Manager (Canton, OH/Alliance, OH)

415 Group is happy to announce a new opportunity for an experienced Tax Manager to come join our team!

At the 415 Group, we provide a culture that is focused on our people. We focus on our team, and our team focuses on their families, our clients, and the community. We use processes that ensure high-quality output while creating efficiencies that give our people a better more satisfying work-life balance. The duties of this job will require a high degree of specialized expertise and skill in maintaining standards of quality and accuracy. Drive, determination and a self-disciplined approach to achieving results that meet these established criteria are necessary for successful job performance. The job environment is structured, and job expectations are clear. While the pace of the work is faster than average, quality is never compromised. The work requires specialized technical problem solving and ingenuity while working within approved organizational systems and technology, and the demonstration of the values of integrity, quality, and caution. This job involves managing others and there is a need for someone who can exercise the necessary authority to ensure policies and procedures are followed and time frames are met. At the same time, it will be necessary to give subordinates structured opportunity to develop their own expertise and capability for quality work to assure effective delegation and shared responsibility for work output. It is expected that coaching and training support for achieving effective delegation will be required. The work requires making decisions that support company guidelines authoritatively and quickly.

The successful candidate will have

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited college or university
• CPA license 
• 7-10 years tax experience
• Solid written and oral communication skills
• Track record of team leadership or people coaching
  • personnel development 
  • delegation skills 
  • training, instruction, and feedback

In this job, the candidate will

• Manage multiple, simultaneous projects
• Maintain a technical, analytical focus
• Work within established standards and guidelines
• Utilize their expertise-based problem solving
• Engage in quick decision making within defined span of control
• Deliver work based on accepted quality standards, policies and procedures
• Train and develop others to make correct decisions
• Manage others who are in roles with clearly defined guidelines
• Lead others to assure quality standards are met

The core job functions include

• Review corporate, individual, partnership and other tax returns prepared by associates, while giving feedback for both coaching and accuracy
• Responsible for specific tax, accounting and consulting engagements
• Supervise and mentor staff on a number of projects concurrently
• Directly correspond and communicate with the clients
• Process engagement responsibilities from beginning to end, including communicating status of assignments
• Train staff and provide useful feedback throughout engagement
• Research and resolve technical tax matters
• Assist with developing additional services for current clients
• Developing contacts through networking and community involvement and maintaining contacts for referral base