Tax Manager

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine-learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For more than a decade, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying machine learning to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future. Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in machine learning research as well as highly experienced technology and finance professionals. The people who shape our company come from other backgrounds, too, including concert music performances, humanitarian aid, opera singing, sports writing, and BMX racing. You will be part of a team that loves to succeed together. In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more. As Tax Manager, you will report directly to Voleon’s senior leadership responsible for tax matters. This role is a means to make a difference: you will play a pivotal role in ensuring compliance with applicable tax laws and regulations, assisting with tax filings and monitoring, and adapting our approach to align with our evolving business needs. You will collaborate with a talented, accomplished, and experienced group of colleagues from a variety of functions to help shape the future of the firm. As one of the initial members of our tax team, you will support both corporate and fund-level tax work and focus on compliance, monitoring, research, and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Tax Compliance and Monitoring
• Participate in the development of tax policies and processes that help maintain compliance with applicable tax laws
• Monitor current and impending changes to tax regulation (e.g., changes to Section 174 or Self-employment tax rules) and make appropriate updates to our policies and strategies
• Assist the Head of Tax with regular reviews of the firm's tax framework to ensure alignment with evolving regulatory and business needs


• Tax Filings Review
• Perform detailed reviews of tax paperwork prepared by external vendors or internal teams, including Schedules K-1, K-2, and K-3 and 20+ partnership returns across 10+ states
• Track new filing obligations as Voleon expands to different states and countries
• Assist in the management of Voleon's relationships with external tax advisors and relevant tax authorities


• Tax Research
• Conduct research on complex tax issues that impact Voleon’s funds and management companies, including nuances of Subchapter K and partnership taxation, employment tax, …