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2nd Story Software® is hiring a newly created position for a full-time Product Manager - Mobile.

As Product Manager you will become the product expert responsible for managing a group of products and work to increase the profitability of existing products. You will build products from existing ideas, help identify new technologies, and develop new ideas to ensure our products meet the needs of our customers. This person must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision with the drive to make that vision a reality. This person must be able to communicate with all areas of the company to develop and implement product plans. The Product Manager will also collaborate with Marketing to ensure a cohesive external launch program is accomplished; along with manage external partner relationships. As Product Manager you will need to become an internal champion and think mobile first.

Desired Skills & Experience

Education:

College/University degree with studies in Business, Technology, or related field and equivalent work experience.

Skills:

• Previous product management experience in Mobile products (Android or iOS), a plus
• Strong finance skills – develop, analyze and respond to key performance metrics
• Solid communication skills – both written and verbal
• Experience working with 3rd party vendors/partners to align disparate product roadmaps
• Demonstrated ability to take internal and external product requirements/requests and manage their priority against both the priorities of the product and the company
• Experience conducting market analysis and business case justification
• Excellent organizational and time management skills

About 2nd Story Software and TaxACT

2nd Story Software, the makers of TaxACT, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blucora. TaxACT is the second-most visited online income tax preparation destination. We strive to attract, motivate, and retain the best and the brightest employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit and can execute smartly against plan. You will love our casual work environment while working with the latest tools and technology. Full-time employees are offered highly competitive benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan options
• 17 Days PTO, 5 sick days and 10 holidays
• Medical Insurance
• Dental and vision insurance with premiums paid 100% for employees and dependents
• 401(k) program and employer match
• Monthly health club membership subsidy

Learn more about this growing company and TaxACT at www.taxact.com. To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to HR@taxact.com

2nd Story Software® is hiring a newly created position for a full-time Product Manager.

As Product Manager you will become the product expert responsible for managing a group of products and work to increase the profitability of existing products. You will build products from existing ideas, and help to develop new ideas to ensure our products meet the needs of our customers. This person must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision with the drive to make that vision a reality. You must be able to communicate with all areas of the company to develop and implement product plans. The Product Manager will also collaborate with Marketing to ensure a cohesive external launch program is accomplished; along with manage external partner relationships.

Desired Skills & Experience

Education:

College/University degree with studies in Business, Accounting, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.

Skills:

• Previous product management experience in commercial B-to-C software is a plus
• Strong finance skills – establishing product price, ASP analysis, and more
• Solid communication skills – both written and verbal
• Experience working with 3rd party vendors/partners to align disparate product roadmaps
• Demonstrated ability to take internal and external product requirements/requests and manage their priority against both the priorities of the product and the company
• Experience conducting market analysis and business case justification

About 2nd Story Software and TaxACT

2nd Story Software, the makers of TaxACT, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blucora. TaxACT is the second-most visited online income tax preparation destination. We strive to attract, motivate, and retain the best and the brightest employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit and can execute smartly against plan. You will love our casual work environment while working with the latest tools and technology. Full-time employees are offered highly competitive benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan options
• 17 Days PTO, 5 sick days and 10 holidays
• Medical Insurance
• Dental and vision insurance with premiums paid 100% for employees and dependents
• 401(k) program and employer match
• Monthly health club membership subsidy

Learn more about this growing company and TaxACT at www.taxact.com. To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to HR@taxact.com

2nd Story Software®, Inc, the makers of TaxACT, is hiring dynamic Senior and entry level application developers to work in an expanding, one-of-a-kind, fun and fast-paced environment. TaxACT is the second-most visited online income tax preparation destination, serving millions of customers each year.

Well-rounded developers will join the ranks of our innovative application development team responsible for developing, maintaining and enhancing our applications, interface and back-end systems development. TaxACT developers are challenged with finding creative solutions in the cutting-edge industry, used annually by millions.

Skills and requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Strong understanding of object oriented programming
• Use of C++
• Experience with iOS SDK, Android SDK, or Marmalade cross-platform SDK is a plus
• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio is a plus
• Experience with ASP, VB Script, JavaScript/JQuery, HTML/HTML 5 is a plus
• Experience with SQL, ISAPI, COM, Windows Servers is a plus
• Minimum of 1-2 years iOS and/or Android application development experience is a plus

Ideal candidates will also have:

• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with peers
• Entrepreneurial spirit and creative problem-solving abilities
• Flexibility required to work in the demanding tax preparation solution industry
• Ability to multi-task and quickly shift priorities when needed
• Ability to work independently as well as on a team
• Desire to remain current with the latest software standards, technology and best practices

About 2nd Story Software and TaxACT

2nd Story Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blucora. We strive to attract, motivate, and retain the best and the brightest employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit and can execute smartly against plan. You will love the casual work environment while working with the latest tools and technology. Full-time employees are offered highly competitive benefits, including competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan options
• 17 Days PTO, 5 sick days and 10 holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental and vision insurance with premiums paid 100% for employees and dependents
• 401(k) program and employer match
• Monthly health club membership subsidy

Learn more about this growing company and TaxACT at www.taxact.com. To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to HR@taxact.com.

2nd Story Software® is hiring a full-time Online Marketing Specialist to join our innovative and creative marketing department. TaxACT is a top digital and download tax preparation solution used by millions of U.S. taxpayers each year.

This individual will assist in day-to-day media planning and buying for TaxACT. This person will be responsible for coordinating all phases of his/her campaigns including: planning, negotiating, implementation, optimization and analysis. The online specialist will be expected to maintain existing partners and research new partners that fit within the overall marketing strategy.

The primary responsibilities include:

• Identifying online media buying opportunities
• Assisting with Display and Search Engine Marketing campaigns
• Utilizing campaign management tools and analytics programs
• Landing page testing and analysis
• Measuring results and making campaign recommendations
• Developing and maintaining daily performance reports

Skills and requirements:

• Degree or equivalent related experience in marketing, business or related field
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Basic HTML coding desired but not required
• Background in direct marketing highly desired but not required

The ideal candidate will also have:

• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with peers
• Ability to work independently on projects as needed
• Excellent time-management skills
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Self-discipline and a strong work ethic
• Ability to learn quickly and work with new tools

About 2nd Story Software and TaxACT

2nd Story Software, the makers of TaxACT, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blucora. TaxACT is the second-most visited online income tax preparation destination. We strive to attract, motivate, and retain the best and the brightest employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit and can execute smartly against plan. You will love our casual work environment while working with the latest tools and technology. Full-time employees are offered highly competitive benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan options
• 17 Days PTO, 5 sick days and 10 holidays
• Medical Insurance
• Dental and vision insurance with premiums paid 100% for employees and dependents
• 401(k) program and employer match
• Monthly health club membership subsidy

Learn more about this growing company and TaxACT at www.taxact.com. To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to HR@taxact.com

2nd Story Software, the makers of TaxACT located in Cedar Rapids Iowa, is a looking for a Senior Business Analyst with an analytical mind-set. TaxACT is a top digital and download tax preparation solution used by millions of U.S. taxpayers each year.

This position will report to the Director - FP&A, and is perfect for a highly motivated professional who is excited about the opportunity to play a critical role in the continued success of a fast-growing internet business. This highly visible position will be responsible for providing strategic, analytical and technical support for application process and business intelligence activities using business acumen and technical knowledge to develop and deliver solutions for internal customers. This role will work with the business in understanding their evolving requirements as well as working closely with Engineering to deliver practical solutions of real business benefit.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate discovery, requirements gathering, testing and documentation in support of business intelligence initiatives.
• Assist in dimensional modeling & maintenance processes, including data profiling, prototyping, and research required to support decisions on ETL logic.
• Work closely with the business to understand their information needs, and assist in developing solutions that are an excellent fit to their evolving needs.
• Work with engineering colleagues to help shape and drive the tactical and strategic development of TaxACT's business intelligence solution including the Data Warehouse, reporting and analytical applications.
• Support ad hoc analysis on behalf of Marketing, Operations, and Business Development functions.

Required Skills, Education & Experience

• A bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting or MIS preferred.
• 3-5 years of analytical work experience in high data volume environments, preferably in software, internet, media or telecom industries. Consulting experience a plus.
• Advanced analytical, modeling & Excel skills coupled with the ability to clearly summarize and communicate findings to all levels of the organization.
• A keen ability to multi-task and manage the details while keeping an eye on the big picture.
• Solid presentation and written communication skills required.
• Ability to scope, plan, prioritize and perform duties with a minimum of supervision in relation to the nature and complexity of the duties.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to work on and manage multiple projects within tight timelines.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative financial skills. Must be comfortable working with ambiguity and able to make decisions on the best way to leverage open-ended data.
• Database experience including proficiency in SQL.
• Team player with ability to work toward solutions with various groups in an individual contributor role.

About 2nd Story Software and TaxACT

2nd Story Software, the makers of TaxACT, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blucora. TaxACT is the second-most visited online income tax preparation destination. We strive to attract, motivate, and retain the best and the brightest employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit and can execute smartly against plan. You will love our casual work environment while working with the latest tools and technology. Full-time employees are offered highly competitive benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan options
• 17 Days PTO, 5 sick days and 10 holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental and vision insurance with premiums paid 100% for employees and dependents
• 401(k) program and employer match
• Monthly health club membership subsidy

Learn more about this growing company and TaxACT at www.taxact.com. To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to HR@taxact.com or apply at www.blucora.com.

2nd Story Software, the makers of TaxACT located in Cedar Rapids Iowa, is a looking for a Manager – FP&A with an analytical mind-set. TaxACT is a top digital and download tax preparation solution used by millions of U.S. taxpayers each year.

This position will report to the Director - FP&A (and dotted line report to parent company, Blucora, Inc., Corporate FP&A) and is perfect for a highly motivated finance professional who is excited about the opportunity to play a critical role in the continued success of fast-growing internet business. This highly visible position will be responsible for driving key initiatives and processes within the company, including a full P&L forecast on a monthly basis, leading the annual budgeting process as well as performing ad hoc analysis supporting Sales, marketing and Product Development and the Executive Team.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for monthly financial forecast and operations review, focusing on the analysis of key historical and predictive business information, ensuring accuracy of financial results, appropriateness of future financial commitments, and explanations of variances to budget.
• Build and present reporting packages to senior executives – covering financial trends, forecast assumptions, and key metrics for the business.
• Coordinates the annual budgeting process, including analysis used to build financial models around new initiative product plans, sales targets and resource requirements.
• Develop and introduce recurring and ad-hoc analysis and processes in support of product planning, marketing/advertising, engineering resource planning.
• Assist in market sizing, competitive analysis and industry research in support of external investor communication.
• Primary contact for structuring and review of financial deal terms in contract negotiation and approval process.
• Perform product and customer profitability assessment, including P&L by product line or customer.

Required Skills, Education & Experience

• 3-5 years related business experience in the technology industry (internet preferred).
• BA/BS in finance or accounting required.
• Advanced analytical, modeling & Excel skills coupled with the ability to clearly summarize and communicate findings to all levels of the organization.
• A keen ability to multi-task and manage the details while keeping an eye on the big picture.
• Solid presentation and written communication skills required.
• Ability to scope, plan, prioritize and perform duties with a minimum of supervision in relation to the nature and complexity of the duties.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to work on and manage multiple projects within tight timelines.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative financial skills. Must be comfortable working with ambiguity and able to make decisions on the best way to leverage open-ended data.
• Basic understanding of revenue and expense recognition concepts to facilitate P&L projections and coordination with accounting team.
• Team player with ability to work toward solutions with various groups in an individual contributor role.

About 2nd Story Software and TaxACT:

2nd Story Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blucora. We strive to attract, motivate, and retain the best and the brightest employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit and can execute smartly against plan. You will lover our casual work environment while working with the latest tools and technology. Full-time employees are offered highly competitive benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan options
• 3+ weeks first year, sick days and 10 holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental and vision insurance with premiums paid 100% for employees and dependents
• 401(k) program and employer match
• Monthly health club membership subsidy

Learn more about this growing company and TaxACT at www.taxact.com. To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to HR@taxact.com

2nd Story Software, the makers of TaxACT, is hiring senior and entry-level application developers to work in an expanding, one-of-a-kind, fun and fast-paced environment. TaxACT is the second-most visited online income tax preparation destination, serving millions of customers each year.

We are seeking several candidates to join the ranks of our innovative software development team responsible developing, enhancing, and maintaining features in the internal support systems. This includes application, interface, and back-end systems programming.

Skills and requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Use of ASP, ASP.NET and C#
• Experience with SQL and database development
• Working knowledge of Windows Operating Systems

Ideal candidates will also have:

• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with peers
• Entrepreneurial spirit and creative problem-solving abilities
• Flexibility required to work in the demanding tax preparation solution industry
• Ability to multi-task and quickly shift priorities when needed
• Desire to remain current with the latest software standards, technology and best practices

About 2nd Story Software and TaxACT:

2nd Story Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blucora. We strive to attract, motivate, and retain the best and the brightest employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit and can execute smartly against plan. You will lover our casual work environment while working with the latest tools and technology. Full-time employees are offered highly competitive benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan options
• 3+ weeks first year, sick days and 10 holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental and vision insurance with premiums paid 100% for employees and dependents
• 401(k) program and employer match
• Monthly health club membership subsidy

Learn more about this growing company and TaxACT at www.taxact.com. To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to HR@taxact.com

2nd Story Software®, Inc, the makers of TaxACT, is hiring dynamic Senior and entry level application developers to work in an expanding, one-of-a-kind, fun and fast-paced environment. TaxACT is the third largest vendor in the Personal Income Tax Preparation market with a loyal and growing customer base.

Well-rounded developers will join the ranks of our innovative application development team responsible for developing, maintaining and enhancing our applications, interface and back-end systems development.

Skills and requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Strong understanding of object oriented programming
• Use of C++
• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio is a plus
• Experience with ASP, VB Script, JavaScript, HTML is a plus
• Experience with SQL, ISAPI, COM, Windows Servers is a plus
• Minimum of 1-2 years application development experience is a plus

Ideal candidates will also have:

• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with peers
• Entrepreneurial spirit and creative problem-solving abilities
• Flexibility required to work in the demanding tax preparation solution industry
• Ability to multi-task and quickly shift priorities when needed
• Ability to work independently as well as on a team
• Desire to remain current with the latest software standards, technology and best practices

About 2nd Story Software and TaxACT

2nd Story Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blucora. We strive to attract, motivate, and retain the best and the brightest employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit and can execute smartly against plan. You will love the casual work environment while working with the latest tools and technology. Full-time employees are offered highly competitive benefits, including competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan options
• 3+ weeks of vacation the first year, sick days and 10 holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental and vision insurance with premiums paid 100% for employees and dependents
• 401(k) program and employer match
• Monthly health club membership subsidy

Learn more about this growing company and TaxACT at www.taxact.com. To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to HR@taxact.com.

2nd Story Software®, the makers of TaxACT, is hiring a full-time Email Marketing Specialist to join our innovative and creative marketing department. TaxACT is the third largest vendor in the Personal Income tax Preparation Market with a loyal and growing customer base.

This individual will be responsible for all email campaign deployment tasks including message creation, segmentation, sending live test versions of campaigns internally, deploying, and analyzing campaigns for TaxACT.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Manage subscriber data, import, and segmentation using a combination of tools through email service provider (ESP)
• Update existing HTML and text email templates (URLs, copy, alt text)
• Assist with quality assurance of emails (content integration checking, link checking, etc.)
• Utilize campaign management tools and analytics programs to monitor the campaign post-deployment to validate completion
• Help develop creative & landing page testing and analyze results
• Measure results and make campaign recommendations
• Provide support and input to Marketing Managers with special projects as needed
• Stay current with email marketing best practices, strategies, and industry standards

Skills and requirements:

• Degree or equivalent related experience in marketing, business, or related field
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• HTML expertise required (without use of WYSIWYG); familiarity with email best practices preferred
• Email marketing experience a plus

The ideal candidate will also have:

• Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, and attention to detail skills
• Ability to work independently on projects as needed
• Excellent time-management skills and ability to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to handle pressure, prioritize, and manage multiple projects simultaneously and accurately
• Ability to work in fast-paced changing environment with strong desire to learn
• Self-disciplined with a strong work ethic
• Ability to learn quickly and work with new tools

About 2nd Story Software and TaxACT:

2nd Story Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blucora. We strive to attract, motivate, and retain the best and the brightest employees who have an entrepreneurial spirit and can execute smartly against plan. Full-time employees are offered highly competitive benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan options
• 3+ weeks first year, sick days and 10 holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental and vision insurance with premiums paid 100% for employees and dependents
• 401(k) program and employer match
• Monthly health club membership subsidy

Learn more about this growing company and TaxACT at www.taxact.com. To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to hr@taxact.com.