# Director, Tax

Hiring organization: [Kickstarter](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/kickstarter)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/4f5f9521-9381-4e69-8209-0e6f5e7c8095

Listed on Kickstarter's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Director
- Location: Remote
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 185000 – 225000 USD per year

## Summary

Lead Kickstarter's tax strategy across a global marketplace, focusing on indirect tax for sales products while managing direct tax matters and building a scalable tax function. This role suits experienced tax leaders from Big 4 or equivalent backgrounds who have structured tax processes at growth-stage platforms and want to shape strategy rather than maintain systems.

_Our summary, not Kickstarter's wording._

## Skills named

Avalara, Goods and Services Tax (GST), Sales Tax, Transfer Pricing, Value Added Tax (VAT)

## Required

- Extensive indirect tax leadership experience
- Experience at marketplace or platform business
- Hands-on proficiency with Avalara and tax engines
- Big 4 Senior Manager level or equivalent top law firm experience
- Experience building tax functions as companies scale
- Technical knowledge of tax code and audit preparedness
- Ability to work with ambiguity and make sound judgments on tax risk
- Collaborative approach with Product, Legal, and Finance teams

## Nice to have

- Experience at both large and small companies
- Training and enablement experience for non-tax audiences
- Pragmatic approach to distinguishing real versus theoretical tax risk

Apply on Kickstarter's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kickstarter/jobs/5238069007