Job Description:

Shield AI is seeking an International Tax Manager to join its growing Tax team. This role is ideal for a tax professional who wants to go beyond recurring compliance execution and take meaningful ownership of international direct tax, planning support, special projects, and cross-functional business partnership.

In a lean, fast-moving environment, you will help the company navigate the tax implications of global operations, new legal-entity structures, product and market expansion, and other strategic initiatives. You will also provide hands-on support for U.S. indirect tax matters, including sales and use tax compliance, controversy, process improvement, and automation opportunities.

You will work closely with Tax, Accounting, FP&A, Legal, operational teams, and external advisors to translate complex tax issues into practical business guidance. This is a high-impact opportunity to help strengthen and scale a global tax function as the company grows.

What you'll do:

• Lead and support international direct-tax workstreams related to global operations, including U.S. international tax compliance, foreign tax reporting, and coordination with local-country advisors.

• Evaluate tax considerations associated with international expansion, new legal-entity structures, intercompany arrangements, evolving products, and other strategic business initiatives.

• Support tax planning, modeling, research, and implementation activities, including identifying risks, documenting technical positions, and assisting with execution of approved strategies.

• Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Legal, Treasury, operational teams, and external tax advisors to deliver timely, practical, and business-oriented tax guidance.

• Support the tax provision process and related financial-reporting requirements, including documentation and analysis under ASC 740, as applicable.

• Monitor changes in U.S. and international tax laws, regulations, and administrative guidance; assess potential impacts and communicate actionable recommendations to relevant stakeholders.

• Manage priority tax projects while balancing recurring operational responsibilities, deadlines, and evolving business needs.

• Help design, document, and improve tax processes, controls, data flows, and reporting capabilities as the company scales globally.

• Serve as a key internal resource for U.S. indirect tax matters, including sales and use tax, property tax, and other state and local indirect-tax obligations, as needed.

• Oversee or coordinate the preparation, review, and timely filing of applicable U.S. indirect-tax returns, working with internal stakeholders and external service providers.

• Support indirect-tax registrations, nexus assessments, exemption-certificate processes, taxability analyses, and related compliance requirements.

• Identify opportunities to improve indirect-tax compliance through automation, process standardization, data quality improvements, and stronger documentation.

• Assist with responses to state and local tax notices, audits, inquiries, and other tax controversy matters; coordinate with advisors and internal stakeholders to support favorable and timely resolution.

• Build strong cross-functional relationships and help the Tax team respond quickly, thoughtfully, and accurately to complex and high-priority matters.

What you'll bring (Qualifications):

• 5-8+ years of relevant corporate tax experience, including meaningful experience in international direct tax.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Tax, or a related field; CPA is preferred.

• Strong knowledge of U.S. international tax concepts and compliance requirements

• Experience working with multinational organizations, international legal entities, foreign affiliates, or cross-border business arrangements.

• Working knowledge of U.S. state and local indirect tax, including sales and use tax; experience with property tax, excise tax, or other indirect-tax areas is a plus.

• Experience supporting tax provision, financial-reporting, and ASC 740 matters is preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to manage tax research, planning support, special projects, process improvements, or strategic initiatives in addition to recurring tax compliance.

• Experience partnering effectively with external tax advisors and managing deliverables, timelines, and technical workstreams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex tax matters clearly and pragmatically to non-tax stakeholders.

• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset and comfort operating in a lean, evolving, high-growth environment.

$115,000 - $200,000 a year

San Mateo Location Ranges: $139,000 - $200,000

All Other Location Ranges: $115,000 - $170,000

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Full-time regular employee offer package:

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package:

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.