Direct Tax Technology Manager - Consolidation Tool

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At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Our Mission is to Protect Life

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities, and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging, and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your Impact

Axon is looking for an experienced Direct Tax Technologist – Manager to lead the direct tax technology transformation roadmap, beginning with the implementation of the OneStream tax consolidation platform. You will serve as the internal lead for this project, partnering with an external implementation firm and coordinating across Tax, Finance Controllership, and IT teams. Post go-live, you will drive automation and innovation initiatives across the direct tax lifecycle — leveraging tools like AI, Sigma, and Alteryx to modernize compliance, provision, and planning processes.

Reports to: VP

Direct Reports: 

Work Location: This role is eligible to be based out of any of Axon's US hub offices (Atlanta, Boston, Sterling VA, Denver, NYC, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle) and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

Office Locations:

• Boston: Back Bay 
• New York: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
• Sterling VA: Terminal Drive, Sterling VA
• Atlanta: Peachtree Corners 
• Denver: Wells Fargo Building 
• Scottsdale: HQ 
• Seattle: Metropolitan Park West Tower

What You’ll Do

Reports to: VP of Tax, with a strong dotted line to the Senior Director, Global Tax

Implementation Leadership – OneStream Tax Consolidation

• Serve as the tax lead for Axon’s OneStream tax consolidation implementation project

• Partner with internal direct tax team and external implementation partner to define requirements, design solutions, and ensure timely, effective deployment

• Coordinate cross-functional teams (Tax, Controllership, Business Systems, IT) throughout the project lifecycle

• Manage historical data preparation, tie-out, and loading from legacy systems into OneStream

• Oversee and execute parallel testing to ensure integrity of tax consolidation logic and reporting

• Define controls, reconciliation procedures, and documentation for OneStream tax use

• Support change management, training, and user adoption across global tax and finance teams

Tax Automation and Innovation (Post-Implementation)

• Execute automation opportunities across the direct tax lifecycle: provision, return preparation, reconciliation, audit support, and planning

• Lead solution design for process automation leveraging AI, Sigma, Alteryx, and other tools

• Collaborate with data engineering and finance systems teams to access and shape required data sources

• Build dashboards, analytics, and decision-support tools to enhance visibility into tax positions

• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts across the global tax team, including process documentation, SOX controls, and technology governance

What You Bring

• 8+ years of progressive experienc