U.S. Tax Accountant

U.S. Tax Accountant

In this role, you’ll be hands‑on in the design, development, and testing of our GoSystem Tax product using proprietary development tools. You’ll work closely with a broad set of stakeholders—ranging from external taxing authorities to internal business and technology partners—to gather, analyze, and prioritize requirements, and translate U.S. federal and state tax law changes into meaningful software enhancements. You’ll collaborate daily with teammates based in the United States, Mexico City, and Hyderabad, India, contributing to a truly global development effort. A key part of your work will be applying a forward‑thinking mindset to research, interpret, and implement U.S. tax law changes well ahead of the traditional filing season. Depending on the project, you’ll take on a mix of technical implementation and testing analyst responsibilities, helping ensure customer and product needs are met while aligning with internal and external regulatory requirements. As a U.S. Tax Accountant, you’ll focus on low‑ to medium‑complexity U.S. federal and state tax projects, gaining exposure to real‑world compliance challenges and enterprise‑level tax software development.

About the Role

In this opportunity as a U.S. Tax Accountant, you will:

• Collaborate with U.S.-based internal teams to stay informed on U.S. federal and state tax law changes by jurisdiction
• Monitor IRS and state taxing authority guidance using Checkpoint and other authoritative sources to identify upcoming tax law and regulatory changes
• Analyze U.S. tax forms, instructions, statutes, and regulations to ensure software content remains accurate and up to date
• Contribute to the design and enhancement of client‑facing interfaces, including input and output screens within the GoSystem Tax product
• Implement approved tax law and product changes using internal development tools, including basic configuration or programming tasks as required
• Document and communicate functional designs, business requirements, and system flow specifications to software engineering partners
• Perform functional and regression testing to validate software changes
• Develop user‑facing help content and collaborate with technical writers to publish accurate product documentation
• Provide customer support as needed, including assisting with support during peak filing seasons in the spring and fall

About You

You’re a fit for the role of U.S. Tax Accountant if you have the following required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Up to two years of recent U.S. tax preparation experience or experience providing technical or functional support for tax software users
• Strong analytical, communication, and computer skills

What’s in it For You?

• 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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We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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