Atlanta Tax Executive Search Firm Placing the Leaders Who Run the Tax Function
From our Midtown office on Peachtree Street, we recruit Directors of Tax, Vice Presidents and Chief Tax Officers for Atlanta headquarters, fintech companies and fast-growing mid-market businesses. Every search is retained, confidential and handled by consultants who work only in tax.
- Midtown Atlanta Office
- Retained and Confidential
- Tax-Only Recruiters
- Manager to VP Searches
- Southeast and National Reach
A Tax Search Partner Located Where Atlanta Does Business
Atlanta is one of the few U.S. cities where a regional bank, a global logistics network, a payments processor and a consumer-products giant can all be headquartered within a few miles of each other. Every one of them runs a tax department that answers to dozens of state authorities, and often to tax authorities overseas as well.
Pro-Tax Executive Search keeps a satellite office at Promenade II on Peachtree Street, so our consultants stay close to the hiring managers and candidates they work with. The firm was built on a simple idea: tax leaders should be recruited by people who understand tax. You can read how an engagement is run on our client services page.
Georgia employers usually hire for a combination of skills that is hard to find in one person: ASC 740 depth, multistate income and indirect tax judgment, and the ability to explain results to a CFO in plain language. That is the profile we search for.
Why Atlanta Employers Hire Tax Specialists Instead of Generalist Recruiters
A generalist recruiter can fill a controller role from a job board. A Director of Tax who has to defend a provision to auditors, work through a state notice backlog and plan for an acquisition is a different search altogether. We know the technical vocabulary, we know which Atlanta tax departments are growing, and we know which professionals would quietly consider a move.
- Director of Tax Searches
- VP of Tax Searches
- Chief Tax Officer Searches
- ASC 740 and Tax Accounting Leaders
- Multistate Income Tax Leaders
- Indirect and Sales Tax Leaders
- Transfer Pricing and International Tax
- Tax Technology and Process Leaders
Atlanta Industries We Recruit For
- Financial Services
- Fintech and Payments
- Logistics and Transportation
- Consumer Goods
- Healthcare
- Technology
- Film and Media Production
- Manufacturing
- Real Estate
- Public Accounting
How an Atlanta Search Works
Learn the Department
We spend time with the CFO, controller or Chief Tax Officer to understand how the tax team is organized, what is working, and what the new leader will need to change.Map the Atlanta Market
Our researchers map tax professionals at Atlanta corporations, Big Four offices and regional firms, including people who never look at job boards.Interview and Assess
Finalists are interviewed in depth on technical skill, leadership style and motivation, then written up so you can compare candidates side by side.Meet the Shortlist
We present a focused shortlist instead of a stack of resumes, and we prepare both sides before each interview and debrief afterwards.Close and Follow Up
We help with references, offer structure and acceptance, then check in after the start date to make sure the hire is settling in.
Atlanta Tax Roles We Place
- Chief Tax Officer
- Vice President of Tax
- Senior Director of Tax
- Director of Tax
- Director of State and Local Tax
- Director of Indirect Tax
- Director of International Tax
- Tax Accounting Director
- Transfer Pricing Director
- Tax Counsel
- Senior Tax Manager
- Tax Technology Manager
What Atlanta Clients Get From Pro-Tax
35+ Years Recruiting Only Tax Professionals
A Local Office in Midtown Atlanta
Confidential, Retained Search Process
Market Compensation Data for Georgia Hires
Direct Access to Passive Candidates
Support Through Offer and Onboarding
Where We Find Atlanta Tax Talent
Our candidates come from every corner of the Southeast tax community:
- Atlanta-Headquartered Fortune 500 Companies
- Big Four Offices in Midtown and Buckhead
- Regional and National CPA Firms
- Fintech and Payments Tax Teams
- Logistics and Transportation Companies
- Private Equity Portfolio Companies
- Multinationals With Atlanta Operations
- Healthcare and Consumer Brands
What Makes Tax Hiring Hard in Atlanta
Atlanta has plenty of finance talent, but senior tax leaders are a smaller group than most employers expect. Many strong directors sit inside large headquarters where they are well paid and rarely look at new roles, so a posted job tends to reach the wrong audience.
The other pressure is scope. Companies headquartered here often operate in every state, so candidates need real multistate and indirect tax judgment, not just federal compliance. Add the growth of fintech, film and television production, and clean-energy manufacturing across Georgia, and competition for people who understand credits and incentives is intense.
We approach those people directly, explain the opportunity with discretion, and give them an honest picture of the role. For more on what we are seeing, visit our tax recruitment insights blog.
What Tax Leaders Say About Pro-Tax
Value Added Services Beyond the Executive Search. Over the past five years, Pro-Tax has placed 11 tax executives with Lane Industries in virtually all types of tax positions.
A total solution, from A to Z. Pro-Tax offers a total recruiting solution, from the beginning of the search to bringing the candidate on board.
Market-Based Compensation Comparisons. The survey that Pro-Tax prepared told us in no uncertain terms what tax professionals were making.
Atlanta Tax Executive Search FAQs
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Planning a Tax Leadership Hire in Atlanta?
Tell us about the role and we will talk through what the Atlanta market looks like for it, who the likely candidates are, and how long a search usually takes. The first conversation is confidential.
Atlanta Areas We Serve
Our Midtown office supports employers across metro Atlanta, from the central business districts to the corporate campuses along the Perimeter and the northern suburbs.
- Midtown
- Downtown Atlanta
- Buckhead
- Perimeter Center
- Sandy Springs
- Dunwoody
- Alpharetta
- Roswell
- Marietta
- Cumberland and Vinings
- Peachtree Corners
- Norcross
- Duluth
- Decatur
- Smyrna