Indirect Senior Manager, Tax

🚀 Whatnot

Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values, and as a remote-first team, we operate out of hubs within the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, and Germany today.

We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions in categories including sports, fashion, video games, and streetwear. The platform couples rigorous seller vetting with a focus on community to create a welcoming space for buyers and sellers to share their passions with others.

And, we’re growing. Whatnot has been the fastest growing marketplace in the US over the past two years and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas.

🤑 About the Finance Team

The Finance team covers everything and anything money at Whatnot. We are broken down into Strategic Finance, Accounting, Tax and FP&A. As a founding member of our Tax Team, you will help define the tax function at Whatnot.

💻 Role

We are looking for an Indirect Tax Senior Manager to join our growing finance team. This role will focus on automating the computation, reporting and disbursement of indirect taxes, as well as managing controversy.  This role will partner with all aspects of the business to give our buyers and sellers a seamless experience when it comes to taxes. This role will report to the Director of Tax.

You will:

• Manage the U.S. and global indirect tax life-cycle including collection, reporting, remittance and controversy for global indirect taxes (U.S. sales & use taxes, VAT, GST, DST, gross receipts, B&O, and other franchise taxes).
• Support the development and deployment of in house and third party tax technology solutions; including, tax engine, tax codification, automation of sales tax exemption certificate verification, seller income reporting tools, automation of invoicing and other solutions.
• Own the reconciliation of indirect tax data within the platform, tax engine, user surfaces and financial statements.
• Own the measurement and documentation of uncertain tax positions with respect to indirect taxes.
• 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.

👋 You

• CPA, JD or equivalent certification.
• 8+ 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 analytic 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.

 

💰Compensation

For Full-Time (Salary) US-based applicants: $190,000/year to $245,000/year + benefits + stock options

The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below) or equity in the form of stock options.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive base salary and stock options
• Unlimited Vacation Policy and No Meeting Holidays
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short term disability & Long term Disability
• Whatnot covers 99% of employee premium costs, and 75% of dependen