U.S. Tax Professional (CPA or IRS Enrolled Agent), Foreign-Owned Entities

Please read before applying: This role requires a credential issued by a U.S. authority. Any non-U.S. accounting qualification, does not meet this requirement on its own, regardless of how it is translated on your CV. All credentials are verified against CPAverify / the relevant State Board and the IRS Directory of Federal Tax Return Preparers before an offer is made.

Clemta is a remote-first platform that helps founders outside the United States incorporate, operate and stay compliant with their U.S. entities. We serve 21,000+ customers across 170+ countries, and every one of them has a U.S. filing obligation that has to be right.

You will be the technical anchor of our tax department. You will not just be filing returns, you will be building the compliance engine that lets global entrepreneurs operate in the U.S. market.

What you will do

• Compliance oversight: Own the end to end federal and state filing cycle, including extensions, deadline tracking and penalty abatement where needed.
• Technical advisory: Advise international clients on U.S. nexus, permanent establishment risk, ECI determination and annual filing obligations.
• Quality assurance: Perform final technical review on complex filings and act as the escalation point for the preparation team.
• Cross functional work: Work with Product and Engineering to encode tax logic and IRS regulatory updates into Clemta's proprietary software.
• Regulatory research: Track U.S. legislative and IRS changes (1099 reporting, OBBBA, treaty updates) and translate them into internal workflows.

Required

• Credential: An active U.S. CPA license issued by a State Board of Accountancy, or an active IRS Enrolled Agent credential. Please be prepared to provide your license state and number, or your EA enrollment number.
• PTIN: An active Preparer Tax Identification Number, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one before the next filing season.
• Experience: At least 3 years of hands on U.S. tax compliance work, with direct exposure to foreign owned entities (disregarded entities, LLCs, C corps).
• Forms you have personally prepared or reviewed:

Form 5472 with pro forma Form 1120 for foreign owned single member LLCs

Form 1120 and 1120-F

Form 1040-NR

Form 1065 with Schedule K-1 and K-3

• International framework: Working knowledge of U.S. tax treaties, Effectively Connected Income, FDAP and withholding (1042/1042-S, W-8BEN-E).
• English: Professional fluency, C1 or above. Client consultations and internal work are in English.
• Accuracy: A demonstrable track record of zero defect review processes in a high volume environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with sales tax nexus and state level registrations.
• Experience working inside a software product team or with an EFIN authorized e-file operation.
• Familiarity with high volume, standardized filing operations rather than bespoke advisory work.