Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out. Backed by Index.
About the role
Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Monitor legislative and regulatory changes globally, assess the impact on the business, and turn them into actionable recommendations
- Partner with Tax Operations to make sure positions are documented and implemented correctly in our tax system and review global indirect tax compliance and returns
- Lead audits and controversy, including defense strategy and supporting documentation
- Identify and lead planning and risk-reduction opportunities, including registrations, deregistrations, and voluntary disclosures
- Prepare clear, concise materials for senior leadership, including the CFO, that frame the issue, the options, the recommendation, and the risk
- Manage external advisors on scope, quality, and cost, and know when to push back on their conclusions
More about this role
Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.
As a senior manager, you’ll lead global indirect tax strategy and advisory for new products, evolving business models and laws, and enterprise-wide initiatives. You’ll be a trusted strategic advisor to teams across the business, making sure indirect tax requirements, risks, and opportunities are considered early and thoughtfully, not after launch. This role is about shaping decisions: translating complex sales and use tax, VAT, GST, digital services tax, and other indirect tax issues into clear, practical guidance, and owning the work from strategy through execution.
- Own all technical areas of global indirect tax and serve as the lead researcher on complex issues such as taxability, sourcing, and emerging business models. Own positions end to end: research the law, form a view, document it in well-reasoned memos,...
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