Senior Tax Associate

Dotmatics is a leader in R&D scientific software connecting science, data, and decision-making. Its enterprise R&D platform and scientists’ favourite applications drive efficiency and accelerate innovation. More than 2 million scientists and 10,000 customers trust Dotmatics to help them create a healthier, cleaner, safer world.

Dotmatics is a global team of more than 800 team mates dedicated to supporting its customers in over 180 countries. The company is headquartered in Boston, with teams located around the world.

Dotmatics is backed by Insight Partners, a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth technology and software scaleup companies. Learn more about Dotmatics, its platform, and applications including Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, OMIQ, FCS Express and LabArchives at https://dotmatics.com.

Come join us!

As an evolving, global business at the cutting edge of scientific innovation, we offer curious, bright minds from around the world the chance to make immediate impact. We offer meaningful benefits in each market, generous pension/retirement savings plans, equity and a collaborative, remote-friendly work environment centred around core key behaviours and high levels of integrity.

What do we need

We are seeking a detail oriented Senior Tax Associate who can navigate the complex landscape of taxation with finesse and precision. This opportunity will allow you to support our company in compliance with with all relevant local, state, federal, and international tax laws. Acting as a subject matter expert, you will be tasked with creating a process to gather and manage information requests and determine accuracy and adjustments to be incorporated.

 

In this role you will get to:

• Responsible for delivering information needed for quarterly estimates and annual tax returns
• Review of tax returns and manage filing of returns including payment records and filing confirmations
• Transfer pricing calculations and work with Accounting to understand inter-company transactions
• Maintain and organize sales tax data used for monthly sales tax returns
• Develop a system for collecting and maintaining sales tax exemption certificates
• Lead communications where required external partners such as tax agencies, including responding to notices and requesting additional information to resolve issues / discrepancies
• Update tax files, organization charts, inter-company agreements, and other as needed
• Monitor tax mail and develop system for addressing and tracking urgent tax notices
• Observe tax legislation for potential impact to the company’s operations and structure
• Assist with the development of internal taxation policies
• Assist with budget and billing process

We are looking for people who have 6+ years of tax experience working at a Big4 Accounting Firm and/or at a software company. You will have a strong interest in furthering your tax technical knowledge base, bringing a curiosity for learning the tax function with experience researching state, federal, and international tax issues. You will also have a strong desire to delve into accounting records to understand gaps and or adjustments needed for tax purposes.

The key skills we are looking for are:

• Tax Provision: preparing workpapers for quarterly and annual tax provisions; for a multinational organization
• Tax Compliance: preparing or reviewing income tax returns (1065, 1120, State, Local, etc.)
• Indirect and Local Tax: advanced knowledge of Sales and Use Tax matters; including collecting exemption certificates, reviewing / researching sales tax rules, preparing complex spreadsheets (macros) for sales tax analysis, organizing online tax accounts, corresponding with various tax agencies as required
• International Tax: working knowledge of global tax requirements and concepts
• Ability to conduct research on tax issues, identify opportunities, and keeping current with tax legislation
• Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and support all areas of tax based on business needs

You may also have:

• CPA or Masters of Taxation preferred
• Attention to detail and penchant for organizing records
• Knowledge of NetSuite systems and advanced Excel skills

Total Rewards 

Dotmatics utilises a national market-based approach to base pay benchmarking and pay band development. The candidate's final starting pay is