Tax Analyst

Tax Analyst

Role summary:

You will participate in the design, development, and testing of our GoSystem Tax product using in-house development tools. In this role, you will collect, analyze, and prioritize requirements from various entities to include external taxing authorities and our internal sources to define and make required changes to the GoSystem Tax software. It will require working closely with internal teams. This position requires a forward-thinking attitude to implement tax law changes in advance of a typical tax filing season.

Depending on the nature of the project, undertakes a combination of technical implementation and testing analyst tasks to understand customer and/or product needs in the context of internal & external requirements and/or software development information. As a Tax Analyst, you will be working on low to medium level federal or state projects.

In this opportunity as a Tax Analyst
, you will:

• Communicate with other internal teams to stay abreast of tax law changes per jurisdiction
• Constant monitoring of IRS and state taxing agency tax law changes by review of Checkpoint and other sources to stay current on impending tax law changes
• Analyze tax forms and related laws to ensure our software is kept current
• Design the client interface, such as input/output screens, in our tax product
• Implement changes to our existing tax software products - For GoSystem, this would require basic programming skills with internal tools.
• Write and/or communicate design and system flow specifications for software engineers
• Test software products
• Write help documentation and work with technical writers to implement into the software
• Provide phone support to our customers on an as needed basis
• Take Support calls during busy season in the spring and fall

You're a fit for the role of Tax Analyst
, if you have the following required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance and/or Computer Science or equivalent degree
• Up to 2 years of recent tax preparation experience or experience providing technical support to end users of tax software
• Strong communication and computer skills

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Enrolled Agent (EA)
• Up to two years of tax preparation experience
• Experience with electronic filing of tax returns a plus
• Federal, State, city, and local income tax preparation a plus

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values:
  Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y) our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

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