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Are you an experienced professional or veteran looking for a purposeful step back into the workforce after an extended career break? Or are you ready to return to full-time work but need a flexible bridge to re-launch your career?
TI's Encore Program helps you put your skills to work, sharpen your capabilities, and relaunch your career.
About the Encore program

• Overview: A paid, 12-week internship designed for experienced talent who have taken a career break of 2 years or more (over a continuous period)
• Your role: You'll be a contributor, not a trainee, from day 1-solving real problems, inventing solutions, and collaborating with TI teams.
• Support: Personalized mentorship, coaching, and networking opportunities are built into the program.
• Outcome: High-performing participants will be considered for full-time employment at the end of the program.

Qualifications, skills and requirements

• A career break of at least 2 years
• Intent to return to a full-time role at TI after the program.
• No sponsorship required now or in the future (U.S. work-authorization required).
• Meet the minimum role-specific requirements for the job

Change the world. Love your job.
The TI tax department provides an excellent opportunity to gain experience in and exposure to complex tax issues and related responsibilities entailed with working for a multinational publicly traded company. This position shares responsibility for the federal and state income tax forecast and compliance processes as well as involvement in special projects that may provide cash tax benefits, tax rate benefits and/or improve, tighten and streamline processes. Specifically, this role is responsible for the following:

• Assist with complex federal and state income tax return preparation
• Participate in various aspects of tax compliance, such as tax calculations for fixed assets, stock compensation, and R&D credit, and managing inputs and consolidated return tie-outs in the tax compliance software.
• Assist with the federal and state quarterly estimated payment, extension and provision processes
• Research tax technical issues and communicate the implications for TI tax compliance in a clear and concise manner
• Participate in various tax planning activities and assist with special projects
• Identify and lead process improvement initiatives that streamline and influence TI-level processes within the tax function
• Support efforts to defend US tax filings upon audit by the IRS
  What you will gain from this role:
• Foundational Tax Expertise: Build strong knowledge in US and state tax compliance while expanding your understanding of complex tax regulations
• Professional Development: Enhance your skills with industry-standard tax research tools and software commonly used in both public accounting and corporate tax departments
• Cross-functional Exposure: Collaborate with experienced professionals across Finance, Accounting, and TMG teams to broaden your business perspective
• Career Growth Opportunities: Contribute to process improvements and technology initiatives while developing problem-solving skills that will advance your career in tax and finance

Texas Instruments will not sponsor job applicants for visas or work authorization for this position.
Qualifications
Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field required (CPA or CPA eligible and/or Master's degree in taxation or accounting a plus)
• 2+ years of accounting or tax adjacent work experience including internships (experience at a large corporation with multistate presence or at a large public accounting firm a plus)
• Preferred requirements:
• Academic and/or working knowledge of federal and state tax laws, regulations, and reporting requirements
• Familiarity with tax software gained through coursework, internships, or work experience
• Willingness to learn OneSource Income Tax and related suite of products
• Exposure to corporate federal income tax return preparation through coursework, internships, or work experience
• Exposure to state corporate tax returns in both separate and combined reporting jurisdictions through coursework, internships, or work experience
• Academic and/or working knowledge of multistate tax concepts or willingness to learn complex reporting jurisdictions
• Strong research skills demonstrated through academic projects and familiarity with online research databases
• Willingness to learn tax specific research tools such as RIA Checkpoint or BNA/Bloomberg
• Experience with data analytics tools (Excel or Alteryx) or business software (SAP, BPC, Business Objects) through coursework, internships, or work experience
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently and effectively under pressure and manage deadlines
• Strong analytical skills, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent organizational and time management skills and ability to multi-task in a dual-reporting role

About Us
Why TI?

• Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.
• We're different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI
• Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us. Please find our country-specific benefits here

About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com.
Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, disability, genetic information, national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition.
About the Team
TI does not make recruiting or hiring decisions based on citizenship, immigration status or national origin. However, if TI determines that information access or export control restrictions based upon applicable laws and regulations would prohibit you from working in this position without first obtaining an export license, TI expressly reserves the right not to seek such a license for you and either offer you a different position that does not require an export license or decline to move forward with your employment.