Firm

Meaden & Moore is a leading CPA and business consulting firm, recognized for excellence in both the workplace and with our clients. We are a nine-time winner of The Plain Dealer’s Top Workplaces, a seven-time recipient of Ohio Magazine’s Best Places to Work and consistently ranked among the Top 50 Best of the Best Firms by Inside Public Accounting. These accolades highlight how our firm is managed and reflect our commitment to fostering a supportive and dynamic environment—one that nurtures career growth and provides long-term opportunities for advancement, leadership, and potential ownership.

Since 1919, we have been dedicated to delivering exceptional professional services across accounting, tax, forensic, and consulting disciplines. Our expert team—CPAs, CFEs, CFFs, advisors, and auditors—brings deep expertise, insight, and tailored strategies to help clients navigate complex challenges, enhance business success, and thrive in today’s global economy.

Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Tax Manager for our Personal Tax Advisory Group in one of our Northeast, Ohio offices: Cleveland, Akron, or Wooster.

The Tax Manager in our PTAG group will specialize in personal and fiduciary tax and is responsible for all facets of client engagements, which includes supervising staff and directing the day-to-day progress of the engagement. The Tax Manager is preparing to assume increasing responsibility to handle a larger quantity and complexity of client assignments and begin developing client relationships.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Continues to develop and maintain a comprehensive knowledge of the tax law, regulations and expands knowledge of all types of complex tax issues. Research and analytical skills are a major component of this position.
• Provides advice to other firm members and consults directly with clients regarding tax issues.
• Applies appropriate accounting and tax theory during engagements to ensure data is accurate and reliable.
• Directs the overall progress of larger tax return projects and tax research, including planning, organization, delegation, and coordination of work to ensure timely completion of assignments.
• Identifies problems or opportunities for improvement in clients’ systems, procedures, or business operations.
• Coordinates staff to provide services to resolve tax-related issues.
• Appropriately communicates with members of the engagement team so that needed information is shared and deadlines and modified deadlines are known.
• Assists with, and as necessary, leads efforts at engagement planning such as:
• Outlines major issues and problem areas.
• Determines needs for additional information or facts.
• Supervises and reviews staff in the preparation of tax returns.
• Responsible for completing workpapers, checklists and research memos.
• Submits reviewed tax returns on a timely basis.
• Participates in the proposal process. Begins to train on administrative, practice management, and development matters.
• Provides timely and consistent coaching and feedback to staff with their career development and advancement, as well as assists in the completion of performance evaluations in a timely manner.
• Further develops expertise in the rules of federal, state and local taxation as set forth by statutes, regulations, and governmental pronouncements. Understands Meaden & Moore’s technical standards by reading the Firm’s communications and attending all internal trainings and technical meetings.
• Complies with continuing professional education requirements.
• Actively participates in firm and community programs (social and/or educational).
• Seeks opportunities to expand professional network, identifying prospective referral sources and/or clients. This may involve active participation in a trade or professional association, preferably in a leadership capacity.
  

Qualifications

• Accounting/Business (or related) degree preferred.
• CPA preferred, but not required.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Minimum 4 to 6 years’ related experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint) as well as basic knowledge of operating systems.
• Demonstrated aptitude in the following:
• Quantitative and qualitative research and analysis
• Building relationships and leadership ability
• Project management
• Business development
• Must be self-motivated and willing to work in a team environment.
  

Benefits And Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievement as well.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique

Compensation And Benefits

Determining actual compensation relies on many factors including individual candidate experience, qualifications, and comparable benchmarks. Base compensation for this role typically ranges between $100,000 and $130,000. Additionally, we offer a generous incentive program and various other bonus opportunities which reward exceptional performance.

We also offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes your choice of medical programs, generous PTO and holidays, 401k matching, profit sharing, various perks, and several bonus opportunities.