Head of US Tax

ยฃ85,000 - ยฃ120,000

ยฃ85,000 - ยฃ120,000

Onsite (London) or Remote (UK)

Onsite (London) or Remote (UK)

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About Novabook

Novabook is the future of accounting. We have a software engineering team automating day to day accounting processes, whilst we have an amazing team of the best accountants managing client relationships & delivery to create the best outcomes for clients. Our team previously founded, scaled and sold a technology company for $50M and we plan to 100x this at Novabook.


Why join us?

We are a small, rapidly growing team of 50 people at the moment (18 people in the engineering & product team, 6 people in the sales & marketing team). Our first venture together was senecalearning.com, which scaled to 12M users and a successful acquisition in 2022.


After launching in May 2024, we already have hundreds of clients, millions in ARR and are growing quickly, this is an opportunity to join the ride at an early stage. Weโ€™ve raised over ยฃ10M in capital to scale Novabook. 


Novabook was born out of our personal experiences with the shortcomings of traditional accountancy practices while running Seneca. After dealing with inefficient software and unreliable accountancies for 8 years, we believe it's time to tackle these challenges head-on.


Culture

We are well-funded but the hardest period of a start-up is always the first couple of years, when the team is small, and you are heavily relied on personally. But this also exposes you to the most interesting period of a companyโ€™s lifecycle and also the period where you can learn the most & earn the most material rewards. You wonโ€™t be expected to work evenings & weekends, but you will be expected to work hard when on the job.


About the role

We're expanding our US tax offering and are looking for someone to lead Federal filings end to end. We currently work with a network of CPAs and would want you to build processes, quality assure work and build out our own function over time. The majority of our customer base are Delaware TopCos with a UK subsidiary. 


You'll be the go-to technical person on US tax in the business, working directly with our CEO and accounting team. Youโ€™ll also work directly with our engineering and product teams to automate the parts of the process you and the team encounter.


Requirements

  • US CPA or IRS Enrolled Agent (EA)

  • Comfort with seniority, responsibility & ownership. 


About the application process

The hiring process consists of four steps:

  1. 20-minute screening call with Talent Lead

  2. Take Home task

  3. 20-minute virtual technical round

  4. Final Round Interview


In a final round process, we value candidates more highly if they know a little bit about our business already. In case itโ€™s useful as a light-touch way of getting up to speed:
- Here is our companyโ€™s newsletter in Reels form.
- And here are our interviews with the UKโ€™s best startup founders.

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Clients

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growing with our services.

โ€œThey do the boring stuff incredibly well. People are great and itโ€™s getting slicker and slicker every day. Happy customer.โ€

โ€œSpent a lot of time with the Novabook team, helping us ensure we were setup for YC. Great team and support.โ€œ

โ€œThe Novabook team are incredible. They understand startups better than anyone and are the dream to work with as a founder. Strongly recommend!โ€

Clients

Hear from startups

growing with our services.

โ€œThey do the boring stuff incredibly well. People are great and itโ€™s getting slicker and slicker every day. Happy customer.โ€

โ€œSpent a lot of time with the Novabook team, helping us ensure we were setup for YC. Great team and support.โ€œ

โ€œThe Novabook team are incredible. They understand startups better than anyone and are the dream to work with as a founder. Strongly recommend!โ€

Clients

Hear from startups

growing with our services.

โ€œThey do the boring stuff incredibly well. People are great and itโ€™s getting slicker and slicker every day. Happy customer.โ€

โ€œSpent a lot of time with the Novabook team, helping us ensure we were setup for YC. Great team and support.โ€œ

โ€œThe Novabook team are incredible. They understand startups better than anyone and are the dream to work with as a founder. Strongly recommend!โ€

Pricing

Flexible pricing,

built around your business.

Accounts & Corporation Tax

Your annual accounts and company tax return prepared and filed.

Starts at ยฃ69 per month

Bookkeeping

Regular reconciliations and tidy, up-to-date records.

Starts at ยฃ22 per month

Payroll & Pensions

Custom payroll runs with all required pension submissions.

Starts at ยฃ15 per month

Company Secretarial

All routine Companies House updates and statutory admin handled.

Starts at ยฃ4 per month

VAT Filings

Full preparation and submission of your VAT return each period.

Starts at ยฃ19 per month

Add-On Services

Specialist support for tax, investment, compliance, USA accounting and valuations.

Tailored quote

A typical plan starts at ยฃ129 per month

Your final price will depend on chosen services, transaction volume, and amount of employees.

Prices excluding tax.

Pricing

Flexible pricing,

built around your business.

Accounts & Corporation Tax

Your annual accounts and company tax return prepared and filed.

Starts at ยฃ69 per month

Bookkeeping

Regular reconciliations and tidy, up-to-date records.

Starts at ยฃ22 per month

Payroll & Pensions

Custom payroll runs with all required pension submissions.

Starts at ยฃ15 per month

Company Secretarial

All routine Companies House updates and statutory admin handled.

Starts at ยฃ4 per month

VAT Filings

Full preparation and submission of your VAT return each period.

Starts at ยฃ19 per month

Add-On Services

Specialist support for tax, investment, compliance, USA accounting and valuations.

Tailored quote

A typical plan starts at ยฃ129 per month

Your final price will depend on chosen services, transaction volume, and amount of employees.

Prices excluding tax.

Pricing

Flexible pricing,

built around your business.

Accounts & Corporation Tax

Your annual accounts and company tax return prepared and filed.

Starts at ยฃ69 per month

Bookkeeping

Regular reconciliations and tidy, up-to-date records.

Starts at ยฃ22 per month

Payroll & Pensions

Custom payroll runs with all required pension submissions.

Starts at ยฃ15 per month

Company Secretarial

All routine Companies House updates and statutory admin handled.

Starts at ยฃ4 per month

VAT Filings

Full preparation and submission of your VAT return each period.

Starts at ยฃ19 per month

Add-On Services

Specialist support for tax, investment, compliance, USA accounting and valuations.

Tailored quote

A typical plan starts at ยฃ129 per month

Your final price will depend on chosen services, transaction volume, and amount of employees.

Prices excluding tax.

Events

Accounting by day

events by night.

Events, meet ups and conversations that fuel real startup building.

Events

Accounting by day

events by night.

Events, meet ups and conversations that fuel real startup building.

Events

Accounting by day

events by night.

Events, meet ups and conversations that fuel real startup building.

Startup accounting,

done right.

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Startup accounting,

done right.

Book a call

Email us

Call us

Startup accounting,

done right.

Book a call

Email us

Call us

ยฉ2026 Novabook. All rights reserved.

Company No. 15483290

Novabook is a trading name of Basilica Services Ltd.

Basilica Services Ltd (Company Number: 15483290) is an agent of Plaid Financial Ltd. (Company Number: 11103959, Firm Reference Number: 804718), an authorised payment institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017. Plaid provides you with regulated account information services through Basilica Services Ltd as its agent.

ยฉ2026 Novabook. All rights reserved.

Company No. 15483290

Novabook is a trading name of Basilica Services Ltd.

Basilica Services Ltd (Company Number: 15483290) is an agent of Plaid Financial Ltd. (Company Number: 11103959, Firm Reference Number: 804718), an authorised payment institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017. Plaid provides you with regulated account information services through Basilica Services Ltd as its agent.

ยฉ2026 Novabook. All rights reserved.

Company No. 15483290

Novabook is a trading name of Basilica Services Ltd.

Basilica Services Ltd (Company Number: 15483290) is an agent of Plaid Financial Ltd. (Company Number: 11103959, Firm Reference Number: 804718), an authorised payment institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017. Plaid provides you with regulated account information services through Basilica Services Ltd as its agent.