Senior Manager, Tax Technology Change & Enablement

Armanino LLP•St. Louis, MO

About The Position

At Armanino, you determine your career path. This means it's possible to pursue challenges you are passionate about, in industries you care about. Armanino is proud to be Among the top 20 Largest Accounting and Consulting Firms in the Nation and one of the Best Places to Work. We have a community of resources that are ready and willing to support your ideas, build your skills and expand your professional network. We want you to integrate all aspects of your life with your career. At Armanino, we know you don’t check-out of life when you check-in at work. That’s why we’ve created a unique work environment where your passions, work, and family & friends can overlap. We want to help you achieve growth by giving you access to a network of smart and supportive people, willing to listen to your ideas. We are seeking a Senior Manager, Tax Technology Change & Enablement to support the execution, adoption, and standardization of tax technology and process improvement initiatives across the Tax Business Unit within our local offices. This role is execution‑focused and will serve as a key liaison between tax teams, tax quality and risk management, tax operations, and automation stakeholders. This role will serve as the key lead on change management, training, and field deployment within the tax business unit with responsibility for supervising workstreams, guiding adoption, and supporting firmwide tax priorities. This is a unique opportunity with opportunity to grow in a fast-paced entrepreneurial firm that thinks differently and is investing in cutting edge technology and automation for the future. This role will enable you to work with most of our local offices and local leadership to deploy training mythologies and best practices around our various offices

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field
Minimum of 7 years of experience in public accounting tax; Big 4 preferred
Experience supporting process improvement, standardization, or automation initiatives
Solid understanding of tax compliance and reporting processes
Working knowledge of tax software and automation tools (e.g., RPA, AI, data analytics)
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience supporting change and adoption
Willingness and ability to travel up to 80%

Nice To Haves

CPA, other professional certification, or advanced degree (e.g., MST, JD, MBA)
Experience working with IT, engineering, or technology teams on tax initiatives
Familiarity with project coordination tools or methodologies
Background in tax training, tax quality, tax operations, or tax transformation
Experience with tax and analytics platforms such as CCH Access, GoSystems, Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate), Alteryx, Tableau, and advanced Excel; programming exposure a plus.

Responsibilities

Support tax technology and automation initiatives through change management, training, and adoption execution. This role will involve significant travel.
Execute and coordinate the Tax Change Management program, including deployment, scheduling, and ongoing support.
Partner with Tax Operations, Q2C, Resource Management, and tax teams to support priority initiatives.
Develop, maintain, and socialize tax standardization playbooks and best practices.
Design and deliver training for new tax tools, automated workflows, and standardized processes.
Work with tax vendors on training curriculum and plans to develop an effective curriculum tailored to different levels in the tax practice
Serve as a primary point of contact for end users during rollouts, adoption, and stabilization.
Lead our local tax change management program and socialize and resolve issues and conflicts with tax leadership.
Monitor adoption and usage; provide feedback and recommendations to leadership for improvement.