About Sunset

Sunset helps tech startups shut down. We’re the 1-stop shop for dissolutions, handling all the legal, tax, and operational burdens that go into winding down. We make sure founders and investors avoid penalties, reduce liabilities, and can immediately move on to what's next.

Since coming out of stealth only a year ago, we’ve helped over 100+ Venture-backed startups shut down, are on a 7-figure revenue run rate, and raised $1.5M from some of the world’s best entrepreneurs and investors (Ryan Hoover, Balaji, Pomp, Hiten Shah, Sahil Lavingia, Codie Sanchez, Justin Mares, Lenny Rachitsky, Charles Hudson, Roger Lee, Eric Bahn, and many more).

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Tax Manager to join our team and play a crucial role in preparing, filing, and managing all tax related aspects that go into the shutdown process. This position will be responsible for preparing and filing final federal and state corporate tax returns, addressing tax-related questions and issues from clients, and managing the withdrawal of our clients from foreign qualified states.

About you:

• 2+ years of experience working on corporate returns (Forms 1120)

• Experience with Drake, CCH Axcess, or comparable system

• An active EA or CPA license

• Passionate about helping businesses and founders during challenging times

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple clients simultaneously

• Strong communication skills to explain tax concepts to non-tax professionals

In the first month, you'll:

• Familiarize yourself and collaborate with Sunset's services, client base, internal processes, and our customer success/legal team

• Review and understand the tax implications and state withdrawal processes during a wind-down

• Work with our current external tax provider to transition clients and learn what we’ve been doing thus far

• Begin preparing corporate tax returns for our clients

Within the first 3 months, you'll:

• Independently prep, file, and manage final state and federal corporate tax returns for our clients

• Develop and implement strategies to streamline the tax filing and state withdrawal processes

• Contribute to the improvement of our tax-related service offerings

Within the first 6 months, you'll:

• Begin building and managing a team of tax preparers to help us scale

• Be the go-to expert for all tax-related matters within the company

• Identify and implement tax planning opportunities for our clients during the shutdown process

• Mentor junior team members on tax matters and best practices