Tax job description: template and real figures
A template for hiring a tax, with what employers in today’s 232 open postings for this work ask for and offer. Copy it, fill in the brackets, then post the job free.
- Open postings today
- 232
- Experience asked, median
- 5 years
- Postings that state pay
- 54%
- Median advertised pay
- $148K
- Open to remote work
- 22%
Tax Manager [Company] · [City, or Remote and the countries it is open to] · [Full-time] About us [Two sentences: what the company does, for whom, and one number that shows where it is now.] About the role Our Tax Manager works out what a company owes in taxes in each country and files the returns. You will report to [manager’s title] and work with [team]. What you will do - [The most important result of the first year, with a number] - Corporate income tax: [what this means in your team] - Indirect tax: [what this means in your team] - Transfer pricing: [what this means in your team] - Tax provision: [what this means in your team] - [One more duty that is specific to this job] What we are looking for - [5]+ years of experience as a tax - Experience with Excel - Experience with SQL - [One or two must-haves that are specific to this job] Pay and benefits - Pay range: $[lowest] – $[highest] a year, [plus equity or bonus if any] - Parental leave - Equity - Unlimited PTO - [Paid time off, health cover and the rest of your benefits] How to apply [What to send, the interview steps and how long they take. Name the date you will reply by.]
What today’s tax postings say
| Experience asked | Median 5 years; the middle half ask 3–7 years (159 postings name a number) |
|---|---|
| Pay advertised | $116K – $192K for the middle half; median $148K (101 postings with a yearly US-dollar range) |
| Skills named most | Excel (21%), SQL (8%) |
| Benefits named most | Parental leave (27%), Equity (19%), Unlimited PTO (4%) |
| Most common level | Senior (27% of postings) |
| Titles employers use | Tax Manager, International Tax Manager, Tax Analyst, Senior Tax Manager, Senior Tax Accountant, Global Indirect Tax Manager |
Counted from the 232 open postings for this work on Nov 14, 2026, read from employers’ own careers pages. Recounted on every update.
Questions about hiring a tax
- What should a tax job description include?
- What the person will achieve in the first year, the duties, the must-have experience, the pay range and how the hiring steps work. For this work, today’s postings name Excel, SQL most often.
- Should a tax job posting show the salary?
- Yes, if you can: 54% of today’s 232 open tax postings here do. A range filters out people who would turn the offer down, and several US states and EU countries now require it.
- How many years of experience should I ask for?
- The median in today’s tax postings is 5 years. Ask for what the work needs: every extra year you require shrinks the pool of applicants.
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