Tax Operations Specialist

Check • San Francisco, CA

11d • Remote

About The Position

At Check, we make paying and filing taxes seamless, enabling our partners to build best-in-class payroll businesses. The Tax Operations team sits at the core of this mission, turning complex tax workflows into reliable, repeatable processes that power partner success. As a Tax Operations Specialist , you will contribute to operational excellence by executing and optimizing critical tax functions. You’ll focus on balancing tax accounts, managing corrections and amendments, supporting tax compliance, and streamlining internal workflows to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and scalability. This role is for someone who thrives on operational precision, solves problems with a hands-on approach, and is energized by making complex systems work better.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in tax operations, compliance, payroll, or related functions, with strong knowledge of tax filing and remittance processes.
• Experience handling corrections, amendments, and account reconciliations in a payroll or tax context.
• Familiarity with compliance requirements and best practices in a regulated operational environment.
• Demonstrated ability to identify process improvements and implement operational solutions at scale.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Comfort working cross-functionally to support product and partner outcomes.
• A partner-first mindset with a strong focus on quality, efficiency, and service.

Responsibilities

• Ensure tax compliance by executing accurate filings and remittances and proactively updating filing specifications and systems in response to regulatory changes.
• Manage corrections and amend tax returns as needed, working within established workflows and partnering across teams to resolve discrepancies.
• Balance tax accounts and reconcile discrepancies to support accurate and timely tax reporting.
• Assist in resolving complex tax escalations through root cause analysis and cross-functional collaboration.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and optimize tax operations, proposing process improvements and leveraging data for continuous refinement.
• Partner closely with Payroll Operations, R&D, and Revenue teams to streamline tax workflows and contribute to initiatives that enhance compliance and partner satisfaction.

Benefits

• For full-time employees, Check offers company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage, effective on their first day of work.
• We also provide stock options, flexible PTO and sick leave, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, flexible return-to-work, 9 annual holidays, a 401k retirement plan, and a $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees