Tax Analyst - AI

Thomson Reuters • Frisco, TX

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Tax Analyst - AI Role Summary: In this role, you will participate in the design, development, and testing of the Ready to Review tax product using in-house development tools, including Thomson Reuters’ AI-enabled Ready to Review solution. You will contribute to the development of next-generation tax software that leverages agentic AI to modernize tax preparation and review workflows while maintaining professional oversight and regulatory compliance. You will work cross-functionally with product management, engineering, and quality assurance teams to collect, analyze, and prioritize requirements from external taxing authorities and internal stakeholders, translating those requirements into accurate and timely software enhancements. Your responsibilities will include ensuring that tax law changes and authoritative guidance are correctly implemented across both traditional GoSystem Tax functionality and AI-assisted Ready to Review workflows. This position requires a forward-looking approach to tax software development, supporting the implementation of tax law and workflow changes ahead of the traditional filing season. Depending on project needs, you will perform a combination of technical implementation and testing analyst activities to validate that delivered solutions meet internal standards, external regulatory requirements, and customer expectations. Your work will directly support the delivery of high-quality, AI-powered tax software built on the Thomson Reuters CoCounsel platform. About the Role In this opportunity as a Tax Analyst, you will:

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance and/or Computer Science or equivalent degree
• Up to 2 years of recent tax preparation experience or experience providing technical support to end users of tax software
• Strong communication and computer skills

Nice To Haves

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Enrolled Agent (EA)
• Up to two years of tax preparation experience
• Experience with electronic filing of tax returns a plus
• Federal, State, city, and local income tax preparation a plus
• Corporate and Partnership experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional internal teams (product management, engineering, quality assurance, and support) to stay current on tax law changes across applicable jurisdictions and ensure timely incorporation into GoSystem Tax and Ready to Review.
• Monitor federal and state taxing authority guidance, including IRS and state agency updates, through Checkpoint and other authoritative sources to identify and assess upcoming tax law and regulatory changes.
• Analyze tax forms, instructions, and related statutes and regulations to ensure tax software content remains accurate, compliant, and up to date.
• Contribute to the design and enhancement of client-facing interfaces, including input and output screens, across traditional GoSystem Tax functionality and AI-assisted Ready to Review workflows.
• Implement approved tax law and product changes within existing tax software using internal development tools, applying basic programming and configuration skills as required.
• Document and communicate functional designs, business requirements, and system flow specifications to software engineers and other technical partners.
• Execute functional and regression testing to validate software changes, including AI-enabled workflows, ensuring compliance with internal standards and external regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain user-facing help content and documentation, partnering with technical writers to deliver clear and accurate guidance within the software.
• Provide internal support on an as-needed basis, including responding to inquiries related to tax law implementation, software functionality, and workflow behavior.

Benefits

• 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.
• In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

What This Job Offers

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