Senior Manager, Indirect Tax Compliance
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OVERVIEW
It's an exciting time to join our dynamic Tax team and be a part of the amazing growth the Company is experiencing! The Senior Manager, Indirect Tax Compliance will play a central role in the Tax team as Instacart expands in the US and globally.
ABOUT THE ROLE
- Drive ongoing process improvements, focusing on automation, efficiency, and analytics/dashboards in partnership with our Tax Technology Team.
- Lead the indirect tax compliance, reporting, and accounting activities including but not limited to US Sales and Use tax, GST, VAT, DST, and other business taxes.
- Responsible for monthly accrual and reconciliation of tax accounts as well as overseeing the ASC 450 process and ongoing analysis.
- Partner with and manage external service providers.
- Monitor and research indirect tax legislative changes globally, including developments in marketplace facilitator laws and digital service taxes.
- Ensure new markets launch with indirect tax compliance requirements and processes implemented, minimizing risk and identifying savings opportunities.
- Lead tax system integration and remediation of acquired businesses.
- Provide support for merchant tax inquiries and deliver practical solutions.
- Identify indirect tax issues impacting Instacart and perform research and recommendations on the appropriate actions.
- Review indirect tax requirements for new product and/or system implementations.
- Partner with various Instacart teams, including accounting, legal, engineering, operations, and finance on a variety of initiatives.
- Train and mentor team members, peers and business partners.
ABOUT YOU
- 8+ years of relevant tax experience with a deep understanding of US indirect tax including some international indirect tax experience.
- Project management and organizational skills to meet various filing deadlines, both internal and external.
- A strategic mindset with the ability to drill into details.
- B.S. degree; CPA or JD (JD equivalent) required. MST or Tax LLM is a plus.
- Relevant public accounting or industry experience.
- A proven ability to build relationships and communicate technical tax issues clearly to non-tax team members and work effectively across all functional teams.
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