Grant Thornton (US)

Not-for-Profit Tax Manager

Grant Thornton (US)  •  Chicago, IL (Onsite)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

Grant Thornton is seeking a Not-for-Profit Tax Manager to join the team.

As the Not-for-Profit Tax (NFP Tax) Manager, you’ll deliver a full range of tax services for your clients in the not-for-profit, higher education, private foundation, and healthcare industries – all with the resources, environment and support to help you excel.

You’ll collaborate with Not-for-Profit Tax team members and conduct you’ll work with a skilled team of tax professionals as we provide valued quality services to our clients, exceeding their expectations. You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining professional working relationships with clients as well as assisting to develop and supervise staff and assist in client management and practice development activities because together is how we succeed. From day one, you’ll be empowered by great technology, processes, and a collaborative and thoughtful team to continue to extend your technical knowledge, work across new projects, and provide excellent client service and help you achieve more, confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:

  • Running client engagements from start to finish, which includes planning, executing, directing, and completing tax projects and managing to budget
  • Supervising, training, and mentoring seniors, associates and interns on tax projects and assessing performance of staff for engagement reviews; performing in-charge role as needed
  • Reviewing tax returns done by seniors, staff and making recommendations on return preparation regarding accuracy and tax savings opportunities; gaining increasing responsibility in review process
  • Researching and consulting on various tax matters; utilizing tax-related software to review prepared returns, and researching tax matters
  • Assisting clients with consultative opportunities
  • Responding to inquiries from the IRS and other tax authorities
  • Working at a client site, with your team in the office or remotely. We empower teams to listen first to expectations of clients and teammates; then you and your team can determine when and where to work. No matter when or where, you will have the support you need to thrive.
  • Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

  • Degree(s): Bachelor's degree in Accounting
  • 5+ years of progressive tax compliance and/or tax consulting experience; experience in large firm public accounting exempt organization practice experience is a plus
  • Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Professional, dependable, enthusiastic
  • Certifications: CPA (JD accepted with public accounting experience)
  • Previous experience in tax compliance, federal tax returns, and state tax returns
  • Ability to supervise staff and lead projects
  • Strong computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and CCH Integrator and Axcess Tax software or GoSystems
  • Can travel as needed. Expect 10%
  • Ability to work additional hours as needed

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At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.

In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ― and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.

In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.

Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets.

Grant Thornton (US)

About Grant Thornton (US)

Forget what you think you know about professional services. We go beyond what’s expected and help others do the same.

Grant Thornton is the brand name for Grant Thornton LLP and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC the U.S. member firms of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s leading independent audit & assurance, tax and advisory firms. That means our network has more than 73,000 professionals in more than 146 countries who are ready to help public and private organizations of all sizes take on today’s challenges. But what sets us apart isn’t just what we do – it’s how we do it. Here, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result. We’re collaborators – obsessed with quality and ready for anything – who understand the value of strong relationships. It’s how we challenge the expectations of business and empower our people and clients to do it, too.

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Grant Thornton International Limited (GTIL) and the member firms, including Grant Thornton LLP and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC, are not a worldwide partnership. Services are delivered by the member firms. GTIL and its member firms are not agents of, and do not obligate, one another and are not liable for one another’s acts or omissions. Please see www.grantthornton.com for further details.​

Industry
Accounting & Tax
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Year Founded
1924
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