Remote Sales Tax Accountant
TaxValet is looking for a Sales Tax Accountant to help our clients eliminate the hassle and risk of sales tax. As a team member of a growing start-up, you'll work to ensure that each of your clients' needs are taken care of each month. You will use your keen eye for attention to detail to solve time-critical problems for clients, submit sales tax filings, and contribute to improving the team's workflows and processes.
You are a self-starter, willing to learn on the job, and take ownership and pride over your work. The ideal candidate is comfortable with learning and using new technology and has some bookkeeping or accounting experience, and is comfortable working remotely. This requires having high-speed and reliable home internet.
Your qualifications include :
- Professional
- 2+ Years of Accounting or Audit Experience You know the ropes when it comes to accounting or auditing. Your expertise helps keep things running smoothly.
- Multi-Client Master Juggling multiple clients? You've got it covered. You can manage different priorities like a pro while keeping everything organized and on track.
- Excel / Google Sheets Guru Whether it's complex formulas, pivot tables, or data analysis, you're a spreadsheet genius who can turn numbers into insights faster than a spreadsheet can load!
- Bonus Points for US Tax Knowledge and / or being a Chartered Accountant If you've got US tax experience up your sleeve, great! If not, no worries we'll help you get there.
- Interpersonal
- You're detail-oriented and have a sharp eye for detail. You catch the little things that others miss and always deliver top-notch work.
- You're great at analyzing data and uncovering insights that others might overlook.
- You have excellent time management . Deadlines don't scare you! You're a time management pro, always prioritizing outcomes and ensuring everything gets done efficiently and effectively.
- You're a multi-tasking pro! You can easily prioritize and balance competing demands, ensuring everything stays on track.
- You're always a team player at heart, and you never hesitate to share your learnings with your team or apply learnings gained from your collaboration with others.
- You know how to follow rules and processes, but you're also creative and think beyond the standard approach when necessary.
- You're always eager to learn new skills and technologies excite you! You're always looking to expand your knowledge and grow professionally.
- You're an effective and comfortable communicator . Whether it's writing, video chats, or phone calls, you communicate with ease and clarity in English. You're comfortable getting your point across in any setting and love collaborating with others.
- You are effective in bringing order and clarity to complex and chaotic situations.
- You are not afraid to challenge the status quo and speak up when something doesn't seem right. You're confident in voicing concerns and advocating for what's best for the team, clients, and TaxValet as a whole.
Your primary responsibilities include :
Prepare and submit sales tax filings . You will work with the clients to ensure their sales tax data is accurate and in a format compatible with the tax software, prepare estimated liabilities, and submit sales tax filings on a monthly basis.Monitor clients' tax collection variances . On a periodic (typically monthly) basis, you will monitor the variance between tax collected and the calculated liability due, determine any issues and work to resolve said issues with clients when possible.Provide assistance to resolve time-critical issues . Many clients come to us with notices from state sales tax authorities regarding assessments, collections, and past due returns. You will work closely with clients to resolve these issues and get their filings current. This often involves working with sales tax authorities to help our clients.Assist with special client projects . You will assist with submitting late or amended sales tax returns, managing audits, and updating clients' company information with the states.Internal documentation, workflows, and processes . You will be a key player in updating internal documentation for new and / or more efficient filing and account management processes, workflows, and tools used.Be the primary point of contact for your clients . Once clients leave the onboarding process, you will be their primary point of contact for all services. You will be responsible for ensuring consistent and adequate communication between the team and the clients regarding any issues, sales tax filings, projects, or requests.Learn new skills . You will continue to learn and advance your understanding of sales tax and related technical skills on an ongoing basis to advance your career and increase the value you bring to the team.Specific measures of success include :
Average timeframe for special project completion . On average, complete special projects within 60 days of client sign-off / approval to proceed.Average timeframe for past due return project completion . On average, complete all known backfilings within 90 days of client onboarding completion.Client tax variance percentage . Have 80% of clients with less than 3% tax collection variance (the difference between the tax collected and the amount due to the state).Submitting returns on time . Have 99.9% of monthly filings submitted by state due dates.Completion of online education and training . You will complete 3 hours per quarter of Sales Tax Institute Webinars or other educational training.Compensation and benefits include :
Monthly flat compensation of 40,167 ZAR43 days off per year . This includes 22 holidays per year, plus 21 days of PTO per year. Yes, seriously.3 additional days off per year to volunteer with a non-profit organization of your choice.100% Remote work with core working hours of 2 : 30 PM - 7 : 30 PM SAST. Your remaining hours may be completed before or after the core working hours.The ability to participate in the company profit sharing program the year after your hire date (pending passing a financial literacy quiz.)Some intangible benefits include :
Don't just take our word for itsee what our employees have to say :For the past 5 years, we've proudly maintained an impressive eNPS score of over 90!Our team has consistently awarded us a 4.9-star rating on Glassdoor!TaxValet has made the Inc 5000 list in 2023, 2024, and 2025We're proud to have made the top 10 list for Best Remote Workplaces in America by Best Companies Group in 2023 & 2025Come join us and find out why!We encourage ongoing training, and learning and development, through munch and learns, coaching, the chance to work on diverse projects, our continuing education reimbursement program, and more!We believe in and support growth opportunities. We take pride in promoting from within, and we encourage cross-department moves to explore new areas of the business and broaden your skill set.We are proud to have a diverse team of employees where everyone's voice matters. And we mean that! We have regular processes in place for everyone to share their feedback, thoughts and ideas.Are you our next teammate? We'd love to be in touch. Please apply online with a resume and cover letter. Each application will be reviewed with intention and care. So, the more effort you put in up-front, the higher likelihood we'll reach out. If there's a mutual interest, we'