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# Senior Manager, Accounting & Tax Operations at Collective

- **Company:** Collective
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $140k–$180k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/collective/6d2b77f6-ec80-4ae4-9e08-0277575b50f6

## Job description

About Collective:

Collective is on a mission to redefine the way businesses-of-one work. Our technology and team of trusted advisors help members achieve financial independence by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a thriving community, all in one integrated platform. We believe in empowering self-employed people to enjoy the same tax savings that big companies get, so they can focus on their passion, not paperwork.

Featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo, Bloomberg, Financial Times, TechCrunch, and more. We are backed by General Catalyst, Sound Ventures, QED Investors, Google’s Gradient Ventures, Expa, and other investors who have financed iconic companies like YouTube, Substack, Twitch, Box, Hims, Instacart, and Lyft.

About the role:

As part of the Service Operations tax and accounting team, you will play a vital role bridging our tax and accounting teams, providing strategic direction on our most complex financial scenarios to ensure our books are optimized for successful tax delivery. You will operate as a subject matter expert and advisor to internal teams, leading a team as the function scales.

What you'll do:

- Understand Complex-tier members' financial background, business structure, goals, and tax situation, helping identify optimization opportunities making books-to-tax feel like a single, fluid deliverable.
- Support your team of bookkeepers and tax staff, ensuring their continuous growth and capability. Mentor and provide feedback on complex scenarios they encounter.
- Manage our complex-tier members for ongoing tax and bookkeeping delivery. This includes reviewing year-round financial activity to bridge books-to-tax implications of business decisions.
- Handle escalations from less-complex members whose situations have crossed into complex-tier member territory (e.g., unexpected rental property income, multi-state/nexus exposure, etc.). You will make the call on whether it's a one-off issue or a larger need, and solve it at the root.
- Review bookkeeping and federal/state tax returns (Form 1040, 1120-S, 1065, and schedules such as C/E/SE), consistently delivering high-quality results that align with compliance requirements and member goals.
- Serve as the in-house technical expert when our accounting or tax teams encounter complex situations: multi-state apportionment, nexus considerations, rental property basis, K-1 flow-through, payroll sourcing, etc. Partner with enablement to build playbooks and training modules so the team continuously learns and handles more complexity over time.
- Willing to upskill into additional service types or more complex work areas (e.g., payroll, additional business tax realms, etc.)
- Balance immediate member needs with the broader goal of raising the bar on what the organization can handle. Document complex scenarios as they come up, identify patterns, and turn them into training and process improvements for the wider team.

What you'll bring:

- Credentials: Active CPA, EA, or JD in state of residency.
- Experience: 5+ years of experience scaling and bridging bookkeeping and tax operations. Technical proficiency in complex books and tax preparation (multi-jurisdictional compliance, 1040, 1120-S, etc.) combined with hands-on experience managing high-volume workflows and large client portfolios.
- Skills: Strong analytical and data-driven problem-solving skills; ability to translate deep tax complexity into scalable workflows, acting as the bridge between technical tax practice, bookkeeping, and high-volume service delivery.
- Tools: Comfortable working within Google Workspace, Slack, tax research/preparation tools (e.g., CCH, GoSystems, etc.), and issue-documentation tools (e.g Jira, Confluence, etc.).

What we offer:

- Remote-Friendly Environment: Flexibility to work from home while staying connected to the team. Please note that we're open to remote candidates within the U.S. for this role, but Bay Area-based employees follow a hybrid schedule.
- Health & Wellness: $200 quarterly reimbursement to support your well-being.
- Fresh Lunch: Provided on in-office days for those in a hybrid schedule.
- Commuter Support: $150 monthly reimbursement for transit expenses for those in a hybrid schedule.
- Health & Wellness: $200 quarterly reimbursement to support your well-being.
- Time Off: Flexible PTO plus 14 company holidays.
- Comprehensive Coverage: 100% medical, dental, and vision for employees; 75% coverage for dependents.
- Parental Leave: 16 weeks fully paid.
- Retirement & Ownership: 401k plan plus an equity package.
- Team Connection: Quarterly virtual events and an annual in-person summit.

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## About Collective

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Collective is the first all-in-one online back-office platform designed exclusively for self-employed entrepreneurs (solopreneurs), handling formation, bookkeeping, payroll, taxes, and compliance.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Uğur Kaner (Co-Founder, Board Member) – other co-founders not publicly named in search results.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Fintech – specifically back-office and financial management for solopreneurs.
- **Target customers**: B2B, focused on self-employed individuals (freelancers, consultants, independent professionals) in the United States.
- **Mission / purpose**: To give self-employed entrepreneurs the technology and team they need so they can focus on their passion, not their paperwork. [collective.com/about-us](https://www.collective.com/about-us)

## Products & Services
- **[Collective Platform]**: A compound SaaS platform that includes LLC/S Corp formation, monthly bookkeeping, payroll, tax preparation, compliance, and ongoing financial support. Designed to replace an entire back-office team for a single-person business. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/collective-1)
- **[Open Ledger Integration (acquired April 2026)]**: An AI-native accounting infrastructure that automates transaction categorization, tax preparation, cash flow forecasting, and cost-saving identification. The acquisition aims to evolve Collective into a “system of action” that proactively manages finances. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/collective)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed.
- **Key Metric – Total Funding**: $149.69M (per CB Insights) – includes Seed ($8.7M), Series A ($20M), Venture Round ($50M), and a recent Series C ($70.99M raised ~1 year ago). [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/collective-1)  
  *Note: Other sources report $78.65M total, likely pre-Series C.*
- **Notable Investors**: General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), Expa, Innovius Capital, and 41+ other investors. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/collective-1)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Named one of America’s Best Startup Employers by *Forbes* for the fourth consecutive year (2026). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/collective)
  - Acquired Open Ledger in April 2026 to accelerate AI-native financial automation. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/collective)
  - Addressable market: Over 30 million self-employed people in the U.S. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/collective)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Niche focus**: Solely serves solopreneurs, offering a unified platform that competitors (e.g., QuickBooks, Gusto) provide only as fragmented pieces.
- **Human + software model**: Combines a dedicated team of tax pros, bookkeepers, and advisors with automated software, replicating a full finance department.
- **AI-first roadmap**: The Open Ledger acquisition positions Collective to offer predictive, self-driving financial operations (auto tax withholding, cash flow forecasting) – a moat in the small-business fintech space.

## Strategic Focus
- **Deepen AI automation**: Integrate Open Ledger’s AI-native accounting to reduce manual work and provide real-time financial guidance.
- **Expand platform capabilities**: Move beyond a “system of record” to a “system of action” that actively manages finances on behalf of users.
- **Scale the solopreneur market**: Continue to grow within the U.S. self-employed segment, which Collective estimates at 30+ million people.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & values**: Emphasizes “power of community,” “people first,” “constant progress,” and “driven by member success.” Described as a tribe that makes business personal and human. [collective.com/careers](https://www.collective.com/careers)
- **Work model**: Offices in San Francisco (HQ at 555 Mission Street) and Long Island City, NY. Likely hybrid – specific remote/hybrid policy not stated in search results.
- **Recognition**: Consistently named a top startup employer by Forbes (2023–2026), signaling strong employee satisfaction.
- **Engineering culture**: Tech stack includes Python, Django, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenAI, dbt, and more. Active roles for Fullstack and Senior Software Engineers, Product Lead (Core Platform & AI). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/collective)
- **Growth opportunities**: 10 open positions as of mid-2026, including Head of Sales, Lead Product Designer, and Senior Technical Recruiter. Quarterly job posting growth of +66.7% year-over-year. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/collective)
- **Notable perks**: Not detailed, but the company invests heavily in AI and product innovation, offering engineers and product people a chance to build at the intersection of fintech and AI.

## Sources
1. [collective.com/careers](https://www.collective.com/careers)
2. [collective.com/about-us](https://www.collective.com/about-us)
3. [linkedin.com/company/collective](https://www.linkedin.com/company/collective)
4. [cbinsights.com/company/collective-1](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/collective-1)
5. [pitchbook.com/profiles/company/231882-13](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/231882-13)

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