Supporting the Expansion of a Top 100 U.S. Firm's Tax Practice Across Multiple Offices
Top 100 U.S. accounting and advisory firm
A Top 100 U.S. accounting and advisory firm was executing an ambitious growth strategy involving acquisitions, geographic expansion, increasing client demand, and succession planning initiatives simultaneously. In order to support these objectives, the firm's leadership required a trusted recruitment partner capable of delivering specialized tax talent across multiple offices, service lines, and jurisdictions.
The mandate extended well beyond filling individual positions. The firm required a scalable talent strategy capable of supporting growth across multiple jurisdictions, offices, and tax disciplines while simultaneously addressing partner succession needs and strengthening its future leadership pipeline. Given the ongoing shortage of experienced tax professionals across North America, identifying candidates with the appropriate technical expertise, leadership potential, and long-term alignment represented a significant challenge.
Leveraging Hunton Blake’s dedicated Tax Practice and extensive network throughout the United States and Canada, our team conducted targeted market mapping across multiple tax disciplines and geographic markets. The search encompassed U.S. tax compliance, tax planning, corporate taxation, indirect tax, and specialty tax functions. Significant emphasis was placed on identifying professionals whose long-term aspirations aligned with the firm’s growth objectives, succession plans, and partnership track. By maintaining access to talent pools across North America, Hunton Blake was able to support hiring initiatives simultaneously across multiple offices while delivering candidates with both immediate technical impact and long-term leadership potential.
Over approximately eight months, Hunton Blake completed more than ten tax placements across multiple offices and disciplines. Placements ranged from Partner and Senior Manager level professionals to experienced Associates and Senior Associates, supporting both leadership succession initiatives and ongoing practice expansion.
The engagement further demonstrated Hunton Blake's ability to execute complex, multi-office recruitment mandates across specialized tax disciplines, leveraging a North American talent network spanning both the United States and Canada.
