Tax Manager or Director
Irvine, CAFull-time$115–194K/yrPosted 3w agoStill listed today
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Job overview
CliftonLarsonAllen is seeking a Tax Manager or Director to support its tax practice. The role consults with clients on business processes, leads and reviews tax engagements, develops team members, performs tax procedures, and reviews complex individual and corporate returns. The firm seeks a candidate with six years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; CPA certification is required, though EA or JD may be accepted in lieu.
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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 looking for a Tax Manager or Director to support our tax practice!
How you’ll create opportunities in this Tax Manager/Director role:
- Consult with clients on business processes such as succession and tax planning.
- Lead, schedule, supervise, and review tax engagements.
- Develop and train team members to help them build inspired careers.
- Foster and build opportunities for our clients, communities, and people.
- Become an industry professional and attend industry-leading events and trainings.
- Perform a range of tax procedures in accordance with the size and complexity of the engagement.
- Review complex individual and corporate tax returns.
What you will need:
- You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Experience serving in a tax role with public accounting and/or professional services firm preferred.
- 6 years of relevant experience is required.
- CPA required (EA or JD may be accepted in lieu of CPA certification)
- You are looking for a firm that will support and foster your aspiring career goals.
- You jump at the chance to help others, and you’re ready to join a team of high-performing people.
- You have a knack for solving issues and confidently bring solutions to the table.
- You love to work with clients to help their businesses succeed strategically.
Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range.
Wage range in California is $115,000 - $194,000.00 Annual
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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 3,532 open Tax Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$115–194K/yr
- California median$116–225K/yr357 salary ranges
- US median$107–215K/yr2,940 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $155K, is 13% 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.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Tax Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,414 postings).
- Education
- 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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