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Accounting Product Specialist

TaxBit

TaxBit

Accounting & Finance, Product
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Posted on Nov 19, 2024

Company

Founded in 2018 by CPAs, tax attorneys, and software developers, TaxBit is creating an entirely new category to enable widespread compliant adoption of digital assets for the global economy. TaxBit’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform streamlines and automates customers’ tax reporting and accounting activities for digital assets.

Trusted by leading crypto, tech, and traditional enterprises, Big 4 accounting firms, and government agencies (including the IRS), TaxBit solves compliance challenges at scale amidst an ever-evolving regulatory landscape. TaxBit is backed by leading Silicon Valley VCs with teams located in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Washington, D.C.

Opportunity for Impact

As an Accounting Product Specialist and SME, you’ll be a key contributor to TaxBit’s enterprise accounting team driving key initiatives enabling product, customer, and business success.

The ideal candidate for this role is someone who is an expert in accounting, has a working knowledge of digital asset accounting, ability to track and follow the regulatory landscape, understands the period close process, has experience working with ERP and subledger solutions, understands the SOC1 control process, is an exceptional communicator and presenter (for internal and external purposes), a self-starter who can navigate complexity and ambiguity, ability to work across functions and support competing priorities, a team-first mentality who is a culture-add, ability to manage projects from beginning to end, eagerness to dive into product testing support product development, a quick learner who’s eager to dive in and provide solutions. Most importantly, you possess a do-whatever-it-takes mentality to ensure our prospects and clients have the best possible experience.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Be a US GAAP domain expert with respect to digital asset accounting and reporting
  • Becoming intimately familiar with our products and supporting product development through testing new features, performing quality control for client implementations, and providing critical product feedback
  • Partner with internal compliance teams and external auditors to ensure smooth execution of the SOC1 audit process
  • Working closely with product and engineering teams to ensure a robust control framework that supports the integrity and accuracy of our products
  • Delivering amazing experiences to TaxBit partners, prospects, and customers; we hold ourselves to a high standard of excellence
  • Being an expert in TaxBit’s market solutions in order to adequately communicate market impact and product value to external parties
  • Being an expert in accounting, sub-ledger technology, and period end workflows to support client needs
  • Providing best-in-class user experience by assisting with customer implementations and playing a leading role in technical accounting discovery and solution delivery
  • Driving impact for our go-to-market teams by being a strong SME resource to support our go-to-market initiatives
  • Leverage subject matter expertise in complex digital asset accounting topics to better support TaxBit prospects and customers
  • Understand TaxBit’s data model and the downstream accounting implications to ensure solution engineering is robust and accurate
  • Be “hands-on” in serving internal stakeholder and client needs Develop and socialize expertise of prospect/client data and how it can be consumed and integrated into TaxBit’s systems for comprehensive solution delivery

Personal Characteristics

  • 3+ years of accounting experience working in public accounting or industry (experience working with digital asset accounting is a plus)
  • Degree in accounting (preferably a masters degree)
  • CPA certification
  • Exceptional organizational and management skills; ability to juggle multiple projects and disparate information
  • Critical thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills; high attention to detail and thoroughness in approach
  • Experience with SOX reporting and SOC1 controls and audit process
  • Team player who is eager to roll up their sleeves and contribute from day 1; brings a great attitude, work-ethic, and eagerness to learn and develop
  • Proficiency with Excel and ability to develop new/pertinent skill sets
  • A passion for digital assets and solving critical accounting and reporting needs
  • Strong desire to keep up with emerging issues, news, and best practices
  • Exceptional communication skills and the ability to present solutions

The base salary range for this role is $76,000 - $122,000. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Actual compensation will vary depending on various job-related factors, including, but not limited to location, experience, level, and job qualifications.

TaxBit in the News

Corp Press
Forbes America's Best Startup Employers
Deloitte Top 10 Fast 500 Award
Forbes FinTech 50

Recent Product Announcements
TaxBit Announces AI Enabled Rules Engine for Crypto Accounting
TaxBit Launches DAC7 Compliance Solution for Digital Marketplaces
TaxBit Introduces The First Enterprise-Grade Legal Entity Support Solution for Digital Assets
TaxBit Launches Innovative CESOP Reporting Solution for Digital Assets

TB Thought-Leadership Pieces
Fortune - Future of Finance
NASDAQ - How Regulation and Technology Are Bridging the Gap Between Tradfi and Crypto
Future of Finance Roundtable Event (Video)
Coindesk - The Tax Implications of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Conviction
Fox Business - AI tools streamlining accounting workflows and opening capacity for innovation
Bloomberg Tax - Is Anyone Paying State Taxes on Bitcoin and NFTs? (Podcast)

Alliance/ Partner Announcements
IRS Taps TaxBit to Audit Bulk Crypto Transactions
EY to Collaborate With TaxBit on Digital Asset Tax Reporting
TaxBit and KPMG LLP Announce Alliance to Assist Digital Asset Companies Amid Market and Regulatory Uncertainty
Deloitte and TaxBit Form Alliance to Meet Exponential Market Demand for Digital Asset

Disclaimers

  • By submitting an application for this role, you certify that the information contained in the application is correct to the best of your knowledge. You understand that to falsify information is grounds for refusing to hire you, or for discharge should you be hired.
  • Employment with the Company is at will unless otherwise stated in a written agreement signed by the CEO of the Company. This means that either the Company or the employee can terminate the employment at any time and for any reason, with or without notice.