Santa Rosa, California, United States · Hybrid
$170k–$220k/yr
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Team Leadership, Client Relationship Management, AI-Assisted Review
Cupertino, California, United States · Hybrid
$170k–$220k/yr
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Client Relationship Management, Team Leadership, Professional Judgment
Pleasanton, California, United States · Hybrid
$170k–$220k/yr
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Client Relationship Management, Team Leadership, Process Improvement
Santa Cruz, California, United States · Hybrid
$170k–$220k/yr
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Client Relationship Management, Team Leadership, Public Accounting
Santa Rosa, California, United States · Hybrid
$170k–$220k/yr
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Team Leadership, Client Relationship Management, AI-Assisted Review
Cupertino, California, United States · Hybrid
$170k–$220k/yr
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Client Relationship Management, Team Leadership, Professional Judgment
Pleasanton, California, United States · Hybrid
$170k–$220k/yr
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Client Relationship Management, Team Leadership, AI-Assisted Review
Santa Cruz, California, United States · Hybrid
$170k–$220k/yr
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Client Relationship Management, Team Leadership, Public Accounting
Santa Cruz, California, United States · Hybrid
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Team Leadership, Client Relationship Management, Federal Tax Regulations
Santa Rosa, California, United States · Hybrid
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Team Leadership, Client Relationship Management, Federal Tax Regulations
Cupertino, California, United States · Hybrid
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Team Leadership, Client Relationship Management, Federal Tax Regulations
Pleasanton, California, United States · Hybrid
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing…
Skills: Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Team Leadership, Client Relationship Management, Federal Tax Regulations
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$160k–$240k/yr
Cynch AI is a Series A company that has grown revenue 4x in the past year. We build neuro‑symbolic AI applications for our accounting firm, Aardvark Tax Advisors, so our tax professionals can focus on the work and decisi…
Skills: Backend Engineering, Full Stack Development, AI Tooling, API Design, Data Modeling
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$190k–$240k/yr
Cynch AI is a Series A company that has grown revenue 4x in the past year. We build neuro‑symbolic AI applications for our accounting firm, Aardvark Tax Advisors, so our tax professionals can focus on the work and decisi…
Skills: TypeScript, Python, Julia, Java, Go
Cupertino, California, United States · Hybrid
$160k–$180k/yr
Cynch is a Series A company that has grown revenue 4x in the past year. We build unique applications of neuro-symbolic artificial intelligence to support the best accounting and tax professionals in the industry, helping…
Skills: IT Infrastructure Management, SOC2 Compliance, Identity Access Management, Azure App Management, MDM Tools
Pleasanton, California, United States · Hybrid
$160k–$180k/yr
Cynch is a Series A company that has grown revenue 4x in the past year. We build unique applications of neuro-symbolic artificial intelligence to support the best accounting and tax professionals in the industry, helping…
Skills: IT Infrastructure Management, SOC2 Compliance, Identity Access Management, Azure App Management, MDM Tools
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Lead a rapidly growing AI-native tax practice by managing complex engagements and overseeing the people, quality, and operating cadence. Responsibilities include integrating acquired firms, delivering high-level tax planning, and partnering with technology teams to improve AI-enabled workflows.
Requires an active CPA or EA credential and over 12 years of experience in public accounting or tax. Candidates must have a proven track record of managing tax professionals and deep technical knowledge of federal, state, and local tax regulations.
Aardvark Tax Advisors is an AI-native tax, accounting, and advisory firm that combines startup speed with enterprise-grade rigor. We are the accounting and client services practice of Cynch AI, the platform democratizing access to financial expertise for small businesses and entrepreneurs. We have offices in the East and South Bay areas of California.
Alongside our technology platform, we are executing a practice expansion strategy to rapidly scale the business. By acquiring books of business from retiring CPAs and partnering with them through the transition, we solve an industry-wide bottleneck while preserving the client relationships and personalized service that define exceptional accounting.
Weʼre looking for a Deputy Tax & Accounting Leader to help lead a rapidly growing AI-native tax practice. Youʼll continue to own complex engagements while helping lead the people, quality, and operating cadence of the practice. That means working across entity types, delivering planning that goes beyond compliance, developing the people doing the work, and having the instinct to fix recurring problems at the process level, not the return in hand.
This role sits inside a practice that is actively integrating AI-enabled tools into its tax delivery workflows. You donʼt need a technical background. You do need to be the kind of practitioner who can review AI-assisted output, apply professional judgment, and know the difference between work thatʼs ready for a client and work that isnʼt.
The role is hybrid, based out of our Santa Cruz, Cupertino, or Pleasanton offices, and potentially situated in the North Bay.
What Youʼll DoClient Relationships & Tax Delivery
Team Leadership
Practice Development & Quality
Hybrid: Santa Cruz, Cupertino, or Pleasanton, CA.
Extended hours during peak tax season and as needed to meet client deadlines.
Occasional travel for client meetings or practice events.
California Salary Range: $170,000 - $220,000
Combining reasoning, machine learning, and generative AI to change the way people make financial decisions.
Most financial decisions are made without expertise, analysis, or data. Meanwhile, the most successful people and companies have access to expensive consultants with deep financial expertise. Our vision is to level the playing field. We’re combining reasoning, machine learning, and generative AI to capture financial expertise and make it available to everyone. We’re initially focused on small businesses, helping them to achieve better outcomes for their owners, their employees, and their communities. How do you combine reasoning, machine learning, and generative AI? For us, this is the most interesting and challenging problem in AI today. Accounting is a “goldilocks” domain for tackling these problems — it’s sufficiently constrained to be tractable but sufficiently complex to require something new. Accountants will tell you that accounting is all about rules, judgement, and understanding your client — reasoning, learning, and generative AI. We are a seasoned team that is excited to take on a big technical challenge with a big impact. We care about the ethical implications of our work and are excited to work with others that do too.
Offices: San Francisco, CA 94111, US
Combining reasoning, machine learning, and generative AI to change the way people make financial decisions.
Most financial decisions are made without expertise, analysis, or data. Meanwhile, the most successful people and companies have access to expensive consultants with deep financial expertise. Our vision is to level the playing field. We’re combining reasoning, machine learning, and generative AI to capture financial expertise and make it available to everyone. We’re initially focused on small businesses, helping them to achieve better outcomes for their owners, their employees, and their communities. How do you combine reasoning, machine learning, and generative AI? For us, this is the most interesting and challenging problem in AI today. Accounting is a “goldilocks” domain for tackling these problems — it’s sufficiently constrained to be tractable but sufficiently complex to require something new. Accountants will tell you that accounting is all about rules, judgement, and understanding your client — reasoning, learning, and generative AI. We are a seasoned team that is excited to take on a big technical challenge with a big impact. We care about the ethical implications of our work and are excited to work with others that do too.
Offices: San Francisco, CA 94111, US
