Tax Manager

Summary

Join Whatnot's growing Finance team as a Tax Manager to cover UK and EU markets with a focus on VAT, DST, DAC7 reporting, and customs duties.

Requirements

• CPA, JD or equivalent certification
• 6+ years of tax experience in public accounting and in-house at a tech company (marketplace experience a plus)
• Experience developing and deploying tax technology solutions in user-facing situations
• Demonstrated ability to learn new tax topics and the ability to apply learnings to technology products and companies
• Ability to effectively partner with cross-functional teams and outside advisors to build processes and deliver projects
• Experience with ERP and tax engines such as Netsuite, Avalara or Foana. Prior exposure to tax technology implementation projects helpful
• Data analytics skills, including Excel skills. SQL knowledge is a plus
• Sound accounting fundamentals, including ability to analyze data to reconstruct, detect, support or refute a position and ensure that explanation provided reconciles with the underlying data
• Proven project management and organizational skills with the experience to prioritize multiple competing tasks in a dynamic environment
• Thrives in a high paced environment, self-starter with a “roll your sleeves up” attitude
• Capability to communicate effectively within a remote-first environment

Responsibilities

• Manage the UK and EU indirect tax life-cycle including the collection, reporting, remittance and audit of indirect taxes
• Own the surfaces where our EU and UK users interact with indirect taxes, including DAC7 reporting
• Build systems and processes to administer Digital Services Taxes
• Support the development and deployment of in-house and third-party tax technology solutions to administer VAT and GST and DST collection and remittance in the UK and EU; including tax engine, tax codification, compliance, seller income reporting tools, automation of invoicing and other solutions
• Build systems and processes to collect and remit import taxes and duties
• Assist with the administration of transfer pricing and filing for corporate income tax returns for our international entities
• Partner with customer support and other business teams to provide users with best-in-class information with respect to the collection and reporting of taxes
• Partner with cross-functional groups throughout the company to integrate tax considerations into business initiatives and operations

Benefits

• Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
• Work From Home Support
• Home office setup allowance
• Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
• Care benefits
• Monthly allowance on both food and wellness
• Annual allowance towards Childcare
• Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
• Retirement; Pension plan
• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
• Parental Leave