Senior Tax Manager
Who We Are
Humane is a team of proven industry experts who have invented, built, and shipped category-defining hardware and software products to billions of people across the globe. We're known for building the audacious, ambitious, and the impossible, and we're doing it again. Our vision for the next shift between humans and computing requires innovation across multiple emerging technologies in hardware and software, from devices to cloud services.
About The Role
Humane is seeking a Senior Tax Manager to join our growing Finance team. You will report directly to our Controller and will be responsible for managing a wide range of tax functions, including both direct (income, corporate, property) and indirect (sales, VAT, subscription) tax. In this role you will work closely with the finance team and cross functional partners to ensure tax compliance at the city, county, state and federal level, as well as managing various aspects of tax accounting transactions and entries. This position is open to remote candidates across the United States, with a preference for candidates able to work on-site in San Francisco occasionally.
What You Might Do
Corporate Tax:
- Oversee all matters of tax compliance for the company
- Manage Corporate Income taxes including federal, state, research and development credits.
- Collaborate with third-party tax preparation agencies and manage relationships with tax authorities
- Prepare and review tax returns and supporting schedules
- Manage the tax aspects of our MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) business, including cellular subscription billing and compliance
- Work independently to research and implement solutions for complex tax issues
- Contribute to tax planning and strategy as the company grows
Indirect Tax:
- Oversee indirect tax compliance, including sales tax, VAT, and subscription taxes.
- Manage taxes on products/services sold across multiple states or globally
- Oversee all sales taxes filings prepared by Avalara including cellular subscriptions tax filings.
- Prepare and file all required returns with the FCC and Universal Service Contributors Fund.
- Ensure registrations are completed as needed with various taxing jurisdictions at the state and federal level to ensure compliance.
- Work closely with finance, legal, and operations teams on tax-related matters like financial reporting, M&A, or fundraising.
- Work closely with our People Operations Manager to ensure all payroll tax filings and registrations are performed timely by ADP and supplemental filings occur by state and federal deadlines.
- Prepare property tax filings for the county and state of California and New York.
- Respond to all tax notices and provide timely responses to taxing authorities to avoid penalties and late fees.
Essential Qualifications
- Masters in Tax and/or CPA preferred
- 10+ years of relevant tax accounting experience
- Knowledge of GAAP
- Strong Excel skills
- Prior experience working in a rapidly growing technology (Hardware/Software) company ideally within AI, consumer electronics or subscription based services
Preferred Skills
- Critical Thinking: Use critical thinking skills to analyze problems and find effective solutions. Analyze different tax initiatives or options to find the best solution for the company
- Relationship-building: Build and maintain strong relationships internally and externally
- Attention to Detail: Review documents including tax forms and financial records. Possess a keen eye for detail
- Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills to communicate clearly cross functionally, and with external vendors
Salary: $205,000-$225,000
Compensation & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
- The salary range for this role is listed above. Final salary offered is based upon multiple factors including individual job-related qualifications, education, experience, knowledge and skills
- At Humane, you'll enjoy benefits that include health & wellness and work/life balance offerings. Our portfolio of benefits include: comprehensive healthcare insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and a 401K plan
- Humane employees also enjoy generous paid time off and leave programs, commuter benefits, team events, snacks and other perks
Why Humane?
- Develop cutting edge technologies in a creative and innovative environment
- Imagine new opportunities in areas that matter and will impact the world you live in
- Be a part of a high performing team of the world’s best innovators and executors
- Flexible work arrangements to support you in working in the way that you work best
- Our values: trust truth +joy
At Humane, diversity is important to us.
Humane is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. We do not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion (including, but not necessarily limited to, religious creed, dress, and grooming practices), citizenship, marital status, age, national origin, place of birth, height, weight, ancestry, mental or physical disability, genetic information, medical condition, U.S. (state and federal) military and veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex, gender, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical condition), or any other characteristics protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws (“protected characteristics” or “protected categories”). Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and ordinances, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. At Humane, building a healthy and safe workplace is core to our mission. We prohibit harassment of any kind.
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