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Headspace · 1 day ago

Senior Tax Manager

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$119K/yr - $168K/yr

7+ years exp

Headspace is seeking a strategic and hands-on Senior Tax Manager to lead their global tax planning and operations. The role involves overseeing tax compliance, implementing tax strategies, and managing relationships with tax advisors while ensuring compliance with tax regulations.

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Responsibilities

Drive implementation of Avalara indirect tax engine to ensure accuracy and efficiency of indirect tax collection and remittance

Oversee all global tax compliance and reporting, including federal, state, local, and international tax filings, as well as the preparation of the income tax provision and related disclosures in accordance with ASC 740

Manage any tax audits, notices and enquiries received from domestic and foreign tax authorities

Design, develop, and implement global tax planning strategies to minimize tax expense and exposure across federal, state, and foreign direct and indirect taxes, including evaluating sales tax obligations by state and monitoring legislative changes that impact tax positions and accounting implications

Actively manage relationships with third party tax advisors to optimize the relationships to efficiently balance in house vs outsourced tax support

Prepare and present clear, decision-oriented tax updates to executive leadership, including key risks, opportunities, and strategic tradeoffs

Establish deep business partner relationships across the organization to ensure company strategy and projects include a thorough review of tax consequences

Lead all significant tax initiatives, including M&A due diligence, new product launches, geographic expansion, and related tax studies

Ensure compliance with global transfer pricing requirements

Ensure appropriate internal controls related to tax matters are in place and operating correctly, identify any gaps in internal controls and ensure remediation and formalization of tax policies and procedures

Establish and maintain formal tax policies, practices and procedures to ensure compliance with US GAAP and tax regulations

Build, mentor, and develop internal tax talent over time, including assessing future hiring needs as the company scales

Own tax risk assessment, uncertain tax positions, and related documentation, including coordination of technical analyses and reserve positions under ASC 740

Qualification

Tax complianceTax planning strategiesAvalara softwareCPA licenseAnalytical skillsMicrosoft Office SuiteCommunication skillsTeam playerTime managementCritical thinkingMentoringFast-paced environment

Required

7+ years of relevant tax experience, with a mix of public accounting and corporate environments

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Excellent written and verbal communication, able to convey complex matters with simplicity and clarity to non-experts across the company

Strong, generalized tax knowledge across domestic and foreign income tax, domestic and foreign indirect tax, transfer pricing, international withholding tax, local taxes and more

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Experience with Avalara software including system implementation

Strong analytical, critical thinking, and time management skills

Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced, high growth environment

A collaborative team player, able to partner with internal and external contacts at all levels to drive efficiency and system improvement in tax and tax adjacent functions

CPA license required