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# Founders Associate Intern (m/w/d) - Startup at Taxforce

- **Company:** Taxforce
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Employment:** internship
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/taxforce/5e2f73cc-ec64-4569-a130-207faed027d4

## Job description

We are building Germany's leading Tax Advisory firm. Taxforce was founded based on a simple observation: Many business owners want a tax advisor who acts as a true sparring partner: proactive, responsive, and strategic. What they often get instead is a service provider: booking receipts and filing tax returns, with little real advisory. We’re building the alternative. Founded in 2025, Taxforce rethinks tax advisory from the ground up: AI-powered and highly automated, yet personal. We're starting with healthcare professionals, a complex and underserved segment we're building Taxforce specifically for, growing both organically and through M&A, with the ambition to expand into many more industries over time. This is a €40B market in Germany alone, with processes that have barely changed in decades. AI is now enabling a fundamental shift and there are no playbooks yet. We’re writing them. We’re a small, highly ambitious team in Berlin, backed by €5M from Tenet VC and founded by alumni of Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Bain & Company and the former Klarna Head of Engineering. You’ll work directly with the founders, take on real responsibility from day one, and see how AI transforms a real-world industry. We offer a high-ownership environment, direct feedback and mentoring, a collaborative team, and competitive salary all from our office near Boxhagener Platz. Join early and help us redefine tax advisory.

Tasks As a Founders Associate Intern, you'll work directly with the founding team across the operational core of Taxforce, with a focus on M&A and operations, you’ll work directly with the founding team. Exemplary taks include:

- Deal sourcing: Build and maintain a pipeline of potential acquisition targets, from initial research and screening to first outreach
- Post-merger integration: Support the onboarding and integration of newly acquired practices, from process documentation to cross-firm coordination
- Process building and automation: Identify manual, fragmented workflows and help fix them at the root, building AI-first automations and getting into the tools yourself to make it happen.
- Reporting and controlling: Help build and maintain the reporting and financial planning infrastructure that keeps Taxforce running.
- Investor relations: Support the preparation of investor updates, board materials and internal documentation as we scale.
- Getting things done. Run recurring processes, close operational gaps and take care of the things that simply need to get done, and automate it as you go.

## Requirements

- Drive & ambition: You’re motivated to go the extra mile and thrive in fast-paced startup environments
- First practical experience: You’ve gained hands-on experience through internships or working student roles (ideally in Consulting, IB or Tech)
- Strong academic background: You’re studying at or have graduated from a well-regarded university or business school
- Analytical mindset: You are able to think logically, break down complex problems and prioritise between multiple tasks on your plate
- Tech-savvy: You’re comfortable using AI tools and can implement small automations yourself and you have no problem with learning new tools and skills on the go
- Entrepreneurial mindset: You’re excited about building something from scratch and comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration
- Collaborational: You are a team player. Working together as a team and sharing knowledge comes naturally to you
- German language skills: We are a fast growing start-up with a diverse team. However, our customers do mostly speak German. Hence we require German language skills.

## Benefits

- Work directly with experienced founders: Learn first-hand from a team with backgrounds in Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Bain & Company and high-growth tech companies
- Ownership from day one: Take on real responsibility early and help shape how Taxforce is built across sales, operations, and product
- Front-row seat to AI in the real world: See how AI is applied to transform a traditional industry and actively contribute to building an AI-driven product
- Hands-on venture building: Get deep exposure to building a company from scratch
- Steep learning curve: Work on real problems, ship quickly, and build skills that prepare you to start your own company
- Strong team environment: Join an ambitious, supportive team with direct feedback and a high level of trust and ownership

Office Policy: 5 days a week in the office, because we feel that is crucial to enable speed, learning, and compounding interests when working next to each other.

## About Taxforce

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: AI-native digital tax advisory firm for healthcare professionals in Germany, combining proactive advisory with proprietary automation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; €5M raised)
- **Headquarters**: Berlin, Germany
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Burkhard (ex-Klarna Head of Engineering), Caspar (ex-fintech founder), Mathias Marquardt (tax advisor with nine years of experience)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Tax advisory and accounting services, delivered digitally.
- Target customers: Healthcare professionals (doctors, dentists, and other Heilberufe) in Germany; B2B/SMB focus.
- Mission: Replace compliance-only tax support with proactive, strategic, and tech-enabled advisory, where automation handles repetitive work and advisors focus on helping clients make better financial decisions.

## Products & Services
- **Monthly Financial Bookkeeping**: Ongoing transaction recording with timely follow-ups and clear monthly reports.
- **Payroll Accounting**: Full payroll processing, deadline monitoring, and clean digital workflows.
- **Annual Financial Statements / EÜR**: Preparation of year-end accounts and profit-and-loss statements.
- **Tax Returns**: Digital collection of data and electronic filing for both business and personal returns.
- **Business Advisory**: Interpretation of KPIs, planning of reserves, proactive adjustment of advance payments to avoid surprises.
- All services are 100% digital (no paper), delivered at a fixed annual price paid in equal monthly installments, with a dedicated contact person per client.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of €5M (Seed round, led by Tenet VC).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Tenet VC (lead investor); operational partners include Marquardt Beratung UG for statutory tax tasks.
- **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2025 and already hiring for multiple roles (Head of Medical, Chief of Staff Intern, Venture Development Intern); targeting a €40B German tax advisory market; plans to expand from healthcare into additional industries.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native stack**: Own in-house software engineering team (not just off-the-shelf tools) that automates routine processes, freeing advisors for proactive work.
- **Fixed transparent pricing**: No hourly billing; predictable monthly fees eliminate uncertainty for clients.
- **Proactive advisory model**: Continuous monitoring of advance payments, reserves, and tax optimization opportunities, not just year-end compliance.
- **Personal touch**: Each client has a fixed contact person reachable via email, WhatsApp, or phone – no call centers.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale the current healthcare vertical and develop a repeatable go-to-market playbook.
- Expand into additional industries beyond medical practices.
- Build an AI-first GTM organization with automated workflows and integrated sales processes.
- Continue to invest in proprietary technology to further differentiate from traditional tax firms.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Small, ambitious team (1–10 employees) with direct exposure to founders; high ownership and execution focus.
- **Location**: Office near Boxhagener Platz in Berlin; hybrid/remote policy not explicitly stated but roles mention office presence.
- **Team background**: Founders and early team members bring experience from Klarna, Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Bain & Company, and Tenet VC.
- **Perks**: Competitive salary, direct mentoring, real responsibility from day one, and the opportunity to shape how AI transforms a traditional industry.
- **Growth**: Join at the very early stage and help write the playbook for modern tax advisory in Germany.

## Sources
1. [taxforce.ai](https://www.taxforce.ai/)
2. [join.com](https://join.com/companies/taxforceai)
3. [f4.fund](https://f4.fund/startups/taxforce)
4. [startup-insider.com](https://jobs.startup-insider.com/companies/taxforce-ai)
5. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/job/intern-venture-development-f-m-d-growth-and-operations/9269412)

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