Founders Associate Intern (m/w/d) - Early-Stage Startup

Taxforce; Berlin; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 20,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Job summary

Taxforce, Berlin, seeks an Founders Associate Intern to work with the founding team on M&A and operations. You will contribute to deal sourcing, post-merger integration, and building AI-first automations while learning from a high-growth startup. Expect hands-on responsibility from day one in a fast-paced environment.

Join a small, ambitious team and shape Taxforce’s product and operations strategy as the company expands, with mentoring and a high-ownership culture.

Qualifications

• Drive & ambition to excel in a fast-paced startup.
• Hands-on experience through internships or student roles.
• Strong academic background from a reputable university.
• Analytical mindset with ability to break down problems.
• Tech-savvy and eager to learn new tools and skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with willingness to iterate.
• Collaborative team player, able to work cross-functionally.
• German language skills required for customers.
• Learn from experienced founders and own responsibilities early.
• Hands-on venture-building mindset and fast learning curve.
• Strong team orientation with trust and feedback.

Responsibilities

• Deal sourcing: build and maintain a pipeline of acquisition targets.
• Post-merger integration: support onboarding and integration.
• Process building and automation: identify and fix workflows.
• Reporting and controlling: help build finance and planning infra.
• Investor relations: prepare updates and internal docs.
• Getting things done: run recurring processes and close gaps.

Skills

Deal sourcing

Post-merger integration

Process automation

Reporting

Investor relations

Operations

Education

University student or graduate

Tools

AI tools

Job description

We are building Germany's leading Tax Advisory firm. Taxforce was founded based on a simple observation: Many business owners want a tax advisor who acts as a true sparring partner: proactive, responsive, and strategic. What they often get instead is a service provider: booking receipts and filing tax returns, with little real advisory.

We’re building the alternative.

Founded in 2025, Taxforce rethinks tax advisory from the ground up: AI-powered and highly automated, yet personal.

We're starting with healthcare professionals, a complex and underserved segment we're building Taxforce specifically for, growing both organically and through M&A, with the ambition to expand into many more industries over time.

This is a €40B market in Germany alone, with processes that have barely changed in decades. AI is now enabling a fundamental shift and there are no playbooks yet. We’re writing them.

We’re a small, highly ambitious team in Berlin, backed by €5M from Tenet VC and founded by alumni of Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Bain & Company and the former Klarna Head of Engineering. You’ll work directly with the founders, take on real responsibility from day one, and see how AI transforms a real-world industry.

We offer a high-ownership environment, direct feedback and mentoring, a collaborative team, and competitive salary all from our office near Boxhagener Platz.

Join early and help us redefine tax advisory.

Tasks

As a Founders Associate Intern, you'll work directly with the founding team across the operational core of Taxforce, with a focus on M&A and operations, you’ll work directly with the founding team. Exemplary taks include**:**

• Deal sourcing: Build and maintain a pipeline of potential acquisition targets, from initial research and screening to first outreach
• Post-merger integration: Support the onboarding and integration of newly acquired practices, from process documentation to cross-firm coordination
• Process building and automation: Identify manual, fragmented workflows and help fix them at the root, building AI-first automations and getting into the tools yourself to make it happen.
• Reporting and controlling: Help build and maintain the reporting and financial planning infrastructure that keeps Taxforce running.
• Investor relations: Support the preparation of investor updates, board materials and internal documentation as we scale.
• Getting things done. Run recurring processes, close operational gaps and take care of the things that simply need to get done, and automate it as you go.

Requirements

• Drive & ambition: You’re motivated to go the extra mile and thrive in fast-paced startup environments
• First practical experience: You’ve gained hands‑on experience through internships or working student roles (ideally in Consulting, IB or Tech)
• Strong academic background: You’re studying at or have graduated from a well-regarded university or business school
• Analytical mindset: You are able to think logically, break down complex problems and prioritise between multiple tasks on your plate
• Tech‑savvy: You’re comfortable using AI tools and can implement small automations yourself and you have no problem with learning new tools and skills on the go
• Entrepreneurial mindset: You’re excited about building something from scratch and comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration
• Collaborative: You are a team player. Working together as a team and sharing knowledge comes naturally to you
• German language skills: We are a fast growing start‑up with a diverse team. However, our customers do mostly speak German. Hence we require German language skills.
• Work directly with experienced founders: Learn first‑hand from a team with backgrounds in Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Bain & Company and high-growth tech companies
• Ownership from day one: Take on real responsibility early and help shape how Taxforce is built across sales, operations, and product
• Front‑row seat to AI in the real world: See how AI is applied to transform a traditional industry and actively contribute to building an AI-driven product
• Hands‑on venture building: Get deep exposure to building a company from scratch
• Steep learning curve: Work on real problems, ship quickly, and build skills that prepare you to start your own company
• Strong team environment: Join an ambitious, supportive team with direct feedback and a high level of trust and ownership

Office Policy

5 days a week in the office, because we feel that is crucial to enable speed, learning, and compounding interests when working next to each other.