What You’ll Do:
Compliance & Filing: Oversee the end-to-end preparation, review, and timely filing of monthly, quarterly, and annual domestic sales & use tax and international VAT/GST returns, business licenses and property tax filings.
System Optimization & Support: Serve as the internal contact for tax software configurations; proactively maintaining and refining indirect tax calculation and reporting systems to provide seamless, automated workflows for the organization.
Nexus Tracking: Monitor and analyze domestic and international tax laws regarding digital goods, SaaS, and economic nexus to ensure proactive compliance as HighLevel expands.
Audit Defense: Support the team through indirect tax audits by efficiently managing IDRs and partnering with leadership to advocate for and defend established tax positions.
General Ledger Reconciliation: Prepare and review monthly tax accruals and perform balance sheet reconciliations for indirect tax accounts within NetSuite.
Exemption Certificate Management: Oversee the collection, validation, and maintenance of customer tax exemption certificates.
Cross-Functional Advisory: Partner with Engineering, Product, Billing and Legal teams to evaluate the taxability of new product rollouts, software features, and bundle offerings.
What You’ll Bring:
Experience: 5 years of progressive experience in indirect tax (Sales & Use, VAT, GST), preferably with a mix of public accounting and corporate experience.
Tech Stack Mastery: Experience managing tax calculations and reporting within tax software systems and NetSuite ERP. Knowledge of Stripe Tax is a plus.
Analytical Muscle and AI-Enabled Process Improvement: Advanced Excel skills (pivots, VLOOKUPs, data manipulation) and the ability to handle massive, high-volume transactional datasets. Identify and spearhead opportunities to leverage AI-based tools to streamline and automate processes and surface insights, helping unlock team capacity for high-impact analysis.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. CPA designation or Master of Taxation degree is a major plus.
Agility & Growth Mindset: Ability to pivot quickly when priorities change and navigate fast organizational growth as an exciting challenge rather than a roadblock.
Data-Driven Problem Solving: Proven track record of digging into data to not only identify tax issues but actively propose and execute automated solutions.
Clear & Cross-Functional Communication: Skilled at translating complex tax regulations into plain English for non-finance stakeholders, alongside strong documentation skills for future reference and audit support.
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Skills Required
- 5 years of progressive experience in indirect tax (Sales & Use, VAT, GST)
- Experience preparing and filing sales & use tax, VAT/GST, DST, business license and property tax returns
- Experience managing tax calculations and reporting within tax software systems and NetSuite ERP
- Strong familiarity with SaaS taxability rules, digital product sourcing rules, and nexus tracking
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data manipulation)
- Experience supporting indirect tax audits and managing information document requests (IDRs)
- Experience overseeing exemption certificate collection, validation, and maintenance
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- CPA designation or Master of Taxation degree
- Knowledge of Stripe Tax
- Proven ability to analyze large transactional datasets and implement automated, AI-enabled process improvements
- Strong cross-functional communication and documentation skills for non-finance stakeholders
HighLevel Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about HighLevel and has not been reviewed or approved by HighLevel.
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Healthcare Strength — Employer materials highlight employer-paid medical and vision for employees, with mental health support and short‑term disability included. Feedback suggests health coverage is a relative bright spot that can raise overall satisfaction even when base pay is not top‑tier.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible PTO, paid family leave, and paid holidays are emphasized alongside a remote‑first setup. Feedback suggests this time‑off approach supports work–life balance and is frequently cited as part of the value proposition.
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Retirement Support — A company‑matched 401(k) is presented as part of the core package. Feedback suggests retirement support contributes meaningful long‑term value and helps offset tradeoffs in cash compensation.
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