Hire a Fractional Tax Manager
Pre-screened Tax Managers who have run ASC 740 provisions, multistate filings, and IRS notice responses, matched to your entity structure in about 3 days without adding a full-time seat to payroll.
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When to hire a Fractional Tax Manager
Bring in a Tax Manager when tax work has outgrown your controller's spare time and your CPA firm only sees the numbers at year-end.
Remote hires created state nexus
You have employees or sales in new states and no one has confirmed income tax filings, payroll registrations, or sales tax collection obligations.
Auditors flagged the tax provision
Your ASC 740 provision is built in a spreadsheet nobody fully understands, and the audit team keeps returning comments on deferred taxes.
Deadlines keep slipping into extensions
Quarterly estimates are guessed, extensions are the default, and penalties and notices are starting to show up in the mail.
New entities or a foreign subsidiary
You added an LLC, a holding company, or an international entity and need intercompany agreements, transfer pricing support, and the right filings.
Credits and planning are left on the table
No one owns the R&D credit study, Section 174 capitalization, or entity-level planning ahead of a fundraise or acquisition.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional Tax Manager
A fractional Tax Manager owns your federal, state, and indirect tax obligations and works alongside your controller, so compliance, planning, and reporting stay accurate without a full-time hire.
Own your tax calendar at a fraction of payroll
Senior oversight of returns, extensions, estimates, and provisions on a monthly retainer, without a full-time salary, bonus, and benefits for work that peaks a few times a year.
Close out the provision before audit fieldwork
Pre-screened candidates arrive in days, so your ASC 740 workpapers and deferred tax rollforward are ready before your auditors ask for them.
Match on ASC 740, nexus, and transfer pricing
Operators who have handled multistate apportionment, sales tax registrations, R&D credit studies, and intercompany agreements in companies with structures like yours.
How to hire a Fractional Tax Manager
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a Fractional Tax Manager is easy with Go Fractional.
Intro Call
Answer a few quick questions, then book a free 30-minute intro call with our team to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Our AI finds Fractional Tax Manager candidates whose past clients and projects match your brief, which you won’t find on LinkedIn. A dedicated executive recruiter verifies each one’s experience, fit, and genuine interest, and you meet the ones who fit in about 3 days.
Start Work
Book time with candidates right from your shortlist, choose your operator, and sign a simple month-to-month agreement. We move as fast as you do.
Engagements that fit how you work
Every Go Fractional engagement is structured for senior leadership without full-time overhead. Start fractional, scale up, or convert to full-time when you’re ready.
Fractional Tax Manager
- Senior leadership on a part-time schedule
- Monthly retainer, no recruiting fees
- Scale hours up or down as needs change
Contract-to-Hire
Trial a Fractional Tax Manager on a fractional engagement before converting them to a full-time hire.
- Keep the expert's learnings or convert to full-time
- Try the fit before you commit, no hiring risk
- Faster speed to market, conserving time and resources
Interim Tax Manager
Full-time coverage for a defined stretch: a leadership gap, a transition, or a critical project.
Fractional Tax Manager rates average $118/hr across our live benchmarks. Pricing scales with hours and scope.
Tax Manager Hourly RatesFractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Tax Manager leadership, and where each one wins.
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| Factor | Fractional Tax Manager | Full-time Tax Manager | Outsourced CPA firm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to hire | ~3 days | 2-4 months | 1-3 weeks to onboard |
| Engagement | Monthly retainer, scoped SOW | Salary + bonus + benefits | Billed per return or engagement |
| Knowledge of your business | Embedded with your controller and ERP | Deep, built over time | Limited to what you send them |
| Scope | Provision, compliance, planning, CPA oversight | Full tax function, plus team building | Return prep and signing |
| Best for | Growing companies with real tax complexity but not a full-time workload | Large multi-entity groups with year-round volume | Simple filings with an internal owner already in place |
We’ve helped hundreds of organizations Go Fractional
Twelve years: the average experience across a network of handpicked executives ready to make an impact on day one.
“It was literally three days after he started with us fractionally, our CEO was calling me and asking if we could get a full-time offer out.”
“It's a can't-lose scenario. You either get the learnings from the subject matter expert, or you get the full-time capability. It provided a ton of flexibility, much faster speed to market, and conservation of time and resources.”
“Having someone senior from day one as a founder means you're actually hiring yourself out of a job, not transferring that amount of work to essentially management of someone junior, which can only be as often just as much work or only slightly less work.”
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