Sphere - International Indirect Tax Compliance Specialist (VAT/GST)

• 3+ years of experience preparing, reviewing, and filing high volumes of VAT/GST returns across multiple countries, ideally at a Big 4 firm or an outsourced VAT compliance provider covering 10+ countries • Working knowledge of VAT rules for cross-border trade: place of supply for digital and electronically supplied services, B2B vs B2C treatment, reverse charge, OSS mechanics and VAT number validation • Solid understanding of return filing processes, reconciliations, and controls • Hands-on experience with tax authority portals and country-specific filing formats • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience collaborating across Finance, Operations, and Engineering teams - we work at an extremely fast pace and so clear, concise communication is essential • High attention to detail - one of our key values is ‘Sweating the details’ and it is essential in our business • Multitasking capabilities - a lot will be thrown at you and you’ll need to manage your time wisely • Eagerness to lean in and learn new countries, regimes and processes quickly. Our coverage grows every month, and you'll often be the first person at Sphere to file in a new country or work through a new obligation • Experience working with tax automation or compliance platforms • Familiarity with AI, web automation, and data analytics tools • Comfortable partnering with software engineering or product teams to automate operational workflows • 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)