Tax Analyst

Thomson Reuters • Frisco, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

You will participate in the design, development, and testing of our GoSystem Tax product using in-house development tools. In this role, you will collect, analyze, and prioritize requirements from various entities to include external taxing authorities and our internal sources to define and make required changes to the GoSystem Tax software. It will require working closely with internal teams. This position requires a forward-thinking attitude to implement tax law changes in advance of a typical tax filing season. Depending on the nature of the project, undertakes a combination of technical implementation and testing analyst tasks to understand customer and/or product needs in the context of internal & external requirements and/or software development information. Asa Tax Analyst, you will be working on low to medium level federal or state projects.

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

Responsibilities

• Communicate with other internal teams to stay abreast of tax law changes per jurisdiction
• Constant monitoring of IRS and state taxing agency tax law changes by review of Checkpoint and other sources to stay current on impending tax law changes
• Analyze tax forms and related laws to ensure our software is kept current
• Design the client interface, such as input/output screens, in our tax product
• Implement changes to our existing tax software products – For GoSystem, this would require basic programming skills with internal tools.
• Write and/or communicate design and system flow specifications for software engineers
• Test software products
• Write help documentation and work with technical writers to implement into the software
• Provide phone support to our customers on an as needed basis
• Take Support calls during busy season in the spring and fall

Benefits

• Flexible vacation
• Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
• Access to the Headspace app
• Retirement savings
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee incentive programs
• Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
• 401k plan with company match
• Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Sabbatical leave
• 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
• Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

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