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Tax Principal - Pennsylvania

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

King of Prussia, PAFull-timePosted 2w agoStill listed today

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Compensation
No compensation found
Location
King of Prussia, PA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

CPA Or JD Or EA, required

Job overview

CliftonLarsonAllen is seeking a Tax Principal or Signing Director for its Pennsylvania Tax Team, focusing on S-Corps, Partnerships, and Individuals. The role contributes through client advisory, service advocacy, relationship development, and leadership, while overseeing tax compliance and consulting services and a client book of business.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Tax Compliance, nice to haveTax Consulting, nice to haveClient Advisory, nice to haveRelationship Development, nice to haveTeam Leadership, nice to haveBusiness Development, nice to haveTax Law, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's in Accounting, Taxation or Related Field, nice to haveCPA or JD or EA, required8+ Years Public Accounting Tax Experience, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.

CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.

CLA is currently seeking a Tax Principal or Signing Director to join our Pennsylvania Tax Team focusing on S-Corps, Partnerships and Individuals. The Principal/Signing Director contributes at the highest level in their industry and excels at client advisory, service advocacy, relationship development, and leadership.

How you'll create opportunities in this role:

  • Lead a team of tax and industry professionals to deliver tax compliance and consulting services, including mentoring the team to get to know and help their clients by developing a deep understanding of their businesses and delivering the firm’s services to fully meet client’s needs.
  • Assume full responsibility for all services for clients in a book of business.
  • Actively develop new business and expand services to existing clients.
  • Review and sign engagement letters, discuss the nature and terms of assignments with clients and staff, and approve fees.
  • Review and approve work papers and tax returns prepared by staff.
  • Review and sign client deliverables.
  • Keep current on tax law changes.
  • Demonstrate commitment to the firm through a willingness to devote time to the practice.

What you will need:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Accounting, Taxation or related field
  • Current CPA licensure required. (JD or EA may be accepted in lieu of CPA).
  • 8+ years of public accounting experience in a tax role with a public accounting and/or professional services firm

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Wellness at CLA To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.

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How this job compares

Set against the 4,815 open Tax Professional jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$105–195K/yr98 salary ranges
  • US median$16–80/hr1,568 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 204 open Tax Professional jobs in Pennsylvania and 4,815 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Tax Professional postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 4,777 postings).
Education
101 of the 4,815 open Tax Professional jobs (2%) 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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