State Tax Manager

Bloomberg Industry Group • Arlington, VA

20h

About The Position

The State Tax Manager works directly with analysis, content, product, and engineering teams to develop content products and applications for Bloomberg Tax and Accounting’s research division. Drawing on experience in tax and accounting, the role provides domain context to help inform product-development decisions, particularly those involving key tax and accounting concepts.

The position participates in customer discovery, supports product delivery, researches tax and accounting issues related to product initiatives, and communicates findings to internal stakeholders. It also partners with product managers on feature discovery and release scoping, contributes to discovery tools and product thought leadership, and supports customer experience, sales, marketing, and customer support activities. The role may require travel to industry conferences and customer discovery engagements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 5 years of experience working in a corporate tax or accounting department or CPA firm.
• Excellent ability to explain complex technical tax and accounting concepts in layman’s terms.
• Willingness to travel to industry conferences and conduct customer discovery.

Nice To Haves

• A concentration in Accounting, Finance, or Economics is strongly preferred.
• JD, CPA, or CPA-eligible status is strongly preferred.
• Interest in technology and intellectual curiosity about applying technology to solve customer problems.

Responsibilities

• Participate in continuous customer discovery with team members, develop a deep understanding of customer needs, and share insights with internal stakeholders.
• Support product delivery by addressing domain questions during development, developing test data sets and Excel tools, and performing user acceptance testing (UAT) on completed user stories and features.
• Research tax and accounting issues related to product initiatives and communicate findings clearly and concisely to relevant internal stakeholders.
• Partner with product managers on feature discovery and release scoping.
• Contribute to customer discovery tools, such as problem statements, mock-ups, and prototypes, alongside analysts and/or user experience designers.
• Contribute to product domain thought leadership and perform product demonstrations as needed for customer experience, sales, and marketing teams.
• Analyze domain-related customer support issues by working with customers, researching and scoping problems, and brainstorming solutions with the customer support team.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
• Travel to industry conferences and conduct customer discovery as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager