Tax Lead
At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.
We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.
We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.
Our Values
If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.
Who You Are
As our very first Tax Lead, you are someone with a proven track record in tax provision and federal and state tax compliance in complex environments. Well-versed in consolidated financial reporting and analysis, technical accounting, and someone who is excited about designing/implementing new processes.
As we prepare to enter into our next phase of growth, you will be working closely with our external tax team to begin bringing those functions in-house and will lead cross-functional efforts to centralize the tax function while keeping the accounting team informed on new tax laws/regulations and the tax implications of certain financial transactions. The Tax Lead will report to the VP, Accounting.
What You'll Do
Qualifications
- Minimum 5+ years of corporate tax experience at either a top tier accounting firm and/or Tax Department of a corporation managing tax provision and federal and state tax compliance
- CPA certification is strongly preferred; Will consider MST or LLM
- Working knowledge of U.S tax concepts at a level needed to assess income and non-income tax accounting implications, including technical understanding and experience with ASC 740, FIN 48,ASC 450, ASC 718, and other tax-accounting principles
- Experience in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods of sitting/standing at a desk and working on a computer
Justworks is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity, culture, and life experience is the norm and is celebrated authentically and respected consistently. Diversity in our work, our people, and our product drives creativity and innovation, entrepreneurial leadership and integrity, competitiveness, and collaboration throughout our business and in the market. We depend on our differences to make our team stronger, our workplace more dynamic, and our product accessible to all of our customers.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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