Tax

Levels

Junior Tax Analyst

The Junior Tax Analyst reports to the Manager, Tax. The responsibilities and requirements for a Junior Tax Analyst would be defined at the time of business need for the role.

Junior Tax Analyst Job Grade

The Junior Tax Analyst is a grade 5.

Tax Analyst (Intermediate)

The Tax Analyst (Intermediate) reports to the Manager, Tax. The responsibilities and requirements for a Tax Analyst would be defined at the time of business need for the role.

Tax Analyst (Intermediate) Job Grade

The Tax Analyst (Intermediate) is a grade 6.

Senior Tax Analyst

The Senior Tax Analyst resorts to the Manager, Tax.

Senior Tax Analyst Job Grade

The Senior Tax Analyst is a grade 7.

Senior Tax Analyst Responsibilities

• Manage indirect tax audits, including gathering information and responding to audit requests
• Prepare monthly sales and use tax-related journal entries and ensure that all sales and use tax liabilities and payments are recorded properly
• Work with team to create new processes and develop efficiencies in the tax process based on specialty
• Research, analyze, and model the impacts of legislative changes based on specialty
• Prepare/Review property tax returns
• Prepare and ensure that all annual reports are filed timely
• Ensure monthly accrual and reconciliation of indirect tax accounts as well as the ASC 450 process and ongoing analysis.
• Manage the business license renewal process and perform necessary research to determine if any new filings are required
• Review tax requirements for new products and/or system implementations based on specialty
• Partner with various teams, including accounting, legal, engineering, operations, and finance on a variety of initiatives
• Design and maintain SOX control processes and evidences
• Partner with and manage outside service providers on tax compliance based on specialty
• Assist with miscellaneous projects as necessary

Senior Tax Analyst Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Accounting, tax or related field.
• CPA designation desired.
• Progressive, relevant experience based on tax specialty.
• Experience with Software and/or SAAS in a high growth environment.
• Taking initiative and also working as a team player
• Experience with NetSuite, SalesForce, Zuora, Coupa, GSuite and Avalara are plusses.
• Superior Excel and analytical skills
• Outstanding organizational and presentation skills and attention to detail
• The capacity to multitask and prioritize workload
• Discretion and respect for confidential information
• Ability to use GitLab

Staff Tax Analyst

The Staff Tax Analyst reports to the Manager, Tax.

Staff Tax Analyst Job Grade

The Staff Tax Analyst is a grade 8.

Staff Tax Analyst Responsibilities

• Extends that of the Senior Tax Analyst responsibilities

Staff Tax Analyst Requirements

• Strong business judgment applied to tax and finance operational activities
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring and leading a distributed team
• Leadership experience in a software or global technology company
• Proven strategic and tactical vision to lead a high performing team

Manager, Tax

The Manager, Tax reports to the Director, Tax.

Manager, Tax Job Grade

The Manager, Tax is a grade 8.

Manager, Tax Responsibilities

• Extends that of the Staff Tax Analyst responsibilities
• Manage a team of analysts
• Conduct recurring 1:1’s and evaluate team’s performance

Manager, Tax Requirements

• Extends that of the Staff Tax Analyst requirement
• Demonstration of past mentorship and leadership capabilities

Senior Manager, International Tax (Non US)

The Senior Manager, International Tax (Non US) reports to the Director, International Tax.

Job Grade

The Senior Manager, International Tax (Non US) is a job grade 9.

Senior Manager, International Tax Responsibilities

• Models and joins in planning for our economic ownership of IP
• Assists international team with CFC tax basis, earnings and profits, Subpart F, BEAT, GILTI and FDII calculations
• Primary contact with outside service provider for our transfer pricing contemporaneous documentation and country by country reporting
• Primary contact with our tax preparers for international local income tax compliance
• Maintains all digital service taxes and similar taxes
• Assists with transfer pricing audits
• Manages international local income tax and indirect tax audits
• Maintains per-country effective tax rates for US GAAP purposes
• Maintains cumulative book/tax differences for our international entities for local and US GAAP purposes. Works with our Accounting team to understand GAAP to statutory book differences.
• VAT/GST compliance and audits
• Assists with new entity setup, working with our legal, finance, and human resources teams
• Works with our stock-based comp and payroll teams regarding per-country stock based compensation issues
• Provides information, as needed, to international local entity directors
• Works with our finance and treasury teams to fund international operations
• Administers intercompany agreements, including intercompany invoicing
• Assists with withholding compliance on
• Billing by local entities
• Intercompany transfers

Senior Manager, International Tax (Non US) Requirements

The Senior Manager, International Tax (Non US) will have Big-4 or comparable multinational company experience. Specifically, the candidate will have demonstrable, progressive experience in:

• Transfer pricing and functional analysis
• CBC reporting
• Some understanding of the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
• Permanent establishment issues
• Local international tax compliance project management
• International funding, contributions and distributions
• Knowledge of GitLab merge requests is a plus
• Initiating and settling intercompany transactions
• Staff supervision
• The Senior Manager, International Tax will have a BS/BA in Accounting or Finance. An MST, MBT, or LLM or similar international designation in taxation is preferred. A CPA or similar international license is preferred.

Director, Tax

The Directors, Tax report to the VP, Tax.

Director, Global Tax Accounting and Domestic Tax Job Grade

The Director, Tax is a grade 10.

Director, Global Tax Accounting and Domestic Tax Responsibilities

• Staff mentoring and supervision
• SOX control implementation, testing, and narrative writing
• Process implementation for global income tax accounting
• Interaction with Big 4 financial statement auditors
• Working with outside service providers on projects including but not limited to:
• Income tax compliance
• Sales tax compliance
• Maintenance of a compliance calendar
• Tax audit supervision, both direct and indirect taxes
• M&A and purchase accounting (income and indirect taxes)
• Tax account reconciliation
• Working with Finance team members on intercompany settlements

Director, Global Tax Accounting and Domestic Tax Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Accounting. Master’s Degree in Business Taxation preferred.
• JD and/or CPA preferred.
• Experience with Software and/or SAAS in a high growth environment.
• Technical understanding of ASC 740, ASC 718, and ASC 805 for global operations
• Spreadsheet modeling for ASC 740, tax return workpapers, and project planning
• Tax and tax provision issues relating to stock based compensation, including contra-DTAs produced by Sec. 162M
• Project management
• Audit supervision
• Memo writing
• Taking initiative and also working as a team player
• Experience with NetSuite, SalesForce, Zuora, Coupa, GSuite and Avalara are plusses.
• Ability to use GitLab

Director of International Tax

Job Grade

The Director of International Tax is a job grade 11.

Director of International Tax Responsibilities

• Plans for, models, and operationalizes our economic ownership of IP
• Maintains CFC tax basis, earnings and profits and Subpart F calculations
• Maintains BEAT, GILTI and FDII calculations
• Engages and supervises our transfer pricing contemporaneous documentation and country by country reporting
• Engages and supervises our tax preparers for international income tax compliance, both locally and from a U.S. perspective
• Maintains all digital service taxes and similar taxes
• Manages tax and transfer pricing audits
• Maintains per-country effective tax rates for US GAAP purposes
• Maintains cumulative book/tax differences for local and US GAAP purposes. Works with our Accounting team to understand GAAP to statutory book differences.
• VAT/GST compliance and audits
• Holds the lead role in new entity setup, working with our legal, finance, and human resources teams
• Works with our stock-based comp and payroll teams regarding per-country stock based compensation issues
• Works with our legal and finance teams to hold subsidiary directors’ meetings
• Works with our finance and treasury teams to fund international operations
• Outlines and drafts intercompany agreements

Director of International Tax Requirements

• The candidate will have Big-4 or comparable US-based multinational company experience. Specifically, the candidate will have demonstrable, progressive experience in:
• Transfer pricing and functional analysis
• CBC reporting
• Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
• Permanent establishment issues
• New entity setup and maintenance
• US international tax compliance supervision
• Local international tax compliance supervision
• International funding, contributions and distributions
• Identification of issues and project management (knowledge of GitLab merge requests is a plus)
• Initiating and settling intercompany transactions Maintaining capital preservation, minimizing any excess cash held by international subsidiaries Supervising managers and creating leaders The Director of International Tax will have a BS/BA in Accounting or Finance with an MST, MBT, or LLM in taxation. A CPA is preferred.

Specialties

Domestic

• Primary focus on US direct and/or indirect tax
• Assist with the resolution of all state notices
• Maintain a U.S. indirect tax compliance calendar
• Prepare/Review all aspects of U.S. indirect tax filings including, but not limited to, sales and use tax and gross receipt tax
• Assist with the resolution of all state notices relating to US indirect tax
• 3+ years indirect tax experience with multiple states and local jurisdictions preferred.

International

• Primary focus on international tax
• Working knowledge of multiple International tax areas
• Proven international experience working with overseas operations
• Proven success with managing tax on a global scale

Performance Indicators

• Effective Tax Rate
• Budget vs. Actual
• Audit Adjustments
• International Expansion

Career Ladder

The Tax job family career ladder is outlined on this page.

Hiring Process

Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that candidates can be declined from the position at any stage of the process.

• Qualified candidates will be invited to schedule a 30 minute screening call with one of our Global Recruiters.

• Next, qualified candidates will be invited to schedule a first interview with the Hiring Manager
• Candidates will then be invited to schedule an interview with 2 - 4 team members
• Finally, candidates may be invited to a final executive interview

Additional details about our process can be found on our hiring page

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