Company Profile

Key Responsibilities

• The role also involves managing client relationships، providing tax compliance support، using QuickBooks for accounting-related tasks، and training junior staff

• Duties &

• Interested in a long-term commitment to the firm and growing into broader leadership responsibilities.

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Requirements & Qualifications

• Critical Skills & Experience

Our client was founded to provide high quality professional & personalized tax preparation، accounting and bookkeeping services for individuals، businesses، and non-profits at reasonable rates

The company is a very fast-growing medium-sized accounting firm، allowing them to better serve individual business needs while helping clients save time and money

They serve clients throughout the United States، where demand for highly skilled Philippines-based accounting professionals continues to grow rapidly.

The company has maintained a Philippines accounting team for approximately 5 years and has consistently expanded its PH headcount year after year

The current Philippines team is nearing 30 professionals، and as the business continues to grow، they anticipate further long-term investment and expansion of their Philippines team into the future.

Our client’s core values are centered around family، long-term career positioning، and professional development

As they continue expanding their PH accounting team، employees will have opportunities to take on increasing levels of responsibility، and participate in comprehensive training initiatives

They are reliable and responsive to clients’ U.S. tax and accounting needs as businesses and organizations evolve through various operational and financial changes

Their customized service approach allows clients to better control costs while receiving the appropriate level of professional engagement and support needed to preserve and strengthen the value of their businesses.

The company has a growing client base of over 1، 500+ U.S. business clients and 2، 000+ individual tax clients

With decades of experience، the company’s dedication to hard work has earned the respect of the business، individual، and financial community

They believe this reputation is a direct reflection of the quality، responsiveness، and professionalism of their team.

Finally، the company takes its responsibility to clients very seriously

Their commitment to every client includes delivering work accurately، professionally، and with the utmost integrity.

This is a great opportunity to join a family-oriented company that treats employees equally and invests meaningfully in their professional growth

Significant support and development will be provided across all areas of U.S. taxation and accounting، with clear opportunities to progress into more senior and rewarding

over time. As the PH accounting team continues to expand، you will also have the unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact and help shape the future direction of the team.

Overall purpose and

of the role

The Director، US Tax & Accounting (title subject to discussion during calibration) will be responsible for preparing and reviewing standard US tax returns، including individual (1040)، partnership (1065)، S-Corporation (1120-S)، and C-Corporation (1120) returns

Experience with estate tax (1041)، nonprofit tax (990)، and employee benefit plan returns (5500) is an advantage but not required، and candidates may use any established tax software

The ideal candidate is a developing US tax professional with a solid technical foundation who is ready to take on greater responsibility and grow into a leadership role

This is a development hire، with opportunities to take on broader strategic and firm leadership

over time rather than requiring director- or partner-level experience from day one.

Tax Services

Provides review، management and thorough final detail review of tax returns in consideration of tax needs and compliance

for individuals، partnerships، and corporations، including general advisory services (e.g.، Forms 1040، 1065، 1120، and 1120-S).

Provides، when not reviewing or managing returns، full-service preparation of tax returns (e.g.، Forms 1040، 1065، 1120، and 1120-S).

Provides tax projections، planning، and tax notices، etc.

Estate tax returns (1041)، nonprofit tax returns (990)، and employee benefit plan returns (5500) are nice-to-haves and can be learned on the job.

Prepares and/or reviews US tax returns for small business clients، with a primary focus on compliance-driven work.

Provides tax planning support، which represents a smaller portion of the role (approximately 10–15% of the time)، particularly toward year-end.

Tax Supplemental Services، Accounting & Bookkeeping Services

Manages professional accounting and bookkeeping services for business owners.

Manages financial records، transactions، entries، payments and reporting primarily using QuickBooks.

Provides light oversight of bookkeeping and QuickBooks-related activities، with the primary focus on tax services rather than day-to-day bookkeeping.

Firm Support

Serves as a firm Tax Partner and serves as primary point of contact.

Manages client relationships and support staff.

Acts as a trusted year-round advisor to clients، providing tax compliance guidance and advisory support beyond the annual tax season.

Helps streamline operations plus helps train and educate staff.

Mentors and upskills junior team members، setting an example of high-quality technical work and client service for a relatively junior، growing team.

Provides leadership

to firm، with broader strategic and leadership

developing over time.

Ability to have a significant voice in shaping the firm's future as the role grows.

Advises business owners on tax compliance، financial records and other matters as needed.

Independently tracks deliverables and identifies additional advisory opportunities with existing clients.

Supports the development of overseas-based، client-facing leadership as the firm grows، helping demonstrate that senior client-facing leadership can be based in the Philippines.

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or an advanced degree is strongly preferred

Minimum of 5 years of US tax experience.

Hands-on experience preparing and reviewing all required US tax return types، including Forms 1040، 1065، 1120، and 1120S. Experience across all four return types is essential.

Must be willing and able to prepare tax returns personally، not solely review or delegate deliverables.

Strong working knowledge of QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop.

Must be comfortable serving as the primary client point of contact، managing client relationships، negotiating fees، resolving service issues، and providing tax and business advisory guidance beyond tax preparation.

Ability to advise clients on matters such as LLC versus partnership structuring and entity location decisions.

Must be able to work US Eastern-aligned hours to support client and team collaboration.

Technology-savvy، with proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.

Familiarity with UltraTax and Onvio is preferred.

Ideal Candidate Profile

A mid- to senior-level US tax professional، with preference for candidates who have significantly more than five years of experience، including those with 15–20+ years of experience.

Entrepreneurial، adaptable، and growth-oriented، with a desire to help shape and build the organization.

Nice-to-Haves

Experience in fund accounting، private equity، or hedge fund taxation، particularly candidates from firms specializing in these areas.

Big Four or large accounting firm background.

Experience managing client relationships while mentoring and overseeing internal team members.

CPA designation is strongly preferred.

Job type:Â Permanent

Emp type:Â Full-time

Schedule: Monday to Friday، with flexible start times. The preferred schedule is 8:00 AM–4:00 PM EST، but earlier starts، as early as 4:00 AM EST، are also permitted.Â

Location:Â Work From Home

Industry:Â Accounting/Financial

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