Lead and expand Howard's tax practice, ensuring high-quality client service in tax advisory and compliance for various business entities. Collaborate with accounting teams to streamline tax processes and drive growth opportunities while mentoring a high-performing tax team.
About Howard Financial
Howard Financial Services is a full-service, bespoke back-office solutions firm. Our team of bookkeepers, accountants, controllers, and financial analysts provides comprehensive finance department support for growing businesses — from accounting operations and financial reporting to FP&A, budgeting, and investor materials.
We partner with companies across industries, with a specialization in real estate, hospitality, and consumer products. Our mission is to bring clarity, structure, and strategy to our clients’ financial operations so they can focus on scaling their businesses.
As part of our continued growth, we’re hiring a Vice President of Tax — a senior-level role for an experienced US-based CPA who will lead, build, and scale our tax practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and grow Howard’s tax function, ensuring top-quality client service and operational excellence.
- Delivery of all tax advisory and compliance services for businesses, including partnerships, C corporations, S corporations, and other business entities.
- Act as a trusted strategic advisor on complex tax matters, including structuring, transactions, and long-term planning.
- Collaborate with our accounting teams to deliver integrated financial solutions and streamlined tax processes.
- Implement consistent standards, leverage technology, and drive process improvement.
- Identify and capture growth opportunities across existing and prospective client relationships.
- Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing tax team.
- Work closely with senior leadership to establish and execute Howard’s long-term tax strategy.
Qualifications
- Active CPA license required.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in business taxation, ideally with a large national or top regional firm.
- Proven success leading tax engagements and building strong client relationships.
- Expertise across corporate & partnership taxation.
- Demonstrated leadership experience in growing and developing teams.
- Entrepreneurial, proactive, and highly execution-driven mindset.
What We Offer
- Senior leadership opportunity with direct impact on Howard’s growth and client success.
- Competitive compensation including quarterly performance-based bonuses and attractive commission structure on new business.
- Remote-first flexibility with a collaborative, high-performance culture.
- Opportunity to build and lead a tax practice from the ground up within a fast-growing firm.
Top Skills
Cpa
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