Senior Manager, Indirect Tax

Location: -REMOTE, USA-

Department: Accounting & Tax

For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day.

Smartsheet is the enterprise work management platform where more than 120,000 organizations — including over 85% of the Fortune 500 — plan, track, automate, and report on work at scale.

Smartsheet is seeking an experienced tax professional to join our growing Tax team as an Indirect Tax Senior Manager. The Senior Manager will help manage Smartsheet’s indirect tax compliance and reporting and will work with cross functional teams to ensure that we comply with applicable laws. 

You will report to our Vice President, Tax & International Accounting located in our Bellevue office. This role is remote eligible with a preference for Mountain or West Coast time zones. 

Responsibilities

• Own and oversee monthly compliance and filings across US domestic state/local jurisdictions as well as foreign jurisdictions while maintaining appropriate documentation to ensure accurate and timely tax compliance 
• Evaluate product taxability and lead taxability matrix determination and configuration of the company’s tax engines and reporting tools
• Monitor global digital economy regulations and international cross-border rules that may impact the company and implement changes in business processes as needed 
• Manage tax audits end to end, including responding to audit queries and information requests as well as notice resolutions
•  Own account reconciliations and accruals related to indirect taxes for financial statement reporting 
• Lead and grow a globally distributed team supporting hiring, coaching, and development as the function scales 
• Set clear objectives, evaluate performance, coach, train, and instill a high performance culture with focus on teamwork, performance excellence and ownership
• Foster an inclusive culture that recognizes individual strengths and creates space for engagement and growth 
• Represent the tax function in cross-functional projects, bringing tax expertise to broader business initiatives
• Contribute to special projects as priorities evolve

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA strongly preferred
• 10+ years tax experience in a public accounting firm or equivalent experience in a large corporate tax department with an emphasis on technology and SaaS preferred
• In-depth knowledge of U.S. sales & use tax along with international VAT/GST regimes 
• People management experience with a record of leading, directing and coaching teams
• Hands-on experience with Avalara, NetSuite, Alteryx and Salesforce including the ability to leverage data tools to manage large volumes of data is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Detail oriented, analytical and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment