Tax Intern

Key Responsibilities

• Tax Compliance & Financial Reporting: Assist in the preparation of the U.S. Federal Income Tax Return (Form 1120) and various state and local (SALT) filings. Help calculate and document quarterly estimated tax payments. Assist with preparation indirect tax returns, including sales/use tax, VAT/GST, and CAT filings. Assist with audit projects by gathering supporting documentation, preparing schedules, and responding to audit information requests.
• Tech-Sector Specialized Projects: R&D Tax Credit: Gather documentation from engineers or product teams to support Research & Development tax credit claims. Tax notice/audit: Support the Tax Department in managing and resolving formal inquiries, notices, and audits from federal, state, and international tax authorities.
• Tax Operations & Automation: Learn to extract the clean financial data from our ERP system (e.g., Oracle) and Vertex for use in tax workpapers. Learn to utilize data visualization and automation tools (e.g., Alteryx or Tableau) to streamline repetitive compliance tasks. Collaborate with Accounting, Finance, AP, AR and IT teams on tax-related matters. Support implementation and testing of tax engine and system updates.

Qualifications & Skills

• Educational Background: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, or Finance. (CPA-track preferred).
• Technical Prowess: Proficiency in MS Excel (e.g., Pivot Tables and VLOOKUPs, and other formulas). Exposure to data analytics tools (Alteryx) is a significant plus.
• Core Competencies: Junior or Senior pursuing Accounting/Finance. A basic understanding of GAAP (General Accepted Accounting Principles). Ability to translate complex tax concepts into "plain English" for non-tax stakeholders. Attention to detail—accuracy is paramount in tax reporting.

About Us

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.

What We Offer

• Direct Impact: Work on projects that influence the company’s effective tax rate and bottom line.
• Mentorship: Regular 1-on-1s with experienced Tax Professionals and exposure to senior finance leadership.
• Benefits: Includes medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time as well as a comprehensive leave program.
• Schedule: Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.
• Equity Program: Eligible to participate in the Fortinet equity program.