Founders Associate Intern (m/w/d) - Startup

Taxforce

Berlin 9/23/2026 Intern

We are building Germany's leading Tax Advisory firm. Taxforce was founded based on a simple observation: Many business 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.We’re building the alternative.Founded in 2025, Taxforce rethinks tax advisory from the ground up: AI-powered and highly automated, yet personal.We're starting with healthcare professionals, a complex and underserved segment we're building Taxforce specifically for, growing both organically and through M&A, with the ambition to expand into many more industries over time.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. We’re writing them.We’re a small, highly ambitious team in Berlin, backed by €5M from Tenet VC and founded by alumni of Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Bain & Company and the former Klarna Head of Engineering. You’ll 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.<h2>Tasks</h2>As a Founders Associate Intern, you'll work directly with the founding team across the operational core of Taxforce, with a focus on M&A and operations, you’ll work directly with the founding team. Exemplary taks include:<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Deal sourcing: Build and maintain a pipeline of potential acquisition targets, from initial research and screening to first outreach</li><li>Post-merger integration: Support the onboarding and integration of newly acquired practices, from process documentation to cross-firm coordination</li><li>Process building and automation: Identify manual, fragmented workflows and help fix them at the root, building AI-first automations and getting into the tools yourself to make it happen.</li><li>Reporting and controlling: Help build and maintain the reporting and financial planning infrastructure that keeps Taxforce running.</li><li>Investor relations: Support the preparation of investor updates, board materials and internal documentation as we scale.</li><li>Getting things done. Run recurring processes, close operational gaps and take care of the things that simply need to get done, and automate it as you go.</li></ul><h2>Requirements</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Drive & ambition: You’re motivated to go the extra mile and thrive in fast-paced startup environments</li><li>First practical experience: You’ve gained hands-on experience through internships or working student roles (ideally in Consulting, IB or Tech)</li><li>Strong academic background: You’re studying at or have graduated from a well-regarded university or business school</li><li>Analytical mindset: You are able to think logically, break down complex problems and prioritise between multiple tasks on your plate</li><li>Tech-savvy: You’re comfortable using AI tools and can implement small automations yourself and you have no problem with learning new tools and skills on the go</li><li>Entrepreneurial mindset: You’re excited about building something from scratch and comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration</li><li>Collaborational: You are a team player. Working together as a team and sharing knowledge comes naturally to you</li><li>German language skills: We are a fast growing start-up with a diverse team. However, our customers do mostly speak German. Hence we require German language skills.</li></ul><h2>Benefits</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Work directly with experienced founders: Learn first-hand from a team with backgrounds in Goldman Sachs, Harvard Business School, Bain & Company and high-growth tech companies</li><li>Ownership from day one: Take on real responsibility early and help shape how Taxforce is built across sales, operations, and product</li><li>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</li><li>Hands-on venture building: Get deep exposure to building a company from scratch </li><li>Steep learning curve: Work on real problems, ship quickly, and build skills that prepare you to start your own company</li><li>Strong team environment: Join an ambitious, supportive team with direct feedback and a high level of trust and ownership</li></ul>Office Policy: 5 days a week in the office, because we feel that is crucial to enable speed, learning, and compounding interests when working next to each other.Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>

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