U.S. Tax Accountant

About the Role:

• - Monitor changes in tax statutes, regulations, legislative activity, court decisions, forms, and official publications.
• - Communicate with tax authorities to clarify requirements and support compliant content.
• Content implementation and testing
• - Execute content implementation and updates within our applications, delivering to established content deadlines.
• - Design and execute testing procedures to verify content accuracy and software functionality; document results and verify fixes.
• Requirements and systems analysis
• - Independently gather and document customer regulatory needs, translating them into testable requirements and user stories.
• - Liaise with customers and internal teams to define workflows and acceptance criteria; support Agile delivery, SDLC processes, change management, and testing/implementation.
• Collaboration and communication
• - Translate tax requirements into effective software solutions and seamless content integration.
• - Communicate with tax authorities as needed to clarify requirements and support compliance.
• - Support internal stakeholders and Customer Support with research and responses to client inquiries.
• Project Contribution
• - Manage your deliverables reliably; provide timely status, flag risks early, and support content initiatives of moderate scope.
• - Identify and contribute to process improvements that enhance quality and efficiency.
• Essential Skills
• Tax compliance, analytical, and problem-solving
• - Applies foundational tax knowledge to varied scenarios; identifies and resolves moderately complex issues with sound judgement.
• - Researches straightforward to moderately complex tax issues; interprets guidance, assesses impact, and recommends complaint solutions.
• - Uses structured analysis to test assumptions and clearly communicate tradeoffs.
• Research and technology
• - Proficient with tax compliance software (e.g., ONESOURCE, GoSystem Tax, UltraTax) and research platforms (e.g., Checkpoint, government databases).
• - Working knowledge of data structures/formats (e.g., CSV, XML, SQL); comfortable modeling calculations or requirements for development.
• - Demonstrates strong technical skills across tools—including emerging technologies such as automation and AI-assisted features—to improve productivity and accuracy.
• - Uses AI and productivity tools responsibly to increase efficiency; validates outputs and documents sources.
• - Adapts quickly to new tools, workflows, and ways of working; willingly takes on new project types and shifting priorities.
• Communication and collaboration
• - Communicates tax results to technical and non-technical audiences; tailors messaging to stakeholders and builds shared understanding.
• - Works cross-functionally, coordinates tasks, and helps resolve minor conflicts constructively.
• Organization and ownership
• - Independently organizes workload, prioritizes multiple assignments, and consistently meets strict deadlines.
• - Owns outcomes for a defined area end-to-end; communicates status and issues transparently.
• Customer focus and quality
• - Anticipates customer needs within scope; translates feedback into improvements.
• - Follows QA standards, creates test cases, verifies fixes, and tracks quality metrics.

About You:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience in tax preparation/compliance or developing tax-related content (e.g., corporate income tax, U.S. international tax, sales and use tax, VAT) preferred.
• CPA or Enrolled Agent (EA) credentials preferred (or progress toward them).

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What’s in it For You?

• 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.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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