Your Impact
This role will lead our International Indirect Tax team and will be responsible for indirect tax strategic projects, centralized process sustainability, technology implementation, and global relationships that support Axon’s business units. The position will have a heavy emphasis on the execution of tax compliance and will use this as a knowledge base for strategic planning for process improvement. The role will report to the VP Tax and will supervise our International Indirect Manager and Senior. This finance role is a strategic business partner to Sales and various cross-functional team leaders on emerging growth areas in addition to supporting daily business operations and our customers.
What You'll Do
Location: London or UK Remote
Reports to: VP, Tax
- Drive high quality indirect tax accounting and reporting
- Ability to work with our tax engine (Vertex), quoting and billing tool (Salesforce.com) and GL system (Dynamics 365) to confirm appropriate VAT/GST tax treatment of our foreign entity invoices (A/R and A/P)
- Oversee and execute the compliance function from gathering, analysis, and summarization of information on a monthly and quarterly basis to be provided to outside consultants for foreign VAT/GST return preparation to review of returns and payment processing
- Oversee and manage all VAT/GST related balance sheet accounts on our GL including all month-end close procedures, journal entries, and account reconciliations
- Oversee and manage all governmental and company related VAT/GST audits that arise
- Oversee maintenance of the foreign indirect tax calendar/task matrix for all foreign compliance duties and deadlines
- Oversee the standardization of tax reporting and data analytics by utilizing existing tools and identifying areas for enhancement
- Oversee indirect tax registrations in relevant tax jurisdictions and advise as to local country technical requirements
- Proactively monitor and operate a robust internal control tax environment in compliance with SOX requirements
- Oversee and manage tax logic, create test scenarios and work with team related to system upgrades and new feature implementation
- Respond to questions and issues from business units and functional groups.
- Develop and maintain working relationships outside the finance organization
- Monitor changes to tax laws and reporting requirements and communicating any relevant developments to senior leadership
- Experience with M&A integration
What You Bring
- Bachelor degree in Business Administration or Financial Accounting, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation or equivalent preferred, but not required
- Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience in global indirect tax, specifically in EMEA, APAC, and North America
- Thorough knowledge of VAT structuring and technical consulting associated with U.S.-headquartered companies with international operations and familiarity with non-U.S. tax matters
- Must be a self-starter with an Own It mentality
- Concern for quality and deadlines
- Superb attention to detail, strong planning and organization skills, and the ability to multi-task, prioritize and deliver in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Demonstrated leader in managing a global team
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