International Indirect Tax Compliance Specialist, VAT/GST

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💰 Tax

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

⚖️ Legal

☁️ SaaS

Consulting • Legal • SaaS

Sphere is an AI-enabled tax compliance platform that automates international indirect tax (sales tax, VAT, GST) for fast-growing software and technology companies. The platform integrates with billing stacks and payroll providers to monitor registration needs, handle registrations and government portal submissions, calculate and collect taxes accurately, and file and remit returns on behalf of customers. Sphere combines tax-focused AI systems with expert tax professionals to provide broad global jurisdiction coverage and a managed end-to-end service that helps finance teams scale globally without worrying about regulatory complexity.

📋 Description

• Execute and scale international tax compliance operations • Prepare, review, and file VAT/GST returns accurately and on schedule across multiple countries and filing frequencies • Handle domestic VAT and GST returns, including annual returns where required • Handle non-resident and simplified regimes including EU OSS and IOSS, UK, Switzerland, Norway VOEC, India OIDAR, Japan JCT, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand • Prepare EC Sales Lists • Prepare SAF-T and similar data filings, including Poland JPK, Portugal, and Romania D406 • Monitor filing status and operational metrics, identify risks, and drive issues to resolution • Reconcile tax returns, payments, and remittance records; investigate and resolve discrepancies • Manage filing calendars, deadlines, and dependencies • Own a portfolio of countries end to end and build a filing playbook for each one • Work with fiscal representatives, local agents, and external reviewers • Manage tax portal access and digital certificates, including Elster, AEAT, and HMRC MTD • Execute process and automation improvements with the Tax team and Engineering • Flag process gaps, errors, and risk areas • Take on increasing filing volume as the business scales • Work with Customer Success to build a knowledge base and trainings addressing customer questions • Focus on VAT, GST, and similar taxes outside the US; US sales tax is handled by a separate team

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience preparing, reviewing, and filing high volumes of VAT/GST returns across multiple countries • Ideally experience at a Big 4 firm or an outsourced VAT compliance provider covering 10+ countries • Working knowledge of VAT rules for cross-border trade, including place of supply for digital and electronically supplied services, B2B vs B2C treatment, reverse charge, OSS mechanics, and VAT number validation • Solid understanding of return filing processes, reconciliations, and controls • Hands-on experience with tax authority portals and country-specific filing formats • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Experience collaborating across Finance, Operations, and Engineering teams • High attention to detail • Multitasking capabilities and strong time-management skills • Ability and eagerness to learn new countries, regimes, and processes quickly • Experience with tax automation or compliance platforms is nice to have • Familiarity with AI, web automation, and data analytics tools is nice to have • Comfortable partnering with software engineering or product teams to automate operational workflows is nice to have • Additional language skills beyond English are nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote workplace type • Opportunity to work with a small, global team • Opportunity to partner with Engineering on automation and process improvement • Opportunity to build a scalable, technology-driven tax compliance function • Opportunity to work on new countries, regimes, and processes • Exposure to customers including ElevenLabs, Replit, Deel, Runway, and Lovable • Backed by a16z and YC; company has raised a $21M Series A

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