Tax Principal Visa Sponsorship Jobs in Minnesota
Tax principal visa sponsorship jobs in Minnesota are concentrated in the Twin Cities metro, where major employers like Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, and large regional firms such as CliftonLarsonAllen maintain substantial tax practices. Financial services giants including U.S. Bancorp and Target Corporation also hire senior tax professionals, creating meaningful sponsorship opportunities for international candidates with advanced credentials.
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At Wipfli, people count.
At Wipfli, our people are core to everything we do—the catalyst behind our ability to create exceptional impact and extraordinary results.
We believe in flexibility. We focus on relationships. We encourage each individual to follow their own path.
People truly matter and they feel it. For those looking to make a difference and find a professional home, Wipfli offers a career-defining opportunity.
Wipfli is seeking an experienced International Tax Senior Manager to serve as a strategic account leader and trusted advisor to multinational companies. This role leads complex U.S. international tax engagements and broader client relationships, helping senior tax, finance, accounting, and business stakeholders navigate cross-border compliance, planning, transactions, and reporting. The Senior Manager will coordinate multidisciplinary Wipfli teams, develop Managers and other professionals, and help strengthen and grow the firm’s International Tax practice.
Responsibilities:
- Own and strategically lead a portfolio of key multinational client accounts, serving as a senior relationship contact and trusted advisor across international and related domestic tax needs.
- Develop deep knowledge of clients’ global business models, ownership structures, transactions, risk profiles, and strategic priorities to anticipate needs and deliver forward-looking guidance.
- Lead complex inbound and outbound international tax engagements with accountability for scope, technical quality, engagement economics, staffing, risk management, deadlines, and executive-level communication.
- Oversee U.S. corporate and partnership tax compliance, including Forms 1120, 1065, and 1120-F, extensions, estimated tax payments, and related elections and disclosures, as well as state and local filing requirements.
- Review complex U.S. international tax forms, computations, disclosures, and workpapers, including Forms 5471, 5472, 8858, 8865, 1118, 1042, 1042-S, 8991, 8992, and 8993, as applicable.
- Provide senior-level guidance on Subpart F, NCTI, foreign tax credits, Section 163(j), FDDEI, BEAT, Section 245A, PTEP, tax treaties, withholding, repatriation, foreign currency matters, and cross-border structuring.
- Advise senior client stakeholders on tax consequences, risks, and planning alternatives associated with global operations, investments, distributions, transactions, entity structures, and organizational changes.
- Connect international tax considerations with federal corporate tax, state and local tax, transfer pricing, ASC 740, transaction reporting, employment tax, and broader business objectives, coordinating Wipfli specialists to deliver integrated solutions.
- Resolve unusual or complex technical and engagement matters, determine when consultation or escalation is appropriate, and maintain quality-control standards across the portfolio.
- Monitor legislative, regulatory, and administrative developments and communicate actionable implications to clients and professionals across the firm.
- Lead and develop Managers, Seniors, and Associates; provide technical consultation and deliver practice-wide training and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Champion standardization, technology, and process improvements involving workpapers, templates, calculation models, review tools, data collection, automation, and scalable compliance delivery.
- Drive practice growth through expansion of existing client relationships, proposals, new business development, cross-functional collaboration, marketplace activities, and continued development of Wipfli’s international tax capabilities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, Finance, or a related field.
- 10+ years of relevant professional experience, including significant U.S. international tax and multinational corporate tax experience.
- Demonstrated success leading complex multinational client accounts, multiple concurrent engagements, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Extensive experience reviewing complex international tax computations, forms, disclosures, technical conclusions, and supporting workpapers.
- Experience advising senior client tax and finance leaders and making technical, strategic, and commercial recommendations.
- Advanced technical research, judgment, engagement leadership, business development, problem-solving, and executive communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and develop Managers and other tax professionals.
Preferred Qualifications:
- CPA, JD, EA, or other relevant professional credential; master’s degree in Taxation or Accounting, JD, or LLM in Taxation preferred.
- Public accounting experience with a national or large regional CPA firm serving multinational companies.
- Experience with ASC 740, transfer pricing, tax due diligence, state and local tax coordination, international M&A, or cross-border transaction support.
- Experience leading proposals, expanding client relationships, developing service plans, and coordinating multidisciplinary account teams.
- Experience with CCH Axcess, BNA, Checkpoint, international tax compliance software, automation, or advanced Excel modeling.
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Additional Details:
Wipfli is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All candidates will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Wipfli is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or participate in our recruiting process, please send us an email at hr@wipfli.com.
Wipfli values fair, transparent, and competitive compensation, considering each candidate's unique skills and experiences. The estimated base pay range for this role is $145,000 to $195,000, with offers typically not made at the maximum, allowing for future salary increases. The actual salary at the time of offer depends on business related factors like location, skills, experience, training/education, licensure, certifications, business needs, current associate pay, and relevant employment laws.
Individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, subject to participation rules and based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual and Firm performance.
Wipfli cares about our associates and offers a variety of benefits to support their well-being. Highlights include 8 health plan options (both HMO & PPO plans), dental and vision coverage, opportunity to enroll in HSA with potential Firm contribution and an Employee Assistance Program. Other benefits include firm-sponsored basic life and short and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) savings plan & profit share as well as Firm matching contribution, well-being incentive, education & certification assistance, flexible time off, family care leave, parental leave, family formation benefits, cell phone reimbursement, and travel rewards. Voluntary benefit offerings include critical illness & accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, legal, long-term care, pet insurance, ID theft protection, and supplemental life/AD&D. Eligibility for all benefits programs is dependent on annual hours expectation, position status/level and location.
“Wipfli" is the brand name under which Wipfli LLP and Wipfli Advisory LLC and its respective subsidiary entities provide professional services. Wipfli LLP and Wipfli Advisory LLC (and its respective subsidiary entities) practice in an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. Wipfli LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients, and Wipfli Advisory LLC provides tax and business consulting services to its clients. Wipfli Advisory LLC and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. Offers of employment by “Wipfli” are made by and through Wipfli Advisory LLC.
Our commitment:
We invest in the growth of all our associates through ongoing education and career development. To learn more about how we invest in you, see our learning and development page.
We also invest in a strong work-life balance by providing benefits, such as flexible time off and wellness programs. We provide health, vision and dental insurance, generous family leave, flexible work options, 401(k) contributions and paid time off and holidays.
What you can expect:
If your resume is a fit for the position, a recruiter will reach out to you for an initial conversation so we can tell you more about Wipfli and the benefits of working here. We don’t just expect you to just answer our questions. We encourage you to ask us about Wipfli to see if we’re a good fit for you.
Employee Benefits
We also back up our mission to provide a strong work-life balance with great benefits, FTO, wellness benefits and programs to encourage a healthy lifestyle.
-
Medical travel benefits
Travel benefits to give associates across the country equitable access to quality care across a broad spectrum of needs
-
Family formation benefits
Maternity and paternity leave, surrogacy and adoption benefits, and fertility services benefits
-
Gender-affirming care benefits
Resources and benefits to help associates receive gender identity affirming interventions and therapies
-
Flexible work schedule
-
Flexible time off
Locations:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
At Wipfli, people count.
At Wipfli, our people are core to everything we do—the catalyst behind our ability to create exceptional impact and extraordinary results.
We believe in flexibility. We focus on relationships. We encourage each individual to follow their own path.
People truly matter and they feel it. For those looking to make a difference and find a professional home, Wipfli offers a career-defining opportunity.
Wipfli is seeking an experienced International Tax Senior Manager to serve as a strategic account leader and trusted advisor to multinational companies. This role leads complex U.S. international tax engagements and broader client relationships, helping senior tax, finance, accounting, and business stakeholders navigate cross-border compliance, planning, transactions, and reporting. The Senior Manager will coordinate multidisciplinary Wipfli teams, develop Managers and other professionals, and help strengthen and grow the firm’s International Tax practice.
Responsibilities:
- Own and strategically lead a portfolio of key multinational client accounts, serving as a senior relationship contact and trusted advisor across international and related domestic tax needs.
- Develop deep knowledge of clients’ global business models, ownership structures, transactions, risk profiles, and strategic priorities to anticipate needs and deliver forward-looking guidance.
- Lead complex inbound and outbound international tax engagements with accountability for scope, technical quality, engagement economics, staffing, risk management, deadlines, and executive-level communication.
- Oversee U.S. corporate and partnership tax compliance, including Forms 1120, 1065, and 1120-F, extensions, estimated tax payments, and related elections and disclosures, as well as state and local filing requirements.
- Review complex U.S. international tax forms, computations, disclosures, and workpapers, including Forms 5471, 5472, 8858, 8865, 1118, 1042, 1042-S, 8991, 8992, and 8993, as applicable.
- Provide senior-level guidance on Subpart F, NCTI, foreign tax credits, Section 163(j), FDDEI, BEAT, Section 245A, PTEP, tax treaties, withholding, repatriation, foreign currency matters, and cross-border structuring.
- Advise senior client stakeholders on tax consequences, risks, and planning alternatives associated with global operations, investments, distributions, transactions, entity structures, and organizational changes.
- Connect international tax considerations with federal corporate tax, state and local tax, transfer pricing, ASC 740, transaction reporting, employment tax, and broader business objectives, coordinating Wipfli specialists to deliver integrated solutions.
- Resolve unusual or complex technical and engagement matters, determine when consultation or escalation is appropriate, and maintain quality-control standards across the portfolio.
- Monitor legislative, regulatory, and administrative developments and communicate actionable implications to clients and professionals across the firm.
- Lead and develop Managers, Seniors, and Associates; provide technical consultation and deliver practice-wide training and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Champion standardization, technology, and process improvements involving workpapers, templates, calculation models, review tools, data collection, automation, and scalable compliance delivery.
- Drive practice growth through expansion of existing client relationships, proposals, new business development, cross-functional collaboration, marketplace activities, and continued development of Wipfli’s international tax capabilities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, Finance, or a related field.
- 10+ years of relevant professional experience, including significant U.S. international tax and multinational corporate tax experience.
- Demonstrated success leading complex multinational client accounts, multiple concurrent engagements, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Extensive experience reviewing complex international tax computations, forms, disclosures, technical conclusions, and supporting workpapers.
- Experience advising senior client tax and finance leaders and making technical, strategic, and commercial recommendations.
- Advanced technical research, judgment, engagement leadership, business development, problem-solving, and executive communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and develop Managers and other tax professionals.
Preferred Qualifications:
- CPA, JD, EA, or other relevant professional credential; master’s degree in Taxation or Accounting, JD, or LLM in Taxation preferred.
- Public accounting experience with a national or large regional CPA firm serving multinational companies.
- Experience with ASC 740, transfer pricing, tax due diligence, state and local tax coordination, international M&A, or cross-border transaction support.
- Experience leading proposals, expanding client relationships, developing service plans, and coordinating multidisciplinary account teams.
- Experience with CCH Axcess, BNA, Checkpoint, international tax compliance software, automation, or advanced Excel modeling.
LI-AF1 #LI-Hybrid
Additional Details:
Wipfli is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All candidates will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Wipfli is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or participate in our recruiting process, please send us an email at hr@wipfli.com.
Wipfli values fair, transparent, and competitive compensation, considering each candidate's unique skills and experiences. The estimated base pay range for this role is $145,000 to $195,000, with offers typically not made at the maximum, allowing for future salary increases. The actual salary at the time of offer depends on business related factors like location, skills, experience, training/education, licensure, certifications, business needs, current associate pay, and relevant employment laws.
Individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, subject to participation rules and based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual and Firm performance.
Wipfli cares about our associates and offers a variety of benefits to support their well-being. Highlights include 8 health plan options (both HMO & PPO plans), dental and vision coverage, opportunity to enroll in HSA with potential Firm contribution and an Employee Assistance Program. Other benefits include firm-sponsored basic life and short and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) savings plan & profit share as well as Firm matching contribution, well-being incentive, education & certification assistance, flexible time off, family care leave, parental leave, family formation benefits, cell phone reimbursement, and travel rewards. Voluntary benefit offerings include critical illness & accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, legal, long-term care, pet insurance, ID theft protection, and supplemental life/AD&D. Eligibility for all benefits programs is dependent on annual hours expectation, position status/level and location.
“Wipfli" is the brand name under which Wipfli LLP and Wipfli Advisory LLC and its respective subsidiary entities provide professional services. Wipfli LLP and Wipfli Advisory LLC (and its respective subsidiary entities) practice in an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. Wipfli LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients, and Wipfli Advisory LLC provides tax and business consulting services to its clients. Wipfli Advisory LLC and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. Offers of employment by “Wipfli” are made by and through Wipfli Advisory LLC.
Our commitment:
We invest in the growth of all our associates through ongoing education and career development. To learn more about how we invest in you, see our learning and development page.
We also invest in a strong work-life balance by providing benefits, such as flexible time off and wellness programs. We provide health, vision and dental insurance, generous family leave, flexible work options, 401(k) contributions and paid time off and holidays.
What you can expect:
If your resume is a fit for the position, a recruiter will reach out to you for an initial conversation so we can tell you more about Wipfli and the benefits of working here. We don’t just expect you to just answer our questions. We encourage you to ask us about Wipfli to see if we’re a good fit for you.
Employee Benefits
We also back up our mission to provide a strong work-life balance with great benefits, FTO, wellness benefits and programs to encourage a healthy lifestyle.
-
Medical travel benefits
Travel benefits to give associates across the country equitable access to quality care across a broad spectrum of needs
-
Family formation benefits
Maternity and paternity leave, surrogacy and adoption benefits, and fertility services benefits
-
Gender-affirming care benefits
Resources and benefits to help associates receive gender identity affirming interventions and therapies
-
Flexible work schedule
-
Flexible time off
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Which companies sponsor visas for tax principals in Minnesota?
The Big Four accounting firms, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, and Ernst & Young, maintain active Twin Cities offices and have established visa sponsorship programs for senior tax professionals. Regional powerhouses like CliftonLarsonAllen, headquartered in Minneapolis, and corporate tax departments at U.S. Bancorp and Target Corporation also sponsor qualified international candidates at the principal level.
Which visa types realistically fit tax principal roles in Minnesota?
Tax principal roles qualify as specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree in accounting, taxation, or a related field, making the H-1B visa the most common path. Nationals of Chile and Singapore may pursue the H-1B1 visa, while Australian nationals can apply for the E-3 visa. All three visas require the employer to file a Labor Condition Application. For long-term stays, employer-sponsored EB-2 or EB-3 green cards through PERM are realistic next steps. F-1 students may use OPT to gain initial experience before transitioning to employer sponsorship.
Which cities in Minnesota have the most tax principal sponsorship jobs?
Minneapolis and Saint Paul together account for the overwhelming majority of tax principal sponsorship activity in Minnesota. The Minneapolis central business district hosts the largest concentration of Big Four offices and corporate headquarters. Bloomington and Eden Prairie, both southwest suburbs of Minneapolis, hold additional corporate tax functions. Rochester has a smaller but growing professional services presence, partly driven by the Mayo Clinic's expanding administrative and finance operations.
How to find tax principal visa sponsorship jobs in Minnesota?
Migrate Mate lists Minnesota employers with verified visa sponsorship history for senior tax roles, letting you search specifically for tax principal openings in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and surrounding suburbs. Because sponsorship at the principal level depends heavily on firm size and existing immigration infrastructure, filtering for employers who have sponsored comparable roles before saves significant time and effort in your search.
Are there state-specific factors that affect visa sponsorship for tax principals in Minnesota?
Minnesota's strong financial services sector, anchored by U.S. Bancorp and several major insurance and investment firms, creates consistent demand for senior tax professionals beyond traditional public accounting. The state also benefits from a large accounting graduate pipeline from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, which means employers are accustomed to working with candidates who need work authorization support. Minnesota has no state-level immigration rules that add to federal sponsorship requirements.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored tax principal jobs in Minnesota?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.