Founders Associate (mwd) Startup

Taxforce was founded based on a simple observation: Many practice 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.

Were building the alternative.

Founded in 2025 Taxforce rethinks tax advisory from the ground up: AI-powered and highly automated yet personal. Were starting with healthcare professionals a complex and underserved segment with the ambition to expand into many more industries over time.

Instead of pure compliance we deliver real advisory and become long-term partners to our clients: from initial setup to established organizations.

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. Were writing them.

Were a small ambitious team in Berlin backed by 5M from Tenet VC and founded by alumni of Goldman Sachs Harvard Business School and the former Klarna CTO. Youll 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 youll work directly with the founding team and be involved in building Taxforce end-to-end with a focus on sales and operations.

• Support the development and validation of our go-to-market strategy

• Identify test and scale high-performing acquisition channels

• Help design test and optimize our end-to-end sales process

• Take ownership of client onboarding and build scalable automated onboarding workflows

• Co-develop our tax operations product together with tax consultants and engineers including automation of workflows customer communication and data collection

• Drive high-impact cross-functional projects across sales operations and product

Requirements

• Drive & ambition: Youre motivated to go the extra mile and thrive in fast-paced startup environments
• First practical experience: Youve gained hands-on experience through internships or working student roles
• Strong academic background: Youre studying at or have graduated from a well-regarded university or business school
• Analytical mindset: Youre comfortable with Excel and PowerPoint and can quickly understand new business models and markets
• Tech-savvy: Youre comfortable using AI tools and can implement small automations yourself
• Entrepreneurial mindset: Youre excited about building something from scratch and comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration

Benefits

• Work directly with experienced founders: Learn first-hand from a team with backgrounds in Goldman Sachs Harvard Business School 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 from go-to-market to operations to product development
• 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: Hybrid. We dont have clear rules but generally expect 80% attendance in the office. Not because of control or distrust but because of speed learning and context compound when people work side by side**.**