There is no limit to how fast and how far you can grow within Sidebrief. When you become a Team Member, you join a startup that invests in Rock Stars like you! You will not only make an immediate impact on the business but will help us continue to build a bench of future leadership. Our Team Members develop their careers rapidly while building key skills that drive long-term success.We are currently reviewing applications for the following temp – permanent positions.

Partnership & Growth Intern

Growth and Partnership | Remote

Responsibilities

• Assist in conducting partner’s assessment and partners mapping.
• Responsible for the management of documentation for partners related activities as per Sidebrief standards
• Record and archive minutes of meeting and visit reports to partners and relevant stakeholders
• Collaborate, and follow-up with Sidebrief field Programme Managers on recommendations and action points
• Responsible for archiving and documentation of partnership project data.
• Prepare, keep and update copies of partners’ and projects’ files.
• Provides general administrative and clerical support including mailing, scanning and printing for partnerships team.
• Maintain electronic and hard copy filling system of partnership program Admin related files.
• Assist in resolving any administrative problems and inquiries.Assist in preparation of regularly scheduled reports.
• Prepare and modify documents including correspondence, reports, drafts memos and emails
• Schedule and coordinate meetings and appointments for partnerships team.
• Maintain and update contact lists for partners
• Provide general support to visitors and clients.

Requirements

• Ability to work effectively with others, adaptable and flexible.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work sensitively with people from various cultural and social backgrounds.
• Maximum One year or less of Experience
• Computer literacy, particularly in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Planning, coordination, and reporting skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to Sidebrief values

Compliance Intern

Compliance | Remote

Scope of Responsibilities

Business license renewal activities: The candidate will need to be a self-starter, detail-oriented, flexible in a fast-paced work environment and committed to learning Sidebrief’s renewals & business processes.

Responsibilities:

• Meet (internal and external) deadlines.
• Maintain business license content database.
• Customer communication as it relates to business license renewals
• Apply knowledge, skills and judgment to make moderately difficult decisions and resolve issues.
• Build productive working relationships with regulatory authorities to maximize the quality of our product

Skills

• Problem Solver. Able to clearly identify a problem, propose a solution, and resolve the issue.
• Multi-Tasking. The ability to deal with a highly transactional work environment. You will have to be able to excel at time management and prioritization among many demands.
• Detail Oriented. You handle details accurately and in a timely manner.
• Determination: Willing to go the extra mile with a strong work ethic; self-directed and resourceful.
• Passionate about delivering an inspiring customer experience
• Ability to handle customer facing calls and projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• History of working effectively in a team environment
• Advanced experience and working knowledge with MS Office
• Bachelor’s degree or 2 year combination of education and experience.
• Build productive working relationships with regulatory authorities to maximize the quality of our product.

Tax Intern

Compliance | Remote

This is a great opportunity for a candidate to work in an innovative environment and grow within our business. The Licensing & Tax Analyst is primarily responsible for preparing registration applications, providing customer service, and completing ancillary work in accordance with prepping and processing tax compliance applications. A successful candidate must be efficient, accurate, deadline driven and able to work in a fast-paced environment. Candidate must also understand basic math including percentages.

Job Duties

• Prepare registration applications.
• Perform Quality Assurance related to registrations.
• Provide phone and email and real time chat support to customers in all aspects of the business including product functions and features.
• Maintain/update new and existing customer information.
• Work with customers to obtain additional information required for tax registration applications.
• Assist in identifying areas of improvement and efficiencies in processes.
• Proactively participate in a dynamic and innovative environment.
• Identify new or changing registration requirements
• Create placeholders for the tax team so they know where to apply
• Prepare welcome emails with correct start dates and rates.
• Stay up to date on tax rate changes .
• Inform customers of tax rate changes.
• Inform customers of filing frequency changes.
• Track down tax returns for new jurisdictions.
• Assist with the account setup for our clients.
• Assist with the tax rate assignments for our clients.
• Liase with regulatory authorities on behalf of clients.
• Demonstrate consistent dependability, efficiency, and accuracy in performance of work tasks.

Skills

• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Efficient, accurate and deadline driven
• Proficient in basic math, including percentages
• Adept with written and verbal communication skills
• Able to prioritize and multi-task under constant time constraints
• Capable of working independently and significantly contributing to the team
• Able to troubleshoot, and problem solve in a quick, calm, analytical and methodical manner
• Capable of learning/using different software applications and tools
• Knowledgeable in Excel, Word, and Outlook,
• Experience using Salesforce

Preferred Qualification

2+ years of related experience with tax or customer service

Marketing Analytics Intern

Compliance | Remote

Job Description

Duties

• Data entry and maintenance of customer/license information and status updates
• Follow up on initial contacts and set tasks for future
• Maintain records of telephonic interactions, assign tasks for follow up to others, if appropriate
• Compiles data; maintains information in license database
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• 1 year of work experience experience in a related field
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work with precision and accuracy in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to use a laptop and various software, including MS Office, browsers, subscription research services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CRMs or Database.
• Experience with conditional statements and / or formulas in Excel.

Research Intern

Professional Services | Remote

Sidebrief is dedicated to monitoring transaction taxes and developing software that keeps pace with the dynamics in the market.

Job Duties

• Prepare and publish regulatory compliance content for blog and newsletters
• Monitor legislation, administrative, regulatory and judicial decisions for changes in assigned jurisdictional or topical areas.
• Self-manage and prioritize dynamic projects to deliver content within approved timeframes
• Collaborate with team members and cross-team partners to deliver holistic solutions
• Take ownership and lead projects when assigned
• Identify opportunities to automate, streamline, and reduce redundancy in current processes

Skills

• A natural curiosity about technology and an interest in innovation and learning about new areas of transaction taxes
• Highly developed communication skills (verbal and written)
• Proven success in a supportive team environment through agility, collaboration, and constructive feedback
• Analytical and methodical problem solving
• Maintain a high level of energy and positivity while being consistently dependable, efficient, and accurate
• Highly organized time-management skillsAnalytic ability to understand and resolve client requests and tax concerns
• Demonstrated high standards of excellence in work product and professionalism
• Ability to use a laptop and various software, including MS Office, browsers, subscription research services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant experience in area of law, taxation, accounting, finance, etc.
• Familiarity with state and local tax laws, government compliance, and/or tax returns.

Junior Developer

We are looking for a Junior Full Stack Web Developer to be part of our cross-functional team that’s responsible for the full web development life cycle, from conception to deployment.

As a Junior Full Stack Web Developer, you should be comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks, and third-party libraries. If you’re also familiar with Agile methodologies, it’s an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate web solutions
• Design client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Test websites to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write technical documentation
• Work with data strategists and analysts to improve websites

Requirements

• Proven skills as a Full Stack Web Developer or similar role
• Experience developing desktop and mobile websites
• Familiarity with common stacks
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache), and UI/UX design
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• An analytical mind
• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics or relevant field

Partnership & Growth Intern

Growth and Partnership | Remote

Responsibilities

• Assist in conducting partner’s assessment and partners mapping.
• Responsible for the management of documentation for partners related activities as per Sidebrief standards
• Record and archive minutes of meeting and visit reports to partners and relevant stakeholders
• Collaborate, and follow-up with Sidebrief field Programme Managers on recommendations and action points
• Responsible for archiving and documentation of partnership project data.
• Prepare, keep and update copies of partners’ and projects’ files.
• Provides general administrative and clerical support including mailing, scanning and printing for partnerships team.
• Maintain electronic and hard copy filling system of partnership program Admin related files.
• Assist in resolving any administrative problems and inquiries.Assist in preparation of regularly scheduled reports.
• Prepare and modify documents including correspondence, reports, drafts memos and emails
• Schedule and coordinate meetings and appointments for partnerships team.
• Maintain and update contact lists for partners
• Provide general support to visitors and clients.

Requirements

• Ability to work effectively with others, adaptable and flexible.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work sensitively with people from various cultural and social backgrounds.
• Maximum One year or less of Experience
• Computer literacy, particularly in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Planning, coordination, and reporting skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to Sidebrief values

Illustration & Graphic Design Intern

We are looking for a illustration and design intern. The intern will work directly with the Team Lead and Community manager to help create and develop artwork for display on Social media, Newsletters and print media . Experience with the Adobe Creative Suite will be essential, specifically Photoshop and to a lesser extent Illustrator and InDesign.

Responsibilities

• Brainstorming with the team to come up with image ideas.
• Preparing and designing rough draft illustrations according to client specifications.
• Creating complete illustrations by combining painting, hand-drawn and digitally created images.
• Refining image design using illustration software.
• Enhancing the design concept using a wide range of colors and graphics.
• Ensuring that printed illustrations meet specified color and quality standards.

Requirements

• Portfolio of completed illustrations.
• Prior work experience as an Illustrator, graphic designer, or similar.
• Drawing, painting and digital drawing skills.
• Knowledge of image editing and design software such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Strong conceptual and artistic skills.