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Tax Manager - Private Wealth/PCS

Baker Tilly

San Francisco, CAFull-time$99–175K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$99–175K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

CPA, Law License, Or EA, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Baker Tilly seeks a Tax Manager for its Private Wealth/PCS team in Northern California. The role provides tax compliance and business advisory services to individuals, families, family offices, and small businesses. The manager works with firm leadership and clients, performs complex tax returns and planning engagements, and mentors staff while helping develop the business. The firm describes flexibility in how and where work is done; applicants should discuss work-location requirements with talent acquisition.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Tax Compliance, requiredTax Consulting, requiredFederal Tax Compliance, nice to haveTax Planning, nice to haveManagement, nice to haveAnalytical Skills, nice to haveOrganization, nice to haveInterpersonal Skills, nice to haveProject Management, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveLeadership, nice to haveSupervision, nice to haveClient Service, nice to haveContinuous Learning, nice to haveEthical Knowledge, nice to haveSoftware Skills, nice to haveMicrosoft Suite, nice to have

Qualifications

4-Year Degree, requiredCPA, Law License, or EA, required5 Years Experience, requiredBachelor's, Master's, or Advanced Degree in Accounting, nice to have5+ Years Federal Tax Experience, nice to have2+ Years Supervisory Experience, nice to havePrivate Wealth Industry Experience, nice to haveU.S. Work Eligibility Without Sponsorship, nice to have

Full job description

Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

Please discuss the work location status with your Baker Tilly talent acquisition professional to understand the requirements for an opportunity you are exploring.

Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state or local law.

Any unsolicited resumes submitted through our website or to Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, employee e-mail accounts are considered property of Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorized recruitment agency ("search firm") for Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by Baker Tilly's Talent Attraction team, to submit candidates for review via our applicant tracking system.

Job Description:

Now that Baker Tilly and Moss Adams have combined to be the #6 public accounting and advisory firm in the nation, it's a great time to join Baker Tilly as we continue to grow.

Join Baker Tilly as a Tax Manager with our Private Wealth/PCS team in NorCal! This is a great opportunity to be a valued advisor delivering tax compliance and business advisory services to individuals and small business clients. You will work side-by-side with firm leadership to serve clients and build the business, having a direct impact on the firm’s success. Additionally, you will be a mentor and a coach to a group of talented staff, utilizing your experience to help develop their technical and professional skills. If you are invigorated by these exciting challenges, then this could be the right opportunity for you! As one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, BT has the ability to offer you upward career trajectory, flexibility in how and where you get your work done and meaningful relationships with clients, teammates and leadership who truly care about you and your development.

You’ll enjoy this role if:

  • You are looking for an opportunity to expand your career in small business tax and accounting, becoming an expert to the clients you serve
  • You can see yourself as a trusted business advisor, working face-to-face with clients to find creative solutions to complex accounting and business challenges
  • You want to work for a leading CPA advisory firm who serves their clients with their clients’ and employees’ best interests in mind and are transparent in their decisions
  • You value your development and want to work for a firm that provides you the autonomy to own your schedule and career through programs (ask us about My Time Off, My Development and Dress for Your Day!)
  • You want to contribute to your engagement team’s professional growth and enhance your own skills to build a career with opportunities now, for tomorrow

What you will do:

  • Assist in providing compliance and consulting services to high-net-worth individuals, multi-generational affluent families, family offices and their private businesses and/or investment entities:• Perform complex individual, partnership, S-corp, trust, estate, gift and state tax returns

  • Work on multiple engagements that deliver proactive tax planning and strategic consulting including federal estate, gift, charitable planning and generation skipping tax

  • Build on technical competence by keeping up-to-date on trends, developments and technical authorities and apply them to complex situations

  • Learn and grow from direct and on the job coaching and mentoring along with participating in firm wide learning and development programs

  • Utilize your entrepreneurial skills to network and build strong relationships internally and externally with clients

  • Support the growth and development of team members

  • Enjoy friendships, social activities and team outings that encourage a work-life balance

Qualifications

Successful candidates will have--

Minimum Qualifications:

  • 4-year degree

  • CPA, Law License, or EA

  • Five (5) years of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s, master’s, or advanced degree in accounting

  • Five (5)+ years of experience providing federal tax compliance and consulting services in a public accounting firm

  • Two (2)+ years of supervisory experience, mentoring and counseling associates

  • Private Wealth industry experience preferred

  • Demonstrated management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills

  • Ability to lead and supervise others, provide exceptional client service, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning in order to stay current regarding applicable strategies, see the "big picture" as well as the details, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment, and exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of projects

  • Highly developed software and Microsoft Suite skills

  • Eligibility to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

The pay range for this position is listed below. This range represents a good-faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation the firm expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will depend on a variety of relevant factors, including an applicant’s skills, experience, qualifications, professional certifications, work arrangements, geographic location, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range, and compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. Baker Tilly offers a compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.

  • The national pay rate range is: $90,000 to $134,400
  • In CA, pay rate range is: $99,000 to $174,700

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How this job compares

Set against the 3,532 open Tax Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$99–175K/yr
  • California median$116–225K/yr357 salary ranges
  • US median$107–215K/yr2,940 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $137K, is 23% below the California median midpoint ($177K) — in the lowest quarter of Tax Manager salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 388 open Tax Manager jobs in California and 3,532 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Tax Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,414 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,140 of the 3,532 open Tax Manager jobs (89%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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