State Tax Manager

Bloomberg Industry Group • Arlington, VA

1d • $95,000 - $115,000

About The Position

The State Tax Manager works 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 that supports informed product-development decisions, primarily by contributing expertise on key tax and accounting concepts.

The position supports customer discovery and product delivery, researches tax and accounting issues connected to product initiatives, and partners with product managers and analysts on feature discovery, release scoping, and customer-discovery tools. It also contributes domain thought leadership and demonstrations, helps address customer support issues, and may participate in special projects and other assigned duties.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Five or more years of experience working in a corporate tax or accounting department or a CPA firm.
• Excellent ability to translate complex technical tax and accounting concepts into layman’s terms.
• Interest in technology and intellectual curiosity about applying technology to solve customer problems.
• Willingness to travel to industry conferences and conduct customer discovery.

Nice To Haves

• Concentration in Accounting, Finance, or Economics.
• JD, CPA, or CPA eligibility.

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 answering domain questions during development, developing test data sets and Excel tools, and performing user acceptance testing on completed user stories and features.
• Research tax and accounting issues related to product initiatives and communicate findings clearly and concisely to internal stakeholders.
• Partner with product managers on feature discovery and release scoping.
• Help create customer-discovery tools, such as problem statements, mock-ups, and prototypes, alongside analysts and/or UX designers.
• Contribute to product-domain thought leadership and perform product demonstrations as needed to support customer experience, sales, and marketing teams.
• Analyze domain-related customer support issues by working directly with customers, researching and scoping problems, and brainstorming solutions with the customer support team.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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