Tax Director

About HighLevel: 

HighLevel is a cloud-based, all-in-one white-label marketing and sales platform that empowers marketing agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to elevate their digital presence and drive growth. With a focus on streamlining marketing efforts and providing comprehensive solutions, HighLevel helps businesses of all sizes achieve their marketing goals. We currently have 1000+ employees across 15 countries, working remotely as well as in our headquarters, which is located in Dallas, Texas. Our goal as an employer is to maintain a strong company culture, foster creativity and collaboration, and encourage a healthy work-life balance for our employees wherever they call home.

Our Website - https://www.gohighlevel.com/

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFiV4qDX5ipE-DQcsm1j4g

Blog Post - https://blog.gohighlevel.com/general-atlantic-joins-highlevel/

Our Customers:

HighLevel serves a diverse customer base, including over 60K agencies & entrepreneurs and 450K million businesses globally. Our customers range from small and medium-sized businesses to enterprises, spanning various industries and sectors.

Scale at HighLevel:

We work at scale; our infrastructure handles  around 3 Billion+ API hits & 2 Billion+ message events monthly and over 25M views of customer pages daily. We also handle over 80 Terabytes of data across 5 Databases.

Who You Are: 

HighLevel is looking for a strategic tax professional with deep expertise in US, international, and indirect (VAT and Sales) taxation. You have a strong understanding of taxation in the SaaS industry including: cross-border transactions, digital services, and evolving global tax regulations. You excel at aligning tax strategies with business objectives. You bring leadership experience, mentoring skills, and a hands-on approach to solving complex tax challenges. Collaborative and proactive, you work seamlessly with finance, legal, and product teams to support growth while ensuring compliance. Your ability to manage income, VAT, and sales taxes across multiple jurisdictions makes you a key partner in driving our global expansion and building scalable tax processes for the future. 

• Direct and Oversee the preparation of the Company’s tax provision, ensuring accurate reporting and compliance with ASC 740 and financial statement disclosures. 
• Lead and manage the preparation and filing of federal, state, and international tax returns, ensuring compliance with U.S. and global tax regulations.
• Develop and execute tax planning strategies to optimize the company’s effective tax rate and support business growth.
• Ensure and monitor compliance with indirect tax obligations, including VAT, GST, and sales tax, across multiple jurisdictions.
• Select and manage external tax advisors and internal teams on complex tax issues, audits, and cross-border transactions.
• Provide expertise on U.S. and international tax regulations, staying ahead of evolving laws and advising on their impact on the business.
• Partner with finance, legal, and product teams to integrate tax strategies with business initiatives and financial operations.
• Prepare, analyze, and review financial statement tax disclosures and coordinate with auditors during tax provision reviews and audits.
• Identify, design, and implement process improvements and automation to enhance the efficiency of tax compliance and reporting functions.
• Design and implement controls, processes, policies, and procedures to ensure accuracy, compliance, and governance across all areas of tax.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate tax risks to protect the company from potential exposures.
• Manage, mentor, and develop other tax and accounting staff, fostering a high-performance team environment. 

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Tax (master degree preferred).
• CPA is required.
• 15+ years of experience in tax, with concentrations in US income tax, international taxes, and indirect taxes (VAT, GST, telecommunications, sales tax), ideally within a SaaS or technology-driven company.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. and global tax regulations, including cross-border transaction rules, withholding tax, and permanent establishment risks.
• Experience with India taxation and transfer pricing arrangements. Experience working with auditors in that jurisdiction.
• Proven experience managing tax provisions and financial statement disclosures in accordance with ASC 740.
• Demonstrated success in developing and implementing tax planning strategies with profitable companies that align with business objectives and optimize the effective tax rate.
• Experience working with external auditors, tax authorities, and advisors to manage audits and resolve complex tax issues.
• Expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining tax-related controls, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Familiarity with automation tools and software to streamline tax compliance and reporting functions.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with experience managing and developing high-performing tax and accounting teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, with a track record of working cross-functionally with finance, legal, and product teams.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with changing tax regulations and business needs.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities. 
• Excellent organization and time management skills.

EEO Statement:

At HighLevel, we value diversity. In fact, we understand it makes our organization stronger. We are committed to inclusive hiring/promotion practices that evaluate skill sets, abilities and qualifications without regard to any characteristic unrelated to performing the job at the highest level. Our objective is to foster an environment where really talented employees from all walks of life can be their true and whole selves, cherished and welcomed for their differences, while providing awesome service to our clients and learning from one another along the way!

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.