USA | Remote
Remote
Director
Full Time
about 1 month ago
taxdirectorfinanceremoteAI-nativecorporate taxinternational taxmulti-state taxautomationPython
Requirements
- •Active CPA, JD with tax LLM, or MST
- •8+ years of progressive corporate tax experience
- •Deep fluency in US federal and multi-state tax, plus hands-on international tax including transfer pricing, IP structuring, GILTI/FDII, intercompany
- •Experience at a company with international tax exposure
- •Hands-on technical range across federal positions including R&D credit and §174, multi-state SALT, indirect tax, equity-comp tax, ASC 740
- •Experience preparing or rebuilding tax provisions, footnotes, and disclosures from scratch
- •Experience managing external auditors and tax consultants
- •Comfort with scripting and small automations (Python, SQL, or equivalent) for nexus monitoring, provision tie-outs, exposure modeling, data extraction
- •Builder's instinct with comfort in ambiguity and strong bias to ship
- •AI-native working style using LLMs daily and understanding their strengths and limitations for tax
- •Strong written and verbal communication skills to translate tax for non-tax stakeholders
- •High integrity, high ownership, low ego
What You'll Do
- •Stand up the tax function from foundation, setting operating model, positions, calendar, and tooling
- •Own multi-state nexus picture including payroll, customer, and economic nexus; build registration and compliance roadmap and execute it
- •Define and defend US federal tax positions including R&D credit, §174, capitalized software, equity comp deductions, pre-IPO restructuring
- •Build international tax foundation including transfer pricing model, intercompany agreements, IP location and migration, GILTI/FDII, entity structure, permanent establishment risk
- •Build sales and use tax operating model including taxability, nexus monitoring, registrations, returns, exemption certificates
- •Quarterback external tax advisors, directing and scoping engagements
- •Partner with Director, Technical Accounting & FR on equity comp, business combinations, capitalized software, and complex financing instruments
- •Build first ASC 740 provision from scratch with workpapers, footnotes, disclosures, tie-outs for audit and S-1
- •Lay foundation for public-company tax disclosure and SOX readiness including workflows, controls, and calendars
- •Use AI extensively for research, memo drafting, nexus analysis, transfer pricing benchmarking, peer disclosure scraping, workflow automation, and build own tooling
- •Build the tax team as the company scales
Nice to Have
- •Prior experience preparing a company for its first external audit and S-1 / IPO
- •Prior experience standing up an in-house tax function at a high-growth company
- •SaaS or AI-business tax experience including capitalized software, sales tax for SaaS, international expansion
- •Experience with multi-state employee mobility, RSU/ISO equity-comp tax mobility, and §83(b) coordination at scale
- •Working knowledge of provision tools (OneSource, Corptax, Longview), sales tax engines (Avalara, Anrok, Vertex), and research platforms with strong opinions about them
Benefits
- •Medical, dental, vision benefits
- •Annual wellness stipend
- •Mental health support
- •Life, STD, LTD Income Insurance Plans
- •Unlimited PTO
- •Generous paid parental leave
- •Flexible schedule
- •12 Paid US company holidays
- •Quarterly personal productivity stipend
- •One-time stipend for home office upgrades
- •401(k) plan with company match
- •Tax Savings Programs
- •Learning / Education stipend
- •Participation in talks and conferences
- •Employee Resource Groups
- •AI enablement workshops / sessions
About Deepgram
Deepgram specializes in providing AI-powered speech-to-text technology that offers audio intelligence, text-to-speech, and voice agent API.
San Francisco, CA
100 - 250
AI & Machine Learning