Tax Accounting Associate

Job Description

Tax Accountant Associate

Location:

Canton, MA – Hybrid

In this position, you’ll be based in the Canton office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week.

Computershare’s Tax Operations division is responsible for the remittance and reporting of all U.S. withholding tax and reportable payments to the IRS, CRA, and various state agencies. As a Tax Accountant, you’ll play a key role in ensuring compliance with strict deadlines and regulatory requirements while working collaboratively across teams to support continuous improvement initiatives.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for the daily identification and proper record keeping of withholding tax and adjustment transactions. You’ll monitor daily balancing of withholding totals, validate deposits to the IRS, and ensure timely and accurate money movement to fund withholding transactions. You’ll also handle monthly and annual balancing of withholding totals to system reports and tax form production, resolving discrepancies as needed.

• Validate daily deposits to the IRS and ensure accuracy and timeliness
• Approve daily compilation of withholding liabilities and remittances
• Monitor monthly and yearly balancing of withholding liabilities
• Compile preliminary liability totals for annual tax returns (Forms 945 and 1042)
• Ensure resolution of discrepancies and compliance with IRS and state guidelines

• Strong attention to detail and ability to meet strict deadlines
• Good understanding of accounting basics
• Proficiency in Excel and ability to work with spreadsheets and databases
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively and support continuous improvement projects

• Two years of higher education and experience in Transfer Agent operations

• Paid parental leave, flexible working and a caring and inclusive culture
• Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family, including paid time off, observed holidays, medical, dental and vision plans
• Invest in your future with 401k matching, setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company and tax‑advantaged flexible spending plans, including healthcare, dependent care and commuter
• Income protection: short and long‑term disability benefits, life insurance and supplemental life insurance
• And more: a welcoming and close‑knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit

The typical base pay range for this role is $24 - $30 an hour.

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 12,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

We're dedicated to providing you with the opportunity to succeed on your own merits, starting from the application process and continuing throughout your career with us. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels valued, to remove barriers and obstacles and ensure equal opportunities for all. For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit  for further information.

Since 1978, we’ve been trusted by companies around the globe to manage their shareholder registry, corporate actions and shareholder meetings and we’re now the number one transfer agency in the world. As client needs evolved, so has our portfolio of services; extending our Issuer Services into equity and entity governance services to companies both public and private worldwide. Careers in Issuer Services could mean anything from assisting shareholders with their portfolios, enabling access to global markets or helping clients deliver on their equity and entity compliance requirements everywhere they operate.