Tax Analyst

🏔️ Tax Analyst at Column Tax

At Column Tax, we're making tax filing simpler and more transparent for U.S. taxpayers by partnering with banking & fintech companies to offer embedded tax products.

Named one of TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2024 and one of The World's Top 250 Fintech Companies by CNBC, we're building the next generation of tax software. We're looking for a Tax Analyst to help us expand our tax coverage and ensure our calculations are 100% accurate.

📊 Tax Analyst Role

As a Tax Analyst, you'll play a crucial role in bridging the gap between complex tax regulations and our software implementation. You'll work closely with our engineering and product teams to ensure our tax platform is accurate, compliant, and user-friendly.

What does a Tax Analyst role look like?

• Write the actual tax calculation code using tools built by our engineering team

• Directly implement federal & state tax forms & schedules into our software platform

• Build end-to-end tests for tax calculations to ensure accuracy

• Research federal & state tax law and serve as the subject matter expert

• Collaborate with the engineering team who provide frameworks and tools while actively helping achieve coverage and accuracy goals

How do we measure success for Tax Analysts at Column Tax?

• Are we maintaining 100% accuracy in our tax logic while moving quickly?

• Are we expanding coverage to include more tax scenarios and jurisdictions?

• Are we staying ahead of tax law changes and implementing updates promptly?

• Are we continuously improving our testing and validation processes?

💻 About you:

This position is fully remote and open to candidates based anywhere in the United States.

We believe that people from a wide range of backgrounds have the opportunity to be successful in this role.

You likely have one, or some combination, of the following:

• Deep experience with federal or state income tax laws

• Background in accounting, tax preparation, or tax advisory services

• Experience at a tax software company (TurboTax, H&R Block, etc.)

• Interest or experience in writing code to implement tax logic (you'll be coding, not just providing requirements)

• Understanding of federal or state XML schemas (a plus)

• CPA certification or tax-related degree (helpful but not required)

• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills

• Excitement about learning technical skills and directly implementing tax rules in code

Most importantly, you're excited about building something from the ground up and embracing the ambiguity and change that comes with early-stage projects. You're a problem solver who enjoys tackling new challenges.

⭐ Things we value:

• Doing the right thing: Tax is an industry with a history of predatory practices; we're determined to fix that

• Focus: We know that doing great work takes long blocks of uninterrupted time

• Ownership: Everyone at Column is empowered to make big decisions

• Transparency: Expect honest & vulnerable communication

• Vision: Everyone on our team dreams big about solving complex problems

❇️ Benefits:

• Time off: Unlimited PTO with a minimum. We want you to truly recharge!

• High-quality health, vision & dental coverage

• Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave

• Top-notch MacBook + home office budget

☑️ What happens after you apply:

• Intro call with one of our team members - A brief conversation to get to know each other

• Take home exercise: A short, time-boxed tax scenario

• Virtual one-day 'onsite': Share your previous work & values, see what working with us would be like, and work through a tax/product problem live with the team

At Column Tax, we're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with everything in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You might be the right person for the role and we'd love the opportunity to meet you!