sphere - VAT Lead

• Deep expertise in global VAT, with a focus on cross-border transactions across EMEA. • Hands-on experience with global tax engines, ERP/tax integrations, and indirect tax technology platforms. • Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, and system integrators to implement scalable tax solutions. • Skilled at interpreting complex foreign tax regulations and translating them into structured, automatable tax logic. • Prior or active relationships with government authorities • You'll thrive here if: • You're a Dog. You've been underestimated, gone through struggle, and never stopped running. You have a chip on your shoulder and enormous drive. You look at Stripe, Deel, and Flexport all punting on compliance and think: good, that means the opportunity is ours. Hunger beats pedigree. • Early stage is in your bones. You've built things where there's no playbook and nobody handing you the answer. You define the problem instead of waiting for instructions. • You own it end to end. Give you a goal and you figure out your own path. Small team, global surface area — everyone owns a domain that would be a full team at a larger company. No one tells you how. • You believe speed and accuracy are both possible. We're building a complex product that requires robustness and 100% uptime, and we have to build at our customers' pace. Move fast. Don't break things. Both. • This won't be a fit if: • You need structure handed to you or ambiguity feels draining rather than motivating • You want to manage people more than own hard problems (we're a flat, experienced team — everyone builds) • You're used to "good enough" shipping (small errors have outsized impact here)