Tax Research Intern

Job Description:

Vertex Inc. is a remote-first global organization that stands out for its commitment to innovation, collaborative culture, and focus on employee growth—our cutting-edge tax technology solutions power global commerce and creativity thrive. Join us to make a meaningful impact and advance your career in a supportive, dynamic workplace! 

2026 Summer Intern Program – Tax Research 
This program offers hands-on experience across multiple departments in Tax Research. This group is great for students passionate about tax law, compliance, and technology. Our Tax Research teams ensure that our products are up to date with the latest tax rates, regulations, and compliance requirements worldwide. The internship program includes comprehensive orientation, networking events, career guidance, and collaborative projects. 

Roles and Responsibilities 
As a Tax Research Summer Intern, you will gain hands-on experience with tax complexities, data acquisition, jurisdictional research, and database updates, while auditing tax rates, supporting project execution, and utilizing Vertex software tools to contribute to product success. Interns will join the following team, completing meaningful projects that align with key business initiatives.

• Tax Research Tax Compliance.

Essential job functions:

• Keep track of sources where VAT/GST compliance changes are announced and maintain links to the right tax office websites.
• Monitor these changes in the respective VAT/GST legislation on a continuous basis and obtain information from tax authorities, where needed.
• Provide daily ad-hoc support to team members maintaining existing countries and returns/reports in our scope.
• Provide daily ad-hoc support to team members dealing with customer requests.
• Provide daily ad-hoc support to team members implementing new countries.
• Actions items and daily activities change based on actual priorities.

What We’re Looking For 

• Current students pursuing a bachelor's or master’s degree in accounting, Finance, Taxation, Math or another Business-related field. 
• Strong interest in tax law, tax compliance, and/or the intersection of tax and technology. 
• Strong written and verbal communicative skills.
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and creative in Microsoft Office (including Excel), with strong organizational and analytical skills. Ability to work independently and collaboratively with core business hours.

Other Qualifications 
The Winning Way behaviours that all Vertex employees need in order to meet the expectations of each other, our customers, and our partners. 

• Communicate with Clarity - Be clear, concise and actionable. Be relentlessly constructive. Seek and provide meaningful feedback. 

• Act with Urgency - Adopt an agile mentality - frequent iterations, improved speed, resilience. 80/20 rule – better is the enemy of done. Don’t spend hours when minutes are enough. 

• Work with Purpose - Exhibit a “We Can” mindset. Results outweigh effort. Everyone understands how their role contributes. Set aside personal objectives for team results. 

• Drive to Decision - Cut the swirl with defined deadlines and decision points. Be clear on individual accountability and decision authority. Guided by a commitment to and accountability for customer outcomes. 

• Own the Outcome - Defined milestones, commitments and intended results. Assess your work in context, if you’re unsure, ask. Demonstrate unwavering support for decisions. 

Application Process 
We welcome applications from all students excited about starting a career in Tax Research. Our hiring process is designed to be fair and inclusive, ensuring equal opportunity for all applicants. After reviewing applications, selected candidates will be invited to a virtual interview with a recruiter, who will help align the candidate to the best-fit team. If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know. We would be happy to assist. We look forward to learning more about you!