Senior Tax Associate - Indirect Sales and Use
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Burkland Associates is seeking a Senior Tax Associate to join their Tax Team, specializing in indirect tax compliance, reporting, research, consulting, planning, and integration activities. This role involves supporting multi-jurisdictional indirect tax advisory services and indirect tax compliance for clients across various organizations as they grow and scale.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Tax Compliance: Own the recurring monthly sales, use, and excise tax compliance cycle for clients, including sending data requests, reviewing returns, obtaining client approval, and filing by deadlines. Ensure proper collection and remittance of taxes.
International Indirect Tax: Support compliance for Canada GST/HST, EU One Stop Shop (OSS), and VAT obligations.
Nexus Studies and Voluntary Disclosure Agreements: Conduct nexus studies to identify filing obligations and prepare/manage Voluntary Disclosure Agreements (VDAs) for resolving prior-period exposure.
Technical Tax Research: Monitor, research, and examine tax issues affecting clients, communicating appropriate tax positions through written or oral presentations.
Tax Planning: Assist clients with indirect tax controversy notices, monitor business developments, and develop tax strategies. Maintain accounting and tax records to support filed returns and financial statements.
Client Collaboration: Handle new client onboarding, respond to technical questions, use judgment on escalation, and coordinate client-facing communications with account managers.
Tax Technology: Identify ways to streamline processes using data analytics and technology tools, including software integration. Educate and train clients on tax solutions.
Core Competencies & Skills
Communication: Serve as a clear, data-backed voice for the team, both internally with senior leadership and externally with state agencies.
Judgment and Escalation: Differentiate between errors to fix and issues requiring leadership or client input, acting appropriately.
Attention to Detail: Notice inconsistencies and discrepancies, resolving them before they escalate.
AI Fluency: Comfortably use AI tools in accounting and operations, with sound judgment on their application, data protection, and value addition.
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View Company ProfileBurkland Associates (operating at burklandassociates.com) is a fractional finance and operational support platform engineered for venture-backed startups navigating rapid growth. Founded by Jeff Burkland and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Burkland specializes in delivering outsourced CFO, accounting, tax, HR, and payroll services—eliminating the need for startups to hire full-time in-house teams. Under the hood, the company leverages a scalable, white-label model to provide strategic financial guidance, compliance expertise, and HR solutions tailored to early-stage and growth-stage companies. This allows founders and executives to focus on product development and scaling while ensuring financial health, tax optimization, and regulatory adherence. Burkland serves over 800 startups across sectors like SaaS, AI, Fintech, and Clean Energy, having facilitated $4.41 billion in client funding and secured over $25 million in federal R&D tax credits in 2025 alone.
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