Senior Director, Indirect Tax

Location: New York, New York, United States; also listed for Chicago, Illinois, United States. Office-first model requiring employees to be onsite at least four days a week.

Base salary: $235,000–$250,000 annually. Additional compensation may include healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, disability coverage, life insurance, stock options, and bonuses.

Company

Builds AI-powered technologies for parking, mobility, retail, hospitality, and real estate.

What you will do

• Build and mentor an indirect tax team of approximately five members and design an agile department built for scale.
• Oversee preparation, review, and filing of sales and use tax, parking tax, VAT/GST, excise tax, and other indirect tax returns across all 50 U.S. states and Canada.
• Ensure accurate tax determination and payments, and oversee monthly balance sheet reconciliations for prepaid and accrued sales and use tax accounts.
• Manage indirect tax audits, notices, assessments, appeals, hearings, and dispute resolution in collaboration with operations and compliance teams.
• Establish internal controls, tax policies, and risk assessment methodologies while driving process automation, standardization, and simplification.
• Lead tax technology implementation and optimization, including ONESOURCE or Vertex, ERP integrations, automated compliance solutions, AI analytics, reporting tools, and dashboards.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive indirect tax leadership experience in fast-growing, high-volume technology, mobility, or marketplace companies.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Taxation, or a related field.
• CPA certification required.
• Expert command of 50-state U.S. sales and use tax laws and regulatory compliance, with working knowledge of global VAT/GST and international indirect tax.
• Proven experience executing enterprise-grade tax engine implementations, such as ONESOURCE or Vertex, integrated with existing ERP systems.
• Advanced expertise or high capability using AI platforms such as Claude AI and data tools such as Quad for tax modeling, liability reporting, and operational automation.
• Executive presence, strategic vision, and high-energy leadership capable of driving organizational change and presenting directly to executive leadership.

Nice to have

• Exposure to regulated parking industry tax and SOX controls.
• Master's degree in taxation.
• Other relevant professional qualifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Office-first environment with at least four days onsite each week to support in-person collaboration.
• Inclusive culture where every voice is valued and the best idea wins.
• Healthcare benefits, 401(k), short- and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
• Stock option and bonus plans may be available.
• Automated employment decision tools may be used to assess applications.