Tax Senior Jobs in Massachusetts
Tax Senior jobs in Massachusetts are in strong demand, concentrated in public accounting, financial services, and corporate finance across a market that ranks among the most active in New England. The largest hiring metros are Boston, Worcester, and Springfield, where firms like PwC, Deloitte, and Liberty Mutual have lasting footprints and regularly hire at the tax senior level. The most sought-after specialties in Massachusetts are international tax, state and local tax, and partnership taxation. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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The Senior Tax Manager is a hybrid position (3x in office per week) & they will lead the investment tax compliance, reporting, and advisory function for a diverse platform of regulated investment companies and alternative investment products. This role safeguards the accuracy and timeliness of federal, state, excise, and applicable foreign tax deliverables while translating complex tax matters into practical business guidance. The Manager develops talent, strengthens controls, and partners with Portfolio Managers, Legal, Product, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Investment Operations, Compliance, custodian banks, and external vendors. The position combines deep regulated investment company tax expertise with hands-on leadership across mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, collective investment trusts, alternative funds, UCITS, real estate investment trusts, and partnership structures.
Position Responsibilities:
Tax Compliance, Reporting & Technical Oversight
- Own second-level review and final sign-off for federal, state, excise, and other applicable jurisdictional tax returns for mutual funds and assigned investment products, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely filing.
- Review tax checklists and supporting schedules prepared for annual financial statement audits and assess financial statements for appropriate tax disclosures.
- Oversee book-to-tax analyses that affect distributions and tax calculations, including wash sale deferrals, straddles, foreign tax credits, passive foreign investment companies, and other complex adjustments for fiscal and excise periods.
- Review shareholder tax reporting, including qualified dividend income, dividends-received deductions, tax-exempt interest, and long-term capital gain reporting.
- Monitor fund distributions for compliance with applicable IRS and SEC requirements, including tax worksheets, estimated excise schedules, equalization calculations, distribution projections, per-share calculations, and Section 19 calculations and notices.
- Review fund merger and ownership-change analyses, including capital loss carryovers, built-in gains, and Sections 381 through 384 limitations; maintain uncertain tax position documentation and support defensible conclusions.
Investment Product & Business Partnership
- Apply tax expertise across mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), collective investment trusts (CITs), alternative funds, UCITS, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and partnership structures.
- Interact regularly with Portfolio Managers, Legal, Product, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Investment Operations, Compliance, Marketing, Transfer Agency, custodian banks, and external vendors to identify and resolve tax matters.
- Provide clear, decision-useful guidance on complex fund tax reporting and compliance issues, product initiatives, transactions, and operational changes.
- Assess the impact of tax law and regulatory developments on investment products and implement appropriate updates to procedures, controls, and stakeholder communications.
Leadership, Controls & Transformation
- Lead, coach, and develop Tax Supervisors, Tax Seniors, and Tax Analysts; plan and allocate work, monitor progress, and support training and career development.
- Champion cross-functional projects and coordinate internal and external deadlines to ensure high-quality, timely delivery.
- Develop, document, maintain, and enhance policies, procedures, and internal controls that mitigate tax and operational risk.
- Identify and implement opportunities for automation, scalable processes, stronger data quality, and more efficient workflows.
- Provide informed recommendations on staffing, hiring, compensation, performance management, and development needs, consistent with organizational practices.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field; advanced degree and/or CPA a plus.
- Minimum of 7 years of regulated investment company tax experience, including experience with complex tax adjustments, forms, elections, and risk considerations (previous Big Four experience preferred)
- Minimum of 3 years of people-management or supervisory experience, with a record of coaching and developing tax professionals.
- Experience with exchange-traded funds, collective investment trusts, alternative funds, UCITS, real estate investment trusts, and partnership structures strongly preferred.
- Strong business and accounting knowledge, with the ability to interpret financial statements, custodian reports, and complex spreadsheets and apply that information to fund tax reporting.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word; experience designing scalable workbooks, controls, or automated processes is a plus.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex tax topics to technical and nontechnical audiences and build credibility across functions.
- Sound judgment, strong ownership, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize competing deadlines in a dynamic environment.
Decision Authority & Impact:
- Exercises independent judgment on complex funds and technical issues and provides final sign-off on workpapers and analyses within assigned authority.
- Serves as a tax subject-matter leader who identifies issues, recommends solutions, and implements controls to mitigate risk.
- Influences product, transaction, operational, and reporting decisions through timely, practical, and well-supported tax guidance.
When you join our team:
We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.
The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.
About Manulife and John Hancock
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.
Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.
It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact hr@manulife.com.
Referenced Salary Location
Boston, MassachusettsWorking Arrangement
Salary range is expected to be between
$92,475.00 USD - $160,290.00 USDEmployees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact hr@manulife.com for the salary range for your location.
Manulife/John Hancock offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.
We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information, please refer to our personal information collection statement.
Know Your Rights I Family & Medical Leave I Employee Polygraph Protection I Right to Work I E-Verify
Company: John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.)The Senior Tax Manager is a hybrid position (3x in office per week) & they will lead the investment tax compliance, reporting, and advisory function for a diverse platform of regulated investment companies and alternative investment products. This role safeguards the accuracy and timeliness of federal, state, excise, and applicable foreign tax deliverables while translating complex tax matters into practical business guidance. The Manager develops talent, strengthens controls, and partners with Portfolio Managers, Legal, Product, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Investment Operations, Compliance, custodian banks, and external vendors. The position combines deep regulated investment company tax expertise with hands-on leadership across mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, collective investment trusts, alternative funds, UCITS, real estate investment trusts, and partnership structures.
Position Responsibilities:
Tax Compliance, Reporting & Technical Oversight
- Own second-level review and final sign-off for federal, state, excise, and other applicable jurisdictional tax returns for mutual funds and assigned investment products, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely filing.
- Review tax checklists and supporting schedules prepared for annual financial statement audits and assess financial statements for appropriate tax disclosures.
- Oversee book-to-tax analyses that affect distributions and tax calculations, including wash sale deferrals, straddles, foreign tax credits, passive foreign investment companies, and other complex adjustments for fiscal and excise periods.
- Review shareholder tax reporting, including qualified dividend income, dividends-received deductions, tax-exempt interest, and long-term capital gain reporting.
- Monitor fund distributions for compliance with applicable IRS and SEC requirements, including tax worksheets, estimated excise schedules, equalization calculations, distribution projections, per-share calculations, and Section 19 calculations and notices.
- Review fund merger and ownership-change analyses, including capital loss carryovers, built-in gains, and Sections 381 through 384 limitations; maintain uncertain tax position documentation and support defensible conclusions.
Investment Product & Business Partnership
- Apply tax expertise across mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), collective investment trusts (CITs), alternative funds, UCITS, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and partnership structures.
- Interact regularly with Portfolio Managers, Legal, Product, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Investment Operations, Compliance, Marketing, Transfer Agency, custodian banks, and external vendors to identify and resolve tax matters.
- Provide clear, decision-useful guidance on complex fund tax reporting and compliance issues, product initiatives, transactions, and operational changes.
- Assess the impact of tax law and regulatory developments on investment products and implement appropriate updates to procedures, controls, and stakeholder communications.
Leadership, Controls & Transformation
- Lead, coach, and develop Tax Supervisors, Tax Seniors, and Tax Analysts; plan and allocate work, monitor progress, and support training and career development.
- Champion cross-functional projects and coordinate internal and external deadlines to ensure high-quality, timely delivery.
- Develop, document, maintain, and enhance policies, procedures, and internal controls that mitigate tax and operational risk.
- Identify and implement opportunities for automation, scalable processes, stronger data quality, and more efficient workflows.
- Provide informed recommendations on staffing, hiring, compensation, performance management, and development needs, consistent with organizational practices.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field; advanced degree and/or CPA a plus.
- Minimum of 7 years of regulated investment company tax experience, including experience with complex tax adjustments, forms, elections, and risk considerations (previous Big Four experience preferred)
- Minimum of 3 years of people-management or supervisory experience, with a record of coaching and developing tax professionals.
- Experience with exchange-traded funds, collective investment trusts, alternative funds, UCITS, real estate investment trusts, and partnership structures strongly preferred.
- Strong business and accounting knowledge, with the ability to interpret financial statements, custodian reports, and complex spreadsheets and apply that information to fund tax reporting.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word; experience designing scalable workbooks, controls, or automated processes is a plus.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex tax topics to technical and nontechnical audiences and build credibility across functions.
- Sound judgment, strong ownership, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize competing deadlines in a dynamic environment.
Decision Authority & Impact:
- Exercises independent judgment on complex funds and technical issues and provides final sign-off on workpapers and analyses within assigned authority.
- Serves as a tax subject-matter leader who identifies issues, recommends solutions, and implements controls to mitigate risk.
- Influences product, transaction, operational, and reporting decisions through timely, practical, and well-supported tax guidance.
When you join our team:
We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.
The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.
About Manulife and John Hancock
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.
Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.
It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact hr@manulife.com.
Referenced Salary Location
Boston, MassachusettsWorking Arrangement
Salary range is expected to be between
$92,475.00 USD - $160,290.00 USDEmployees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact hr@manulife.com for the salary range for your location.
Manulife/John Hancock offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.
We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information, please refer to our personal information collection statement.
Know Your Rights I Family & Medical Leave I Employee Polygraph Protection I Right to Work I E-Verify
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What Massachusetts Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in tax senior jobs across Massachusetts.
- Active CPA license issued or recognized by the Massachusetts Board of Public Accountancy required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field required
- Three to five years of progressive tax experience at a public accounting firm or corporation
- Proficiency in tax compliance software such as GoSystem RS, OneSource, or CCH Axcess
- Experience preparing and reviewing federal and Massachusetts state tax returns for multiple entity types
- Strong working knowledge of ASC 740 income tax accounting for corporate or financial services clients
Tax Senior Jobs in Massachusetts: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a tax senior in Massachusetts?
Most tax senior roles in Massachusetts require an active CPA license issued or recognized by the Massachusetts Board of Public Accountancy, which oversees licensure in the state. Candidates typically hold a bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field and complete the required credit hours before sitting for the Uniform CPA Examination. From there, several years of tax experience in public accounting or a corporate tax department puts you in range for a senior-level role.
How much do tax seniors make in Massachusetts?
Tax seniors in Massachusetts earn a median of about $99,460 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $70,460 for the lowest 10% to over $160,100 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire tax seniors in Massachusetts?
Employers hiring tax seniors in Massachusetts right now include BDO, RSM, and CBIZ, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Massachusetts also sees consistent tax senior hiring from regional accounting firms and the corporate tax departments of financial services companies headquartered in the Greater Boston area.
Which Massachusetts cities have the most tax senior jobs?
Boston, Canton, and Tewksbury have the most tax senior openings in Massachusetts. Boston drives the largest share because it is home to major public accounting offices, asset managers, and corporate headquarters, while Worcester and Springfield support steady demand from regional firms and manufacturing companies with significant in-state tax compliance needs.
Are there remote tax senior jobs in Massachusetts?
Yes, and more than most fields, since tax work is largely analytical and document-driven rather than tied to a physical site. About 63% of tax senior openings tied to Massachusetts are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how broadly the profession has adopted flexible arrangements since the shift in hybrid work norms. Compliance and provision work tend to be the most remote-friendly specialties within the role.
How can I get hired as a tax senior in Massachusetts with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is starting in a staff tax associate role at a Massachusetts public accounting firm and building toward the senior title through promotion. Large Boston-area offices of national firms run structured new-graduate programs that place candidates directly into tax rotations. Completing your CPA exam sections while working as a staff associate, or moving laterally from an audit or finance analyst role, gives you a clear edge in a competitive Massachusetts market.
Where can I find and apply to tax senior jobs in Massachusetts?
You can find and apply to tax senior jobs in Massachusetts on Migrate Mate, which lists current Massachusetts openings. Find the roles that fit your background and apply directly to the ones that match.
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