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Posted 6 months ago
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About Quizlet:At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. Our $1B+ learning platform serves tens of millions of students every month, including two-thirds of U.S. high schoolers and half of U.S. college students, powering over 2 billion learning interactions monthly.We blend cognitive science with machine learning to personalize and enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike. We’re energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.Let’s Build the Future of LearningJoin us to design and deliver AI-powered learning tools that scale across the world and unlock human potential.About the Team:Quizlet is a leading company in consumer learning technology with proven traction and huge growth ahead. We have a freemium business model with two strong and growing revenue streams: subscriptions and advertising. Our freemium model exists to attract the largest possible number of potential customers at the lowest cost while creating student and teacher evangelists to drive virality. Our focus is on generating revenue through low-priced, high-scale consumer subscriptions that students cannot imagine studying without.We’re looking to bring on a senior leader to our Controllership organization reporting to our VP, Controller to help build the financial systems and processes.About the Role:You will lead and build a team to develop, implement, maintain, and manage the company’s global corporate and indirect tax filings, documentation, compliance, and strategic projects. You’ll own and scale tax processes and will be the go-to tax person for Quizlet. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, analytical, excited to work in a fast-paced organization, and ready to roll up their sleeves to get the job done.We’re happy to share that this is an onsite position in our San Francisco office. To help foster team collaboration, we require that employees be in the office a minimum of three days per week: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company. We believe that this working environment facilitates increased work efficiency, team partnership, and supports growth as an employee and organization.In this role, you will:Oversee the preparation and filing of federal, state, and international tax returns in a timely manner (including timely payments of all tax obligations)Own tax provision and financial statement disclosure processDocument tax positions taken and review alternative tax positions to determine the most appropriate, cost-effective filing positionFacilitate analysis of R&D to qualify for R&D tax credits in different tax jurisdictionsOversee the preparation and filing of accurate Sales and Use tax returns for multi-state and remit taxes to taxing jurisdictions on a timely basis using AvaTax via AvalaraManage the Company’s international VAT and other indirect tax exposure and oversee compliance activitiesManage other miscellaneous tax filings, such as annual Delaware Franchise Taxes, SF Gross tax and other local municipal business taxesReconcile Sales and Use tax accounts, along with follow up on outstanding open issues.Update GL data related to tax accounts, such as accruals and prepayments.Respond to tax notices and oversee the tax audit processMonitor existing and proposed legislative and regulatory US and global tax law developments, communicate the effects, and develop risk-minimization tax strategies.Partner with key strategic partners in Accounting, FP&A, Legal, and Equity administration to achieve key tax objectives (including but not limited to tax planning, legal entity structure, transfer pricing, etc.) and to ensure tax implications are integrated into business decisionsBuild and maintain effective control procedures over all aspects of the tax process
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