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As an Indirect Tax Analyst on GitLab’s Multinational Tax team, you’ll help ensure that GitLab complies with global indirect tax obligations while supporting a fast-growing, all-remote business. You’ll oversee and improve end-to-end indirect tax processes, from preparing and reviewing value added tax (VAT) returns and reconciliations to managing monthly accruals and settlements, so that internal stakeholders can rely on accurate, timely tax data to make decisions. Reporting to the Multinational Tax Manager, you’ll collaborate closely with accounting, finance, legal, and operations, as well as external tax service providers and advisors, to interpret global indirect tax regulations, respond to legislative changes, and strengthen our control environment, including documenting and maintaining SOX control processes. In your first year, you’ll focus on driving compliance, implementing process improvements and automation, and contributing indirect tax expertise to cross-functional projects like system changes, product launches, and financial reporting.
What You’ll Do
- Oversee the preparation, review, and timely filing of global indirect tax (including VAT) returns, ensuring accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations.
- Assist in calculating, preparing, and arranging timely settlement of indirect tax obligations, partnering with accounting and finance to validate data and resolve issues.
- Perform monthly accrual processes and reconcile indirect tax accounts, maintaining complete and accurate supporting documentation.
- Maintain and review quarterly reconciliations of indirect tax general ledger accounts to ensure alignment between tax records and financial statements.
- Collaborate with external tax service providers and advisors to validate tax calculations, filings, and positions in line with local tax laws.
- Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders across accounting, legal, operations, and finance to support business decisions and special projects.
- Identify, develop, and implement indirect tax process improvements with a focus on controls, automation, efficiency, and analytics.
- Research, interpret, and document indirect tax regulations and legislative changes globally, assessing business impact and updating processes and SOX control documentation as needed.
What You’ll Bring
- Background in Finance, Taxation, Accounting, or a related field, with applied experience in indirect tax.
- Practical experience with global indirect tax compliance, including preparation, review, and filing of VAT and other indirect tax returns.
- Ability to perform indirect tax account reconciliations, including monthly accruals and quarterly general ledger account reconciliations.
- Familiarity with tax-related systems and tools, with working knowledge of Google Workspace, Slack, NetSuite, and Excel.
- Skill in interpreting indirect tax regulations across multiple jurisdictions and assessing the business impact of legislative changes.
- Experience identifying and implementing process improvements in indirect tax operations, with attention to controls, automation, efficiency, and analytics.
- Ability to design, maintain, and document SOX control processes related to indirect tax.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and external advisors, and openness to candidates with transferable skills in related tax or accounting roles.
About the team
Our Multinational Tax team is a global, all-remote group that works asynchronously across many non-US jurisdictions. We operate in a distributed environment and rely on clear documentation and dependable systems so we can collaborate effectively and support GitLab's growth.
- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental leave
- Home office support
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.
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