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Tax Director roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in accounting, taxation, or a related field. Large multinationals, Big Four firms, and regional CPA firms regularly file H-1B petitions for this role, making it one of the more sponsorship-accessible senior finance positions.
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Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.
Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion.
Please discuss the work location status with your Baker Tilly talent acquisition professional to understand the requirements for an opportunity you are exploring.
Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state or local law.
Any unsolicited resumes submitted through our website or to Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, employee e-mail accounts are considered property of Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorized recruitment agency ("search firm") for Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by Baker Tilly's Talent Attraction team, to submit candidates for review via our applicant tracking system.
Job Description
In this role, you will serve as a firmwide resource for accounting methods related matters and will be exposed to and lead a wide range of issues and projects.
Must be located near a Baker Tilly office.
You will enjoy this role if you:
- Are a strong technical specialist who enjoys learning new concepts and proactively monitoring new tax technical and procedural developments
- Are an analytical problem solver eager to understand the client’s business and tax needs and assist in developing practical solutions tailored to the client’s situation
- Enjoy live interaction and consultations with clients and colleagues
- Are a strong writer
- Enjoy writing, research, teaching and presenting
Responsibilities:
- Conduct in-depth technical research and analysis of complex accounting method matters
- Research and interpret statutes, regulations, administrative guidance, case law, and other authoritative sources to develop technically sound positions and practical recommendations
- Monitor and evaluate new and proposed tax legislation, regulations, administrative guidance, and judicial decisions, and assess their potential impact on clients and the firm’s tax practice
- Serve as a national technical resource, collaborating with practice leaders, subject-matter specialists, and client-facing teams to provide guidance on complex, significant, or accounting method matters
- Utilize your entrepreneurial skills to network and build strong relationships internally and externally
- Demonstrate leadership, initiative, excellent team skills, and high ethical standards
- Develop connections in the tax intelligence community, raising the public profile of Baker Tilly among our peers
- Support the growth and development of team members in accounting methods
- Draft and review internal and external tax alerts, technical updates, articles, presentations, and other thought-leadership materials, translating complex tax concepts into clear, concise, and actionable guidance
- Develop and deliver technical training, webinars, and other educational programs to share knowledge and enhance accounting method capabilities across the firm
- Build and maintain strong relationships across service lines, practice offices, and engagement teams to promote collaboration, knowledge sharing, and consistent application of accounting method projects
Minimum Qualifications
- 4-year degree
- 14 years professional experience
- CPA or Law License/JD required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or other related field required; Masters or advanced degree preferred
- Twelve (12)+ year(s) experience in accounting methods and/or federal tax consulting
- Experience performing tax research, reading case law and familiarity with the internal revenue code and associate regulations
- Demonstrated tax technical, analytical, organization, interpersonal, and project management skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience drafting technical memoranda and tax analyses
- Strong analytical, organizational, project management, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment while managing multiple priorities and deadlines
The pay rate ranges for this position are listed below. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of relevant factors including but not limited to applicant’s skills, prior experience, qualifications, degrees, professional certifications, work arrangements and geographic location. Baker Tilly offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.
The national pay rate range is $255,010 to $497,280
In California: pay rate range is $280,510 to $497,280
Overview
Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.
Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion.
Please discuss the work location status with your Baker Tilly talent acquisition professional to understand the requirements for an opportunity you are exploring.
Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state or local law.
Any unsolicited resumes submitted through our website or to Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, employee e-mail accounts are considered property of Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorized recruitment agency ("search firm") for Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by Baker Tilly's Talent Attraction team, to submit candidates for review via our applicant tracking system.
Job Description
In this role, you will serve as a firmwide resource for accounting methods related matters and will be exposed to and lead a wide range of issues and projects.
Must be located near a Baker Tilly office.
You will enjoy this role if you:
- Are a strong technical specialist who enjoys learning new concepts and proactively monitoring new tax technical and procedural developments
- Are an analytical problem solver eager to understand the client’s business and tax needs and assist in developing practical solutions tailored to the client’s situation
- Enjoy live interaction and consultations with clients and colleagues
- Are a strong writer
- Enjoy writing, research, teaching and presenting
Responsibilities:
- Conduct in-depth technical research and analysis of complex accounting method matters
- Research and interpret statutes, regulations, administrative guidance, case law, and other authoritative sources to develop technically sound positions and practical recommendations
- Monitor and evaluate new and proposed tax legislation, regulations, administrative guidance, and judicial decisions, and assess their potential impact on clients and the firm’s tax practice
- Serve as a national technical resource, collaborating with practice leaders, subject-matter specialists, and client-facing teams to provide guidance on complex, significant, or accounting method matters
- Utilize your entrepreneurial skills to network and build strong relationships internally and externally
- Demonstrate leadership, initiative, excellent team skills, and high ethical standards
- Develop connections in the tax intelligence community, raising the public profile of Baker Tilly among our peers
- Support the growth and development of team members in accounting methods
- Draft and review internal and external tax alerts, technical updates, articles, presentations, and other thought-leadership materials, translating complex tax concepts into clear, concise, and actionable guidance
- Develop and deliver technical training, webinars, and other educational programs to share knowledge and enhance accounting method capabilities across the firm
- Build and maintain strong relationships across service lines, practice offices, and engagement teams to promote collaboration, knowledge sharing, and consistent application of accounting method projects
Minimum Qualifications
- 4-year degree
- 14 years professional experience
- CPA or Law License/JD required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or other related field required; Masters or advanced degree preferred
- Twelve (12)+ year(s) experience in accounting methods and/or federal tax consulting
- Experience performing tax research, reading case law and familiarity with the internal revenue code and associate regulations
- Demonstrated tax technical, analytical, organization, interpersonal, and project management skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience drafting technical memoranda and tax analyses
- Strong analytical, organizational, project management, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment while managing multiple priorities and deadlines
The pay rate ranges for this position are listed below. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of relevant factors including but not limited to applicant’s skills, prior experience, qualifications, degrees, professional certifications, work arrangements and geographic location. Baker Tilly offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.
The national pay rate range is $255,010 to $497,280
In California: pay rate range is $280,510 to $497,280
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Verify your degree meets specialty occupation
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to tax work. A degree in accounting, finance, or taxation is strong. An unrelated bachelor's paired with a CPA or LLM in taxation can satisfy the requirement, but document the connection explicitly.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search the OFLC Wage Search for Labor Condition Applications filed under SOC code 11-3031. Employers who've filed LCAs for Tax Director or Tax Manager roles in the last two years are already set up to sponsor and know the process.
Use Migrate Mate to filter sponsoring employers
Migrate Mate shows verified H-1B filing history by employer and occupation, so you can focus your applications on companies that have sponsored Tax Director roles before, not just those that say they're open to sponsorship.
Clarify multinational assignment history upfront
If you've worked for a foreign affiliate of a U.S. employer, an L-1A transfer may be available alongside H-1B. Raising this with HR early can open a parallel path that bypasses the H-1B cap entirely.
Negotiate for premium processing in your offer
Standard H-1B adjudication can take several months. Request that your employer include USCIS premium processing in the offer letter. Most firms sponsoring senior tax hires will agree, and it reduces your start-date uncertainty significantly.
Prepare a specialty occupation support memo
For Tax Director roles, your employer's attorney may need to show that a specific degree is normally required, not just preferred. Pull the O*NET profile for tax managers and gather three to five job postings from comparable employers showing degree requirements.
H-1B Visa Tax Director: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Tax Director role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes. USCIS consistently treats senior tax roles as specialty occupations because they normally require at least a bachelor's degree in accounting, taxation, or a closely related field. A CPA credential or an LLM in taxation strengthens the case further. The key is showing the degree requirement is standard for the position, not just preferred.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Tax Director positions?
Big Four accounting firms, large multinational corporations with in-house tax departments, regional CPA firms, and major financial services companies are the most active sponsors for Tax Director H-1Bs. You can verify which specific employers have filed Labor Condition Applications for comparable roles using the OFLC Wage Search, or browse verified sponsoring employers directly on Migrate Mate.
What happens to my H-1B status if I move from a public accounting firm to an in-house tax role?
Changing employers requires your new employer to file a new H-1B petition before you start. You can begin working immediately once the new petition is filed and receipted, not approved, as long as it's filed before your current status expires. This portability rule under AC21 applies after you've held H-1B status for 180 days or more.
How does the prevailing wage requirement affect hiring for Tax Director roles?
Before filing your H-1B petition, your employer files an LCA certifying your offered salary meets or exceeds the prevailing wage for Tax Director in your work location. DOL sets four wage levels; senior roles typically land at Level III or IV. If the offered salary falls below the certified wage, the LCA will be rejected and the H-1B can't proceed.
Can an employer sponsor an H-1B for a remote Tax Director role?
Yes, but every location where you work must have a certified LCA posted. If you work remotely from a state different from the employer's headquarters, a separate LCA covering that worksite wage level is required. Short-term assignments under 30 days may qualify for a short-term placement exemption, but permanent remote arrangements require full LCA compliance for each location.