Overview
A high-growth travel marketplace is seeking a Senior Tax Manager to lead North American federal, state, and local tax compliance, reporting, and planning. This role involves ownership of indirect tax compliance, income tax filings, tax provisions, and coordination with external advisors. The position requires a hands-on approach and the ability to scale tax processes in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end indirect tax compliance across North America, including sales, hotel/lodging, GST/HST/QST, gross receipts, and excise taxes covering registrations, taxability decisions, payments, and reconciliations
- Prepare and review U.S. and Canadian federal, state, and provincial income tax returns, estimated payments, and extensions
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to identify qualifying R&D activities and prepare defensible U.S. (Form 6765) and Canadian SR&ED (T661/T2SCH31) claims
- Coordinate with external advisors, including Avalara and accounting firms, and support responses to federal, state, and local audits by managing IDRs, data pulls, substantiation, and auditor interfaces
- Prepare monthly indirect tax provisions and support the annual income tax provision under ASC 450 and ASC 740
- Monitor legislative changes in tax law and assess implications in partnership with Legal
- Work with Finance, Legal, and Hotel teams on new product launches, nexus analysis, and tax-efficient structuring
- Collaborate with the Tax Engineering team to implement and quality assure tax logic changes, ensuring accurate tax determination across complex booking flows
- Build and maintain scalable compliance processes, documentation, and controls as the business expands into new jurisdictions
Requirements
- 4–7+ years of U.S. state and local tax experience, including transaction taxes for a digital marketplace, with a combination of public accounting (Big 4 or regional firm) and in-house experience
- Experience with Canadian indirect tax (GST/HST/QST) and provincial income tax compliance
- Strong knowledge of ASC 450 and working knowledge of ASC 740
- Hands-on experience partnering with product and engineering teams on tax logic, automation, or system implementation
- Experience with Avalara and NetSuite; proficiency in Excel; familiarity with SQL or Google BigQuery is a plus
- CPA designation or Master’s degree in Tax preferred; Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
- Lodging or travel-related tax experience is a strong asset
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with a problem-solving, build-it-from-scratch mindset
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $170,000 - $210,000 annually
Location
- Not specified in the original description