[Hiring] Sales Tax Accountant @TaxValet

Role Description

TaxValet is looking for a Sales Tax Accountant to help our clients eliminate the hassle and risk of sales tax. As a team member of a growing start-up, you’ll work to ensure that each of your clients’ needs are taken care of each month. You will use your keen eye for attention to detail to solve time-critical problems for clients, submit sales tax filings, and contribute to improving the team’s workflows and processes.

You are a self-starter, willing to learn on the job, and take ownership and pride over your work. The ideal candidate is comfortable with learning and using new technology and has some bookkeeping or accounting experience, and is comfortable working remotely. This requires having high-speed and reliable home internet.

Qualifications

• 1-2 Years of Accounting Experience: You know the ropes when it comes to accounting. Your expertise helps keep things running smoothly.
• Multi-Client Master: Juggling multiple clients? You’ve got it covered. You can manage different priorities like a pro while keeping everything organized and on track.
• Excel/Google Sheets Guru: Whether it’s complex formulas, pivot tables, or data analysis, you’re a spreadsheet genius who can turn numbers into insights faster than a spreadsheet can load!
• Bonus Points for US Sales Tax Knowledge and/or having your CPA: If you've got US sales tax experience up your sleeve, great! If not, no worries – we’ll help you get there.

Requirements

• You’re detail-oriented and have a sharp eye for detail. You catch the little things that others miss and always deliver top-notch work.
• You’re great at analyzing data and uncovering insights that others might overlook.
• You have excellent time management. Deadlines don’t scare you! You’re a time management pro, always prioritizing outcomes and ensuring everything gets done efficiently and effectively.
• You’re a multi-tasking pro! You can easily prioritize and balance competing demands, ensuring everything stays on track.
• You’re always a team player at heart, and you never hesitate to share your learnings with your team or apply learnings gained from your collaboration with others.
• You know how to follow rules and processes, but you’re also creative and think beyond the standard approach when necessary.
• You’re always eager to learn new skills and technologies excite you! You’re always looking to expand your knowledge and grow professionally.
• You’re an effective and comfortable communicator. Whether it’s writing, video chats, or phone calls, you communicate with ease and clarity in English.
• You are effective in bringing order and clarity to complex and chaotic situations.
• You are not afraid to challenge the status quo and speak up when something doesn’t seem right.
• You’re confident in voicing concerns and advocating for what’s best for the team, clients, and TaxValet as a whole.

Primary Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit sales tax filings.
• Monitor clients' tax collection variances.
• Provide assistance to resolve time-critical issues.
• Assist with special client projects.
• Update internal documentation, workflows, and processes.
• Be the primary point of contact for your clients.
• Learn New Skills.

Specific Measures of Success

• Average timeframe for special project completion.
• Average timeframe for past due return project completion.
• Client tax variance percentage.
• Submitting returns on time.
• Completion of online education and training.

Benefits

• Annual compensation - $59,500
• 43 days off per year, including 22 holidays and 21 days of PTO.
• 3 additional days off per year to volunteer with a non-profit organization of your choice.
• Company pays 100% of health, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance, and 99% of dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) Plan with generous company matching.
• 100% Remote work with core working hours of 11 AM - 4 PM EST.
• Participation in the company profit sharing program after your hire date.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all, including people of color, people from working-class backgrounds, women, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

We encourage you to apply if you're not sure whether you meet our qualifications. We'd love to have the opportunity to consider you.