Senior Tax Manager - Indirect and Telecom Taxes

Five9 is expanding its Tax Team by adding a position for Senior Tax Manager – Indirect and Telecom Taxes.  The Senior Manager will be responsible for a wide range of tax and regulatory-related functions, including sales, use, telecommunication taxes, along with various regulatory surcharges and fees.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead indirect tax compliance and tax controversy matters
• Research complex tax issues and prepare technical memo on issues and position
• Work with Tax Team members and third-party preparer to manage all aspects of monthly, quarterly and annual transaction tax filings
• Prepare and/or review various telecommunications gross receipts tax returns, or other internally-prepared filings
• Review in-house prepared Canada GST/HST and provincial returns
• Prepare and/or review tax accruals
• Prepare state and federal telecommunications regulatory filings, including 499-A/Q, State PSC and Canada CRTC filings
• Manage tax compliance calendar
• Manage customer State and Federal exemptions
• Review customer and vendor agreements to analyze US Indirect tax matters and support Billing, Sales and Legal as needed for tax information/validation
• Understand Five9 products and assign appropriate tax codes to new product SKUs
• Manage all tax audits, including timely responses to auditor requests, defending Five9’s tax positions with technical research or external counsel as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration
• Master’s degree in Taxation and/or CPA a plus
• 10+ years Indirect tax experience in relevant industry and/or public accounting
• Strong knowledge of tax compliance requirements in SaaS and telecommunications industries
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional business partners
• Hands on, quick learner with excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Excellent communication skills