Compliance & Tax Operations Lead at Slice Finance

Slice Finance is a fintech and regulatory-operations platform that helps startups scale across borders by simplifying financial and compliance processes. We remove the regulatory friction that slows growing businesses, especially in emerging markets like Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Compliance & Tax Operations Lead

Location: Abuja (FCT) 
Employment Type: Contract

About the Role

• Slice Finance is seeking a meticulous and execution-focused Compliance & Tax Operations Lead to serve as the nerve center of our U.S. tax season operations.
• This temporary but mission-critical role ensures that all client tax filings are completed accurately, on time, and in full compliance with federal and state requirements—freeing the founders to focus on strategic priorities.
• The ideal candidate thrives in structured chaos, excels at cross-functional coordination, and treats deadlines as non-negotiable.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the single point of accountability for the end-to-end U.S. tax filing process across all client entities.
• Build, maintain, and update centralized compliance trackers that reflect filing status, deadlines, dependencies, and ownership.
• Coordinate a distributed team of tax preparers, quality reviewers, and administrative support staff to ensure seamless workflow execution.
• Conduct first-line quality reviews of all tax outputs to verify completeness, data consistency, and adherence to templates—escalating only material issues to founders.
• Collect, validate, and archive KYC documentation and beneficial ownership information in accordance with internal policies and regulatory expectations.
• Curate and maintain digital entity compliance folders, ensuring they are audit-ready and investor-ready always.
• Prepare structured data rooms for external CPAs and potential investors, including historical filings, EIN letters, and state qualification documents.
• Monitor compliance calendars daily and initiate proactive follow-ups with internal teams and contractors to prevent slippage.
• Deliver concise weekly execution reports every Friday summarizing progress, blockers, risks, and upcoming critical path items.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in tax operations, compliance coordination, or public accounting support roles.
• Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent deadlines across multiple clients or entities.
• Proficiency with compliance tracking tools (e.g., Airtable, Notion, Smartsheet) and cloud-based document management.
• Strong understanding of U.S. federal and state tax filing requirements for startups (Form 1120, 1120-S, 1065, state franchise taxes, etc.).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to give clear direction to contractors and escalate issues judiciously.

Exclusions:
This role does not include:

• Providing tax advice or legal interpretation.
• Setting pricing or negotiating terms with clients.
• Making unilateral commitments on behalf of Slice Finance.

Contract Terms:

• Duration: February – May 30, 2026 (with possibility of extension or conversion based on performance and business needs).
• Compensation: Competitive hourly or fixed-fee rate based on experience.
• Work Model: Hybrid

Application Closing Date
9th February, 2026.