Quince - Primary Job Template
Requirements
• Deep international tax capability is essential given the scope of this role — cross-border structuring, transfer pricing, treaty analysis, permanent establishment, and indirect tax across multiple regimes. • Working knowledge of US federal and state taxation, including ASC 740, is a plus rather than a requirement. Our US provision and returns are prepared by an external firm; what we need is someone who can manage that firm credibly, review its work, and recognize when an answer doesn't hold up. • Genuine indirect tax depth, or a demonstrated ability to research an unfamiliar country's VAT/GST regime from scratch and return with a defensible, documented answer. Knowing how to find the right answer in a new jurisdiction matters more here than having memorized any one of them. • Demonstrated ability to stand up tax infrastructure where none exists, and to apply rigorous technical judgment to ambiguous, fast-moving, and incompletely specified situations. • Comfortable being the only tax person in the company. This role will not be hiring a team for at least 12–18 months, and in the meantime you are both the strategist and the person doing the work. • Proactive risk identifier. The most valuable thing you will do in this role is raise the issue nobody else knew to ask about. • Skilled at translating complex technical tax positions into clear business language that non-tax partners can act on with confidence. • Collaborative partner with a positive, solutions-oriented mindset; able to build trust quickly with Accounting, Legal, People Ops, Supply Chain, and the International team. • Agile and adaptable; comfortable building and evolving processes as the international footprint matures, without being constrained by legacy approaches. • Entrepreneurial mindset; equally comfortable setting global tax strategy and rolling up their sleeves to file a return. • Proactive problem-solver and self-starter; energized by ambiguity and motivated to find the right answer even when no playbook exists. • Preferred: • Substantial international tax experience specifically — this is the center of the role, not an adjacent skill. • Demonstrated experience supporting a company through multi-country international expansion, including entity setup, indirect tax registration, and cross-border structuring. • Experience supporting direct-to-consumer, retail, e-commerce, or another goods-based business with a physical supply chain strongly preferred, including exposure to customs and import duty matters. • Experience selecting and managing external tax advisors across multiple jurisdictions. • Practical experience with tax engines (Avalara, Vertex, or similar) and ERP tax configuration preferred.
Responsibilities
• Serve as the tax lead on every new-market launch — assess the tax profile of a market before we enter, flag what will and won't work, and define the registrations, filings, and structural decisions required to operate compliantly from day one. • Build and maintain a market-entry tax playbook and a global filing calendar, so the tenth country launch is materially faster and cleaner than the first. • Advise on legal entity structure and the tax consequences of each option — branch vs. subsidiary, holding structure, where IP and inventory sit, and how intercompany flows are designed — partnering with Legal on entity timing and sequencing. • Identify and manage permanent establishment risk created by employees, contractors, EOR arrangements, warehouses, third-party logistics providers, and local agents, including the tax implications of transitioning employees from EOR to local entity. • Own transfer pricing end to end: intercompany agreements, pricing methodology, master file and local file documentation, country-by-country reporting where applicable, and defense of the position under audit. • Own indirect tax globally — EU VAT (including OSS/IOSS, distance-selling rules, import VAT, and reverse charge), UK VAT, Mexican IVA, Australian GST and low-value imported goods rules, and the considerably more complex South American regimes — covering registration, filing, recoverability, and the operational setup behind each.
Benefits
• EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & HIRING INTEGRITY
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