Senior Tax & Audit AI Engineer — Automation Innovator

Thomson Reuters; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career development

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a hands-on AI-focused professional to turn tax and audit challenges into reliable AI solutions. You will combine tax or audit expertise with AI tools to build automations, validate accuracy and deliver solutions that professionals can confidently use.

You will work directly with clients, engineers and our specialists from early prototypes through deployment, aligning with professional standards and tax law.

Qualifications

• Five or more years in public accounting, corporate tax or audit with CPA/EA/CIA or equivalent depth of professional experience.
• Experience applying AI to tax or audit work, including prompt engineering and AI coding tools.
• Experience delivering automation or AI tools used by others and building evaluation datasets/test harnesses to measure accuracy.
• Advanced Excel skills and working knowledge of SQL or Python.
• Strong professional judgment when assessing accuracy, risk and human review needs.
• Ability to translate complex workflows into practical solutions and communicate with clients, tax and audit leaders, and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with public accounting firms and corporate tax departments to understand workflows, identify automation opportunities and define successful outcomes.
• Design solutions that preserve professional judgment and incorporate controls for accuracy, risk and professional standards.
• Build prompts, AI agent instructions, prototypes and working automations using AI coding tools, Python and low-code platforms.
• Own AI evaluation and accuracy validation by creating expert-validated reference datasets and testing outputs against professional criteria.
• Support client demonstrations and early engagement discussions by showing how AI can address real tax and audit challenges.
• Develop reusable prompts and automations for return review, workpaper preparation, K-1 processing, tax provision and audit testing.
• Collaborate with Thomson Reuters domain experts, editorial and product teams to keep solutions aligned with product capabilities, tax law and professional standards.

Skills

AI experience

Python

SQL

Excel

Education

CPA/EA/CIA

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

SQL

Python

Job description

Thomson Reuters is seeking a hands-on AI-focused professional to turn tax and audit challenges into reliable AI solutions. You will combine tax or audit expertise with AI tools to build automations, validate accuracy and deliver solutions that professionals can confidently use.

You will work directly with clients, engineers and our specialists from early prototypes through deployment, aligning with professional standards and tax law.