Tax Operations & Innovation Associate – Entry Level

Plante Moran; Grand Rapids (MI); In loco; USD 77.000 - 83.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Flexible Time Off

Discretionary bonus plan

Pension plan

Meal reimbursement for business use

Descrizione del lavoro

Plante Moran’s Tax Operations and Innovation team drives technology-enabled improvements across tax processes and client services. The role offers exposure to a broad range of projects in public accounting and tax tech, with emphasis on automating operations and standardizing workflows.

You will work with Tax SMEs, learn the firm’s tech stack, and contribute to deployment, training, and governance across multiple teams while pursuing advanced Excel, Power BI, and APIs knowledge.

Competenze

• Meticulous with problem-solving, communication, and analytical skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or above in accounting, tax, accounting information systems, data analytics, or related field.
• Academic success (a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0).
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills required.
• Working knowledge of Power BI, Power Automate, APIs, and SQL preferred.
• Pursuing a CPA license is a plus.

Mansioni

• Participate in the development and implementation of a tax technology strategy/roadmap to automate, streamline, and standardize the firm’s tax operations.
• Involvement in developing low to no code technology solutions for the tax department.
• Collaborate with Tax Subject Matter Experts to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain tools and templates leveraged by engagement teams.
• Work closely with individuals across the tax department to understand their needs and help develop technology solutions.
• Apply educational background and experience to collaborate with engagement teams on the utilization of technology tools, including internally developed and 3rd party vendor solutions.
• Gain an understanding of the firm’s technology stack and usage, along with tax processes.
• Analyzing technology vendors and their products to help the tax department make informed investment decisions.
• Participating in strategic research projects on advanced technology.
• Assist with deployment efforts such as change management and training.
• Utilize basic project and process management skills to effectively manage responsibilities associated with multiple complex projects at once.
• Bring opportunities for improvement on product development that is in line with the firm’s growth initiatives in tax.
• Bring an innovative, outside the box mindset to projects.
• Networking to build relationships within the firm as well as outside the firm.
• Contributes to establishing internal standards and processes for the practice.

Conoscenze

Problem solving

Communication

Analytical skills

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree or above in accounting, tax, accounting information systems, data analytics, or related field

Strumenti

Power BI

Power Automate

APIs

SQL

Descrizione del lavoro

Plante Moran’s Tax Operations and Innovation team drives technology-enabled improvements across tax processes and client services. The role offers exposure to a broad range of projects in public accounting and tax tech, with emphasis on automating operations and standardizing workflows.

You will work with Tax SMEs, learn the firm’s tech stack, and contribute to deployment, training, and governance across multiple teams while pursuing advanced Excel, Power BI, and APIs knowledge.