Lead sales and use tax compliance, planning, controversy, and optimization while managing federal and state credits and incentives. Prepare tax analyses, calculations, filings, memoranda, executive summaries, and audit responses. Monitor legislative developments, identify incentives, coordinate cross-functional tax initiatives, support process improvements, and collaborate with Finance, Legal, Infrastructure, external advisors, and tax authorities.
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
DigitalOcean's Tax team is looking for a Tax Senior to join a growing function that sits at the intersection of indirect tax compliance and credits & incentives. In this role, you will act as the lead for sales and use tax compliance, planning, and controversy work while also identifying and pursuing federal and state credits and incentives tied to investment, innovation, and R&D activity. This is an opportunity to build cross-functional expertise across two high-impact areas of corporate tax, working closely with Finance, Legal, and business teams to reduce risk and capture value for the company. This position reports to the Director, Indirect Tax.
What You'll DoSales & Use Tax- Monitor and advise on indirect tax law changes and their impact on the business
- Identify opportunities for tax optimization, exposure reduction, and refund recovery
- Support remediation, controversies, and corrective filings related to indirect tax
- Support technology transformation and process improvement initiatives for indirect tax
- Use Tax Compliance
- Financing lease taxability and
- Other duties as assigned
- Manage engagements involving the sales and use tax exemptions and incentives related to Data Center operations and other state credit programs (e.g., New Markets Tax Credit, Qualified Opportunity Zones, etc.)
- Identify eligible company activities, gather and analyze supporting documentation, and assist in preparing claims and filings
- Prepare and review deliverables including calculations, tax forms, memoranda, executive summaries, and audit response support
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and flag opportunities for new incentives or process improvements
- Define and execute deliverables, track project status, and maintain reporting on tax initiatives
- Build working relationships across Infrastructure, Finance, Legal, and business teams
- Coordinate day-to-day workstreams and provide guidance across various teams
- Research the company's business operations to tailor tax strategies to its specific needs
- Communicate potential opportunities and risks clearly to internal stakeholders
- Liaise with external parties including tax advisors and state and local authorities
- Strong technical knowledge across sales/use tax and credits & incentives disciplines
- Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
- Ability to lead projects or workstreams and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong influencing skills and the confidence to question existing processes
- Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
- Complex problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field
- 3+ years of experience in sales and use tax
- Experience with sales and use tax compliance, planning, or controversy work
- Experience preparing technical analyses, credit calculations, tax forms, memoranda, executive summaries, or audit response materials
- Public accounting experience or equivalent
- Experience with state and local credits and incentives programs
- Experience with tax research tools (CCH, Hein, Lexis, or RIA)
- Experience with data center tax incentives
- Licensed CPA (or CPA-eligible)/Licensed attorney/Enrolled Agent
- $80,800 - $101,000
*This is a remote role
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Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean
- We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
- We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
- We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
- We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
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