Job Title: Tax Student Assistant
Location: Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Duration: 12 Months
Reporting Expectations: Hybrid, at least 2 days in the office
Schedule: 15-20 hours per week during the academic year and up to 40 hours per week during school breaks
Note:
- As a student assistant must be a current student and the role is ideally for 1 year, the manager does not wish to target seniors and would prefer a candidate earlier in their college career
Must Haves:
- Must be an accounting major
- Earlier in their college career (ideally no Seniors)
- Close to the office to be able to manage school + work
The Position:
- To support the day-to-day operations of the tax team including, U.S. Federal, International, State and Local tax compliance, internal reporting requirements, tax notices, tax audits, research and planning, transfer pricing, and tax technology initiatives.
Tax Operations:
- Prepare U.S. Federal, State and Local tax returns and supporting schedules (computation of permanent differences, timing differences, apportionment data, etc.)
- Assist with internal reporting requirements including tax account reconciliations
- Assist with process improvement initiatives by utilizing excel formulas and other tax technology available to gain efficiencies
- Prepare check requests and mailings as needed for ongoing tax payments related to corporate estimates, sales & use, and other remittances
- Gather and organize information by running reports from SAP and various other software
Tax Planning:
- Support in maximizing Federal, State and Local tax incentive initiatives such as R&D tax credits
- Support in updating tax models, refreshing queries within SAP, and initial research on tax planning ideas
Tax Audits & Tax Notices:
- Maintain a catalogue of Federal, State and local tax inquires, notices and audits relating to income, franchise and sales/use tax filings
- Draft responses to Federal, State and local audit information requests and notices
- Reduce paper inventory files by scanning and saving documents electronically
Transfer Pricing:
Support in maintaining the transfer pricing models for the US legal entities including:
- performing frequent checks of COGS and service fees and 2) refreshing the transfer pricing models when needed.
- Support other ad hoc transfer pricing work as needed for the Tax Strategy team.
Other Responsibilities:
- Gain a working knowledge of the company's third-party software tools (SAP, OneSource Income Tax, OneSource Tax Provision, etc.)
- Assist in specific functional areas in ad-hoc projects
Requirements:
- In-office Expectations: In-office.
- Estimated Working Hours Per Week: 15-20 hours/week with the possibility of working fulltime hours during academic breaks.
Qualifications:
- Must be a current student enrolled at an accredited college or university pursuing at least a bachelor's degree.
- An in progress undergraduate degree in Accounting or a related discipline preferred.
- 1-2 years of accounting or related experience preferred.
- Intermediate Excel skills preferred (including, but not limited to pivot tables, sumifs, vlookups, etc.).
- Strong academic record with a preferred cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
- Conscientious self-starter with good organizational skills, project management skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to balance multiple projects and priorities, must be able to multi-task.
- Strong interpersonal communication and ability to collaborate with teams; must effectively operate independently, across functional lines, and with internal customers.
- Demonstrated personal initiative, self-motivation, flexibility, adaptability and willingness to learn.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
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Spectraforce Technologies
Oct 19, 2026