National Tax Office Quality Technical Director
CliftonLarsonAllen • Sacramento, California • Full Time • $165,000–$400,000 / year
Posted on Wed, Sep 30, 2026
CLA is growing and seeking to hire a Technical Director to join our National Tax Office Quality team. The Technical Director contributes at the highest level in their industry and excels at client advisory, service advocacy, relationship development, and leadership. This role is highly specialized and focuses on technical quality, compliance, and methodology.
How you’ll create opportunities in this Technical Director role:
- Consult with engagement teams on high-risk tax engagements and client-specific quality matters, developing practical solutions, mitigating firm risk, and identifying and addressing the root cause of quality issues.
- Support the design, implementation, and improvement of CLA’s tax quality management system.
- Oversee internal inspections (including mid-ride check ins) and promote compliance with firm policies and professional standards.
- Analyze quality trends and inspection findings to identify opportunities for process improvement and risk reduction across the tax practice.
- Participate in annual review and update of tax-specific Statements of Work, the CLA Tax Manual, and other quality-related guidance.
- Collaborate with NTO specialty teams and practice leaders to identify and address emerging risks.
- Draft articles for Life in the Tax Lane on tax quality, risk management, professional standards, and best practices.
- Design and deliver internal training programs and just-in-time learning resources on quality-related topics.
What you will need:
- 10 years of relevant experience required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required
- CPA required (EA or JD may be accepted in lieu of CPA certification)
- Deep technical knowledge of tax law
Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range.
The California posting range for this role is $165,000 – $400,000.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
Click here to learn about your hiring rights.
Wellness at CLA
To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.
To view a complete list of benefits, click here.
More live tax_director roles
- Tax Managing Director (Corporate Title As Director) at Apex Group — New York, East 52nd Street
- Associate Director, International Tax at Becton Dickinson Medical Devices — USA NJ - Franklin Lakes
- Controller Latam & Tax Director at Ingredion — São Paulo
- Tax Director at Abacus — Laconia, NH, United States
- Director, Tax at Forvis Mazars — Dallas, Texas, United States
- Director, Taxation at Maple Leaf Foods — Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Division Director of Budget and Tax Administration at Weber County — Ogden, Utah, United States
- Tax Managing Director, Core Tax Services at BDO USA — Woodbridge, NJ, United States
- High Net Worth (Hnw) Tax Managing Director at GHJ — Los Angeles, California (Hybrid)
- Managing Director, Tax Operations at BDO USA — Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- PCS Tax Director at Talnt — New York, New York, United States
- Associate Director, Field Sales - Indirect Tax, CP & ESG Corporate Tax at Wolters Kluwer (Remote)
- Vice President, Tax Product & Change Management at Goldman Sachs — Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- Regional Tax Director - Latam at SGS (Remote)
- Associate Director, U.S. Tax Operations & Reporting at Madrigal Pharmaceuticals — Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
- Director, International Tax Planning at NVIDIA — Santa Clara, California, United States
- Vice President, Tax Transformation at Goldman Sachs — New York, New York, United States
- Director, Tax at Fidelity — Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States
- Director Property Tax at Progress Residential — Tampa, Florida, United States
- Director of Tax Advisory at Siegfried Advisory — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Tax Director/Partner - Financial Services at Not Specified — New York City, NY, US
- Tax Director/Partner - Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) — New York City, NY, US
- Associate Director, Integration and International Tax Strategy — Indianapolis, Indiana, US
- Director, Management Equity Finance And Tax – Slc Management at Sun Life — 2 Locations
- Global Indirect Tax Director at Grant Thornton — Boston, MA, United States
- Director - International Tax Advisory at Aristocrat Technologies — North Ryde, NSW, AU
- Director Tax (Remote)
- Director, Tax And Estate Planning at Sun Life — 2 Locations
- Director of Tax Resource Management at Frazier & Deeter — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Tax Principal at Talnt — New York, New York, United States
- Director, Income Tax Reporting & Compliance at Sony — Culver City, Washington, US
- Director, Income Tax Reporting and Compliance at Sony — Culver City, CA, US
What the data says about this job
- Advertised pay for Tax Director: a median of $200,000 across 715 priced postings. This posting advertises $165,000 to $400,000, 41% above that median. Explore the market
- CliftonLarsonAllen has 41 internships, co-ops and new-grad roles open. Campus profile
Measured from employers' own postings and public filings. How we measure