Manage Tax Operations team at Anrok, providing compliance solutions for customers in US jurisdictions. Collaborate with cross - functional teams and lead process improvements and automation.
About the role
- Tax Technology Automation Specialist supporting Aprio's digital transformation in tax practice. Collaborating across teams to drive efficiency and deliver automation solutions.
Responsibilities
- Proactively engage with partners, directors, managers, and staff across the tax practice to understand business processes, pain points, and technology needs.
- Serve as a trusted liaison between tax operations, IT, and development teams — translating business requirements into actionable project briefs.
- Conduct structured interviews and working sessions with stakeholders at all levels to document current-state workflows and surface improvement opportunities.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with both technical and non-technical audiences, adapting communication style to the audience.
- Own multiple concurrent projects end-to-end — from initial scoping through implementation, training, and adoption — without losing momentum across any of them.
- Develop and manage project charters, timelines, and status updates for assigned initiatives; communicate progress clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
- Serve in a project coordinator/manager capacity for key departmental initiatives, ensuring milestones are met and blockers are escalated promptly.
- Drive organizational change and adoption by developing communication strategies and delivering effective training and socialization programs.
- Leverage generative AI platforms — including Microsoft Copilot, Claude (Anthropic), and similar tools — to accelerate analysis, automate reporting, and build internal resources.
- Use AI tools to generate workflow documentation, summarize stakeholder requirements, draft communications, and produce reports from tax and billing data.
- Stay current on emerging generative AI capabilities relevant to accounting and tax, and bring forward practical recommendations for adoption.
- Support the evaluation and piloting of new AI-powered platforms and workflow automation tools within the tax practice.
- Leverage existing automation and integration tools to execute on projects — for example, using purpose-built utilities to import and process spreadsheets that update data across time and billing, workflow, and tax software platforms — reducing manual effort and improving data consistency across systems.
- Develop a working understanding of the firm's tax return lifecycle — including preparation, review, delivery, and e-file workflows — to identify process improvement opportunities.
- Develop a working understanding of specialty tax practice areas — including State and Local Tax (SALT), Research & Development (R&D) credits — to identify workflow nuances, data requirements, and process improvement opportunities unique to each practice.
- Gain familiarity with the firm's time and billing data, workflow systems, and tax software environments in order to contextualize reporting needs.
- Work with stakeholders to define reporting requirements; use available tools — including AI platforms and Excel — to generate clear, actionable reports without needing to write code.
- Understand data flows between tax software systems and internal platforms to identify automation opportunities and integration points.
- Stay abreast of current and upcoming technology offerings in the tax and accounting industry, assessing their potential value for the firm.
- Contribute to the development of test procedures to evaluate new software; gather feedback from users and synthesize findings into recommendations.
- Foster a continuous improvement mindset across the teams you work with, helping staff adopt new tools and processes confidently.
- Monitor adherence to departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines related to technology use and project delivery.
Requirements
- 2-4 years of experience in a technology, operations, consulting, or accounting firm environment.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing competing priorities without losing quality or stakeholder trust.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; comfortable presenting to and facilitating discussions with partners, directors, and senior leadership.
- Experience gathering, documenting, and translating business requirements into technology or process solutions.
- Familiarity with tax software used in public accounting (e.g., CCH Axcess Tax, GoSystem, UltraTax CS, Lacerte, Practice Engine, SafeSend, or similar).
- Working knowledge of a firm's time and billing data, tax workflow, and client lifecycle.
- Hands-on experience using generative AI platforms (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT) in a professional context.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data organization and reporting.
- Understanding of Project Management fundamentals and experience producing project methodology artifacts (charters, timelines, status updates).
- Keen attention to detail and strong analytical problem-solving skills.
- Experience working in or consulting for a public accounting or professional services firm.
- Familiarity with Office 365 ecosystem, including SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive.
- Exposure to Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate).
- Experience working with workflow or practice management tools (e.g., Practice Management, HubSync, Suralink, Aiwyn, TaxCaddy).
- Basic understanding of APIs and how data moves between systems — no coding required, but conceptual familiarity is a plus.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on the first day of employment
- Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
- 401k with Profit Sharing
- 9+ holidays and discretionary time off structure
- Parental Leave – coverage for both primary and secondary caregivers
- Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with cash incentive upon completion
- Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group and individual performance
- Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales
- Top rated wellness program
- Flexible working environment including remote and hybrid options
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