Tax Manager U.S

🇺🇸 US Tax Manager

✨ About the Role. You will be a hands-on manager on a small team, working directly with our two co-founders.

This is the most important thing to know about the role: we need someone with manager-level knowledge who still enjoys doing the work. Our co-founders still prepare returns, and so will you. You will prepare, review, and talk to clients. If you want a role that is only review or only managing others, this is not the right fit.

What you will do

• Prepare and review federal and state returns for C corporations (Form 1120), plus some partnerships (Form 1065) and S corporations (Form 1120-S)
• Prepare international forms for foreign-owned US companies, including Forms 5472 and 5471 and FBARs
• Prepare R&D tax credits (Form 6765) and handle Section 174 R&E treatment
• Help with Delaware franchise tax filings during February
• Write to clients directly: figure out what we need, ask for it clearly, follow up until we have it, and explain things in plain language to founders who are not tax people
• Review work from other team members, AI-generated workpapers, and tax software data entry, and catch what is wrong
• Research technical questions and bring a recommendation, not just the question
• Help test and improve our internal tools and workflows

What we are looking for

• CPA license very strongly preferred, but not required
• 6+ years of tax experience, including at least 2 years preparing and reviewing US corporate income tax returns (Form 1120)
• Fluent written and spoken English, with a clear, friendly communication style. You will email and talk with founders and accounting partners on your own
• Comfortable working on both prep and review, and switching between them as the day needs
• Good judgment about what to ask a client for, and the follow-through to get it
• Organized and self-directed in a remote setting
• Comfortable with technology and open to working with AI tools every day
• A warm, easygoing personality. You like working with startups and you are not stuffy

Nice to have

• Experience with foreign-owned US corporations and Forms 5472, 5471, and FBAR
• R&D tax credit and Section 174 experience
• Delaware franchise tax and multistate filing experience
• Experience working with tech startups or venture-backed companies
• CCH Axcess Tax experience
• ASC 740 experience

Tools you will use

• CCH Axcess Tax
• AI workflows for workpaper preparation and data entry
• Talara's own workflow tools (built in-house)
• Our accounting partners' client portals for some client communication
• A secure laptop connected through our VPN and security setup

South Offices connects talented professionals across Latin America with U.S.-based companies looking to build strong, remote teams. We specialize in recruiting and placing accounting, finance, and other skilled professionals in international opportunities where they can grow their careers, work with global teams, and make a meaningful impact. Our goal is to create long-term connections between top talent and companies that value their experience and expertise.