Business Operations Generalist

Numeral; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Numeral is seeking a Business Operations Generalist to tackle complex sales tax compliance challenges. This role involves designing operational workflows, leading execution, and supporting client management. Ideal candidates thrive in ambiguous environments and have a strong analytical background. Join a fast-growing startup and make a significant impact on global compliance systems.

Benefits

Flexible, remote-first culture

Strong mentorship opportunities

Ownership opportunities

Qualifications

• 0–3 years of experience in consulting, banking, or BizOps.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments.
• Detail-oriented and disciplined.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale operational workflows for VAT/GST compliance.
• Lead execution and process ownership for new workflows.
• Support client management and react to requests.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication

Documentation

Research

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Notion

Airtable

Job description

About Numeral

Numeral handles all aspects of sales tax from registration to remittance for e-commerce stores. We offer white-glove service so stores can get back to working on growing their business.

About Us

Want to join one of the fastest-growing companies in the W23 batch? Perfect, we’re hiring for our first founding engineers starting…right now.

We’re small. We’re backed by supportive investors. We closed our series A led by Benchmark Capital. We honed our craft in the early days of today’s top companies (Stripe, Airbnb, and Notion).

Growth is borderline unmanageable. The next few hires have the opportunity to play a critical role in the trajectory of the business. Is that you?

Mission

Online store owners, large and small, have a million things to do every day. Most of those things aren’t related to their making their company and product better. We are planning to build the automation layer for internet commerce and are starting with accounting and sales tax compliance.

Today we’re helping hundreds of businesses avoid having to hire 47 accountants and an entire finance team to spend hours on the phone with Susan at the CDTFA (and every other state tax agency). Tomorrow, we’re there to help business owners get back to what they love full-time.

About the role:

• At Numeral, we’re tackling one of the most complex and painful global business problems: sales tax compliance. From VAT and GST to other indirect taxes, we’re automating the most manual, murky, and error-prone parts of global tax workflows—unlocking speed, scale, and sanity for growing businesses.

• As we expand internationally, we’re looking for an Business Operations Generalist to be a core builder of our compliance and operations engine. This is not a back-office role—this is a front-line builder role. You’ll architect scalable systems, support global launches, and be a first responder for client needs, all while enabling our internal teams to operate at a higher level.

Responsibilities:

• Design and Scale Operational Workflows - Build repeatable processes for VAT/GST compliance in new countries—from registration and filings to data ingestion. Capture these in clear SOPs, guidance docs, and playbooks to enable others to execute at scale.

• Lead Execution and Process Ownership - Own the full lifecycle: research a new workflow, pilot it, document it, train teammates, and iterate continuously. Be hands-on in bringing new countries and compliance protocols online.

• Support Client Management & Reactivity - Jump into reactive client requests and edge cases. Use this front-line exposure to improve internal processes, close knowledge gaps, and elevate the overall customer experience. It’s a great learning loop for future operations leaders.

• Be a Forensic Problem-Solver - Use limited signals to get to the heart of complex operational issues. You should thrive on piecing together incomplete information and forming defensible recommendations quickly.

• Enable the Team Through Documentation & Guidance -Be the note-taker, the framework builder, and the process enabler. We’re capacity-constrained on internal enablement, and your ability to write, explain, and teach operational systems will unlock team performance immediately.

• Partner Across Teams for International Growth - Work with BizOps, Product, and external partners to power country expansions. Where needed, source and activate local tax experts to get us over the compliance finish line.

Qualifications:

• Thrive in high-agency, zero-precedent environments—ambiguity energizes you rather than scares you.

• Bring 0–3 years of experience in consulting, banking, BizOps, or another high-pressure, analytical role—or you’re a high-agency new grad with a track record of delivering on complex, operationally intensive projects.

• Balance meticulous research with a bias to action - you know when “good enough today” beats “perfect next week.”

• Think in systems and structure - processes, metrics, and mental models are your native language, and you can diagram a workflow as easily as you can explain it.

• Are disciplined, detail-oriented, and unafraid of grinding when the mission calls for it.

• Communicate with clarity - whether summarizing a 30-country onboarding workflow or training a teammate through a country-specific tax setup.

• Excel in forensic problem-solving—you can work from limited hints and messy data to uncover root causes and propose clear, confident next steps.

• Are enablement-minded - you see value in good documentation, note-taking, and building tools that make others more effective.

• Embrace direct client interaction as a way to learn, spot gaps, and drive continuous improvement in internal processes.

Bonus Points For:

• Exposure to tax, accounting, regulatory ops, or fintech.

• Experience with tools like Notion, Airtable, process automation tools, or collaborative documentation.

Why Join Us?

• Be a core builder in an ambitious, globally minded startup.

• Learn hands-on how to scale international compliance systems.

• Work across functions and with leadership early in your career.

• Make a visible impact immediately through enablement and operational design.

• Enjoy a flexible, remote-first culture with strong mentorship and ownership opportunities.