Tax Expert, Xero
Part Time / Full Time, 3 Month Fixed Term Contract
Accounting software for small businesses
Open for applications
Accounting software for small businesses
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world.
Role
Who you are
- You bring in-practice experience in tax accounting, with a solid grasp of filing and tax return preparation
- A professional accreditation such as ACA, ACCA, or equivalent is highly valued to underpin your technical knowledge
- You possess a deep understanding of debit and credit concepts and how they apply to day-to-day business finance
- Proficiency in English is essential for effective communication and for evaluating complex language model responses
- Your toolkit includes critical thinking skills and an audit mindset to problem-solve and ensure data integrity
- You demonstrate the ability to work autonomously and manage deliverables efficiently within a flexible environment
- Apply even if your experience isn't a perfect match! At Xero, we hire based on your skills, passion, and the unique perspective you can bring to enhance our culture and team
What the job involves
- You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the profession, acting not just as a participant in automation but as an architect of it
- This position involves providing expert validation to ensure our models understand nuanced financial concepts, tax standards, and complex transaction logic that might otherwise be missed
- You will bring a rigorous quality assurance framework to the data pipeline, applying an audit mindset to identify edge cases and anomalies within complex tax scenarios
- Acting as a translator between technical teams and intricate tax legislation, you will advise on structuring tax data taxonomies to ensure our AI tools remain compliant, accurate, and genuinely value-adding for professionals
- This centralised annotation team consists of AI annotators with deep backgrounds in financial accounting, currently expanding to include global tax experts
- You will work alongside the wider data annotation team and engineering departments, serving as the human-in-the-loop to develop AI solutions within the Xero product
- The team is currently working on:
- Developing AI solutions within the Xero product ecosystem
- Designing annotation guidelines and advising engineering teams on financial data taxonomies
- Providing expert knowledge on financial accounting and tax tools to support machine learning initiatives
- Identifying edge cases or anomalies in training sets to prevent bias or hallucinations in models
- You will need to manage your time effectively to collaborate across different time zones
Application process
- Xero offers employment based on the satisfactory completion of relevant background checks, which may include a credit and criminal history check
Salary benchmarks
Our take
For a long time, high-quality financial services have been reserved for large-scale businesses. Xero solves this problem by giving small businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers access to best-in-class finance and accounting solutions.
Xero is one of the largest companies of its kind, with its promise to save time and effort for small business owners - who often don’t have in-house accounting teams - capturing interest and allowing the company to scale. It has a strong rival in Intuit QuickBooks, which offers similar services, but competes by being most effective for growing startups, and having an incredibly simple user experience.
A series of acquisitions and partnerships, including the purchase of Instafile in 2018, have consolidated Xero’s market share. The company continues to add new integrations, such as with Vehocheck Workshop Manager, and the 2023 launched Beautiful Business Fund that will help small businesses accelerate growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington
Leadership
Prior to Xero, she founded Boardlist and Joyus. She also served as the CEO of Polyvore and as a President of Asia Pacific and Latin America Operations at Google.
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