Thomson Reuters—Assistant Manager - US Taxation (Form 1040/1041/1065/1120)

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Description: Join Thomson Reuters' Tax & Tax Software team as an Assistant Manager, where you will leverage your US Tax Compliance expertise to support tax operations, process improvement initiatives, and tax technology solutions. This role is ideal for professionals with experience in the preparation, review, and e-filing of US tax returns who are looking to broaden their exposure to project management and tax technology. About the Role: In this role, you will: - Manage and coordinate tax-related projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business goals. - Apply your expertise in US tax return preparation, review, and e-filing processes to support operational and technology initiatives. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve tax workflows, quality, and efficiency. - Support maintenance, updates, and testing activities for SurePrep and other tax applications. - Troubleshoot system and process-related issues and ensure timely resolution. - Monitor project progress, manage risks, and provide regular updates to stakeholders. - Support client-specific requirements and drive process improvement initiatives. - Contribute ideas to enhance software functionality and promote AI-driven efficiencies. About You: You're a fit for the role if you have: - 8+ years of experience in US Tax Compliance, including preparation, review, and/or e-filing of Forms 1040, 1041, 1065, and/or 1120. - Strong understanding of US tax processes, compliance requirements, and filing workflows. - Experience leading projects, teams, or process improvement initiatives within a tax environment. - Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. - Flexibility to support business requirements during peak tax season. - Experience with tax software such as SurePrep, CCH Axcess, GoSystem, UltraTax, ProSystem fx, or similar platforms. - Exposure to tax technology, automation, or workflow optimization initiatives. - Basic knowledge of Microsoft SQL. - Experience working with CPA firms, public accounting firms, or tax outsourcing environments. #LI-GS1 What’s in it For You? - Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected. - Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance. - Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. - Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing. - Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together. - Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. - Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world. About Us Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news. We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace. We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here. Learn more on how to protect yourself from fraudulent job postings here. More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.