Tax Manager/Director - Renewable Tax Credit Transactions
Livingston, NJFull-time$93–141K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
CLA is seeking a Tax Manager/Director for its Clean Energy Incentives team in Federal Tax Strategies. The role delivers clean energy tax consulting, performs tax due diligence, leads credit transactions, and monitors engagement progress. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, CPA certification or an accepted alternative, and at least six years of tax experience in public accounting or professional services. Clean energy tax experience and an engineering background are preferred.
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Full job description
Experience Required
6 - 20 years
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor Degree
Compensation
$93,000.00 - $141,000.00 / Yearly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Shift
First Shift (Day)
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 Manager/Director to join our growing Clean Energy Incentives team in our Federal Tax Strategies practice.
In this position you should have the following: excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels. Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment. Most important, demonstrate a high level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
How you'll create opportunities in this Tax Manager/Director role:
Develop client relationships by delivering a full range of clean energy tax consulting services, including project eligibility determinations, cost segregation studies, tax equity structuring, financial modeling, and tax credit transferability.
Perform tax due diligence projects through a detailed review of tax credit calculations, qualifying eligible project costs, financial statements, and compiling summary tax due diligence reports.
Lead credit transactions by adhering to deal deadlines, providing prompt responses, and delivering desired client outcomes.
Thrive in an entrepreneurial environment that offers a ton of flexibility, autonomy, and the encouragement to make things happen.
Lead the engagement progress by monitoring time, budgets, and deadlines for adherence.
What you will need:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
CPA required (EA or JD may be accepted in lieu of CPA certification).
Minimum of 6 years' experience serving in a tax role with public accounting, and/or professional services firm required.
Experience with clean energy tax consulting, renewable tax credit transactions, tax due diligence, structuring, and/or modeling preferred.
Engineering background is preferred.
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 the position of pay within the range.
The compensation range for this position in California is: $87,000.00 - $146,000.00
The compensation range for this position in Colorado is: $80,000.00 - $131,000.00
The compensation range for this position in Illinois is: $74,000.00 - $131,000.00
The compensation range for this position in Massachusetts is: $87,000.00 - $141,000.00
The compensation range for this position in Minnesota is: $74,000.00 - $126,000.00
The compensation range for this position in New Jersey is: $93,000.00 - $141,000.00
The compensation range for this position in New York is: $96,000.00 - $146,000.00
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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.
To view a complete list of benefits, click here.
CLA is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
R18406
Job Type
Full Time
How this job compares
Set against the 3,334 open Tax Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$93–141K/yr
- New Jersey median$105–207K/yr138 salary ranges
- US median$105–215K/yr2,753 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $117K, is 27% below the New Jersey median midpoint ($160K) — in the lowest quarter of Tax Manager salary ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 154 open Tax Manager jobs in New Jersey and 3,334 across the US. 2% 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 (3,219 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,970 of the 3,334 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 4, 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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