Tax Director airbnb
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Job Description
Airbnb (www.airbnb.com) is seeking a highly qualified Tax Director to lead the company?s tax provision and tax rate forecasting processes. The Tax Director is responsible for working closely with finance, accounting and treasury in order to accurately and timely forecast the tax impacts and report on our results. Additionally, this professional is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of both internal and external teams including data gathering, analysis, review and communications relating to Airbnb?s tax provision. A key focus area for this position will be to develop and implement process improvements to enhance the group?s efficiency and effectiveness. Although 100% of the Director?s role is in tax provision, this individual will be exposed to (and called on to advise on provision implications of) all areas of tax, from planning and transactional work to audits, compliance, etc. Successful candidate will be required to effectively communicate with Sr. Management to provide desired tax data and/or analysis. The ideal candidate will have a strong accounting background and keen analytical skills. Tax knowledge and experience is required, as well as exceptional communication skills with the ability to interface with multiple groups inside tax as well as across functional groups outside the tax function.
Qualifications:
10+ years of experience with a strong emphasis on tax accounting issues;
B.A. or B.S. in Business, Finance, or Accounting;
Big 4 experience is preferred;
Ability to research tax issues and communicate simply to a broad audience, and ability to work with business partners;
Expert understanding of tax requirements and exposures;
Ability to scale the department with the growth of the company;
Strong interpersonal and team building skills - ability to work with a diverse team and influence/drive change across functional and business boundaries;
Strong project management, planning, and organization skills, including ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment;
Continuous improvement attitude; ability to seek out and implement internal or external best practices;
Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office and financial analytics/modeling;
Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
Self-starter and effective manager;
Flexible ? willing to be in the details while also seeing the big conceptual picture;
Unquestionable integrity.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for general oversight of all tax activities including corporate, direct/indirect, global tax (VAT, GST), state/local;
Responsible for researching various tax positions;
Ensuring Airbnb is compliant with tax rules;
Managing and working closely with our outside tax advisors;
Be able to work closely and seamless with all of finance, legal, communications, and executive team;
Must have corp tax structure experience particularly with international structures;
Ability to explain complex issues in a simple/short manner;
Must be creative in solutions while always ensuring legality.
Scaling processes and policies;
Improve effectiveness/efficiency of all tax related processes;
Articulating real-time status to Sr. Management as required;
Ad hoc reporting.
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San Francisco, CA
United States
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