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The Role
Manages international direct and indirect tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions. Responsibilities include reviewing foreign and U.S. international tax returns, preparing true-ups, maintaining tax documentation, managing VAT/GST filings and reconciliations, forecasting payments, researching tax issues, drafting memoranda, supporting withholding tax matters, and assisting with transfer pricing documentation. The role also supports audits, process improvements, controls, and cross-functional communication.
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A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role
The Finance Team supports and empowers Palantirians through day-to-day operations and creative problem-solving. The International Tax Manager is responsible for supporting the company’s direct and indirect tax compliance and reporting across multiple jurisdictions worldwide. This role requires a strong analytical mindset and technical background with the ability to navigate complex and evolving tax matters with a practical business-oriented approach. The ideal candidate is detail oriented, solutions driven and comfortable working cross functionally to support accurate compliance, effective risk management and scalable tax processes.
Core Responsibilities
- Review foreign tax returns and statutory financials
- Prepare foreign tax return true-up calculations
- Review certain US international tax returns and calculations
- Manage and maintain proper documentation to support various international tax related attributes, including earnings and profits, foreign taxes paid, and book tax differences
- Manage filing of VAT/GST returns
- Prepare and review VAT/GST reconciliations, working closely with the International Accounting Team
- Manage international tax payments and refunds and provide support on monthly tax payment forecast
- Research and provide technical expertise to address complex international tax issues and draft memoranda
- Analyze and interpret tax laws and regulations in collaboration with internal tax team and external tax advisors
- Assist customers with international tax related matters, such as withholding tax
- Assist with transfer pricing documentation
What We Value
- A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to work independently
- Experience managing audits and communicating effectively with taxing authorities and internal stakeholders
- Ability to identify process improvement opportunities and strengthen controls across systems and workflows
- Experience supporting SaaS business models
- CPA preferred
What We Require
- 7+ years of relevant experience at a public accounting firm and/or corporate tax department of a multinational public company
- Ability to drive results in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment with a high level of integrity
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interact and build relationships across all levels of the organization
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate complex tax concepts to non-tax professionals
- Hybrid schedule: Ability to work onsite twice a week
Salary
The salary range for this position is estimated to be $95,000 - $160,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual's relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.
Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.
Benefits
• Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
• Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
• 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
• Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
• Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.
In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.
If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.
Please note that you will never be asked to submit a payment or share financial information to participate in our interview process. If you suspect that you've been contacted by a scammer, we recommend you cease all communication with the individual and consider reporting them to the relevant authorities, such as the US FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
If you would like to understand more about how your personal data will be processed by Palantir, please see our Privacy Policy.
If you would like to understand more about how your personal data will be processed by Palantir, please see our Privacy Policy.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of relevant experience at a public accounting firm and/or corporate tax department of a multinational public company
- Ability to drive results in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment with a high level of integrity
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate complex tax concepts to non-tax professionals
- Ability to work onsite twice a week under a hybrid schedule
- CPA
- Experience supporting SaaS business models
- Experience managing audits and communicating with taxing authorities and internal stakeholders
Palantir Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — $0-premium U.S. medical plan options, comprehensive dental/vision, EAP, and HSA contributions are consistently described, and company materials emphasize robust mental-health support. Feedback suggests coverage depth is a standout element of the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all parents, a new‑parent stipend, and childcare/fertility/adoption support are highlighted across company and third‑party materials. These programs are repeatedly framed as generous and accessible.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — “Take‑what‑you‑need” (unlimited) PTO is paired with paid holidays and a two‑week year‑end office closure. This combination provides both flexibility and predictable downtime.
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The Company
What We Do
At Palantir, we're helping the world's most important institutions use their data to solve their most urgent problems. Palantir software helps the world's most important institutions integrate, analyze, and act on their data — unlocking answers to questions they couldn't ask before. From delivering disaster relief to building safer automobiles, we're honored to help make our partners better at their most important work. Together with our customers, we're building the future of national security, healthcare, energy, finance, manufacturing, and more.
Why Work With Us
We build the software that powers the world's most important institutions — the hospitals, militaries, intelligence agencies, and industrial operators that can't afford to fail. The consequence of our work is what makes us different.
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