Tax Managing Director, National Office (State & Local Tax)

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As a Tax Senior Director in Armanino’s State & Local Tax practice, you will provide enterprise-level leadership in shaping and growing the firm’s sales and use tax services. You will advise clients on their most complex multistate matters, lead high-impact engagements, expand strategic client relationships, drive market and revenue growth, and develop senior leaders, all within a culture that values collaboration, curiosity, and forward thinking.

Job Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership and Client Service

• Set the strategic direction for complex multistate sales and use tax engagements, ensuring distinctive, high quality client outcomes and consistent execution across teams
• Serve as a senior trusted advisor to executive-level clients on sales and use tax planning, compliance, audit defense, controversy, voluntary disclosure, and enterprise transformation matters
• Expand key client relationships and market presence through executive engagement, cross-functional collaboration, thought leadership, and the development of new service opportunities

Technical Expertise and Innovation

• Provide firmwide technical leadership on taxability, nexus, product and service classification, sourcing, exemption management, and sales and use tax process transformation
• Direct complex multistate research and the development of defensible technical positions that mitigate risk and identify significant refund, planning, and value-creation opportunities
• Champion scalable tools, methodologies, and technology-driven solutions, including tax engines, automation, data analytics, and systems integrations, to improve client outcomes and delivery efficiency
• Anticipate changes in state and local sales and use tax legislation, regulations, and administrative guidance, and translate developments into proactive client and practice strategies

Team Development and Leadership

• Build leadership capacity across the SALT practice by developing senior professionals, strengthening succession pipelines, and providing timely coaching, feedback, and sponsorship
• Provide executive oversight across multiple client portfolios, aligning talent, scope, economics, risk management, and delivery to achieve strategic and financial objectives
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and client-centered service while contributing to broader practice and firm leadership priorities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Business, or related field
• Advanced technical knowledge of multistate sales and use tax laws, regulations, compliance requirements, controversy, and planning strategies
• Minimum of 12 years of State and Local Tax experience with deep expertise in sales and use tax
• Minimum of 7 years in progressive leadership roles involving complex client relationships, multi-team oversight, and development of senior professionals
• Demonstrated success generating significant leads, expanding strategic accounts, building market presence, and securing new clients and engagements

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Accounting, Taxation, Business, or Juris Doctor; CPA, JD, or CMI designation preferred
• Public accounting or consulting experience, preferably with a Big 4 or national firm, including leadership of a significant client portfolio or market segment
• Experience leading technology-enabled tax transformation using Power BI, Alteryx, Vertex, Avalara, ONESOURCE Indirect Tax, or comparable platforms

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Armanino has a robust offering of benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, vision
• Generous PTO plan and paid sick time
• Flexible work arrangements
• 401K with Profit Sharing
• Wellness program
• Generous parental leave
• 11 paid holidays

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