Tax Filing & Payments Associate

Overview

This role supports payroll tax filing and payments within the Tax Filing & Payments Team. Work focuses on modernizing filing and payment processes by moving manual steps into software, maintaining integrations with tax agencies, and continuously improving reliability and scalability.

As a Tax Filing & Payments Associate, you will own filing and payments for a defined set of agencies and employers, partnering with senior teammates as you build toward greater independent scope.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a defined set of jurisdictions with support from senior teammates, including:
  • Account preparation ahead of filing
  • Original filings
  • Monitoring failed and late payments
  • Building toward independently handling late originals and amendments as you grow in the role
• File and pay under established workflows to learn the system firsthand and understand how filing specs and systems change as regulations shift
• Balance tax accounts and reconcile discrepancies
• On escalations, dig into root causes alongside more senior teammates, partnering across Payroll Operations, R&D, and Revenue
• Log friction points as they arise and build the habit of turning observations into clear writeups others can act on
• Use AI to make work faster and more accurate, and incorporate it into normal operating routines
• Manage work within a defined scope by proactively communicating deadlines and blockers and progressing toward holding self to improving SLAs with less oversight over time

Requirements

• 1 to 2+ years of experience in operations, compliance, payroll, or a related regulated or customer-facing function (no specific degree or field of study required)
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new systems, tools, or subject matter, even without directly relevant prior experience
• Comfort taking ownership of a defined piece of work and asking for help early when you reach the edge of your knowledge
• Track record of noticing when something is off and speaking up even without formal authority to fix it
• Genuine curiosity about AI and internal tooling (you have experimented with AI to speed up your own work, or you are eager to)
• Solid written communication skills, with the ability to log friction clearly enough for others to act on
• Comfort operating in a product that is still being built, with some ambiguity while you ramp up

Preferred Qualifications

• None specified.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual salary depends on each candidate’s experience, qualifications, and work location.
• Most new hires are placed near the midpoint of this range to ensure fairness with existing team compensation.
• For full-time employees, coverage includes company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage effective on the first day of work.
• Additional benefits include stock options, flexible PTO and sick leave, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, flexible return-to-work, and 9 annual holidays.
• Retirement: 401k retirement plan.
• Stipend: $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses.

Location

• The team is distributed across the US.
• Roles can be remote, hybrid, or based in one of these offices:
  • New York City
  • San Francisco
• Remote work requires the ability to perform all responsibilities without distraction or disruption while maintaining quality, effective communication, and productivity.

Equal Opportunity & Work Authorization

• Equal Opportunity employer; does not discriminate based on legally protected characteristics.
• Considers qualified applicants with criminal histories where consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
• Provides reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in the recruiting process.
• Participates in E-Verify and provides Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the U.S. Does not use E-Verify to pre-screen applicants.