Senior Tax Associate - Indirect Tax

About The Back Room

We exist to free our clients' time so they can focus on what they do best — growing their business. We deliver smart, efficient solutions that liberate teams from the everyday admin, and we hold ourselves to the same standard. Time is the ultimate currency, and we treat it like it.

About the Client
The client supports startups with finance and operational services, including accounting, tax compliance, fractional CFO support, HR, and payroll. Its team works with founders and growing companies, particularly venture-backed startups.

The Role

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• International Indirect Tax: Support international tax compliance requirements, including Canada GST/HST, EU One Stop Shop (OSS), and VAT obligations. Exposure to international indirect tax is preferred.
  

• Tax Compliance: Manage the recurring monthly sales, use, and excise tax compliance cycle for assigned clients, including sending data requests, reviewing returns and supporting workpapers, obtaining client approvals, and filing by deadlines. Ensure the appropriate taxes are collected or assessed and properly remitted.

• Nexus Studies and Voluntary Disclosure Agreements (VDAs): Conduct nexus studies to identify where clients have tax filing obligations. Prepare and manage VDAs to address prior-period tax exposure.

• Technical Tax Research: Monitor, research, and analyze tax issues affecting clients. Communicate appropriate tax positions through written reports or oral presentations.

• Tax Planning and Controversy Support: Assist clients with indirect tax notices and controversies. Monitor clients’ business activities and develop tax strategies. Maintain accounting and tax records to support filed returns and financial statement reporting.

• Client Collaboration: Support new client onboarding, respond promptly to technical tax questions, exercise sound judgment when escalating issues, and coordinate client-facing communications with account managers.

• Tax Technology and Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline and improve processes using data analytics and technology tools, including software integrations. Educate and train clients on tax solutions.
  
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What We're Looking For

• 3–5 years of experience in multi-jurisdictional indirect tax advisory services and indirect tax compliance.

• Detailed understanding of multi-jurisdictional indirect tax principles.

• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, reprioritizing as needed in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in process improvement, governance, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Strong collaboration and business partnering skills, including excellent interpersonal skills.

• Ability to identify and implement internal or external best practices.

• Advanced proficiency in Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, Slides, etc.).

• Experience with sales tax software and project management software.

• Comfort using AI tools as part of day-to-day workflows.

• Experience working with U.S. companies and U.S. accounting standards preferred; U.S. CPA certification is a plus.

Core Competencies:
Communication

Serve as a clear, data-backed voice for the team, communicating needs, constraints, and resourcing decisions to senior leadership internally, and corresponding directly with U.S. state tax agencies externally.

Judgment and Escalation

Distinguish between errors that can be resolved independently and issues requiring leadership or client input, taking appropriate action in each situation.

Attention to Detail

Identify and resolve inconsistencies and discrepancies before they become larger problems. Review work thoroughly and consistently, catching errors others may miss while maintaining a focus on materiality.

AI Fluency

Demonstrate hands-on experience using AI tools in accounting and operational workflows, applying sound judgment to determine where AI adds value, when human research is necessary, and how to protect client data.

This role is open to Philippine citizens currently based in the Philippines.

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