VAT Lead

Sphere

$120K — $150K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Deep expertise in global VAT, focusing on cross-border transactions across EMEA.
  • Hands-on experience with global tax engines and indirect tax technology platforms.
  • Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Engineering and Product teams.
  • Skilled at interpreting complex foreign tax regulations into automatable tax logic.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the indirect tax expert for businesses engaging in cross-border sales.
  • Collaborate with AI and engineering teams to enhance the global tax engine.
  • Track global regulatory changes and develop actionable solutions for clients.
  • Leverage AI technology to revolutionize tax research.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a small, agile, high-impact team.
  • Engagement in cutting-edge AI technology applications in tax compliance.
  • Chance to redefine global tax solutions in a collaborative environment.
  • Potential for professional growth within an innovative company.
Full Job Description
THE ROLE

We're looking for an international VAT / GST subject matter expert to work with our AI, engineering, and tax teams to help further expand our international capabilities.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
  • Be the go-to indirect tax expert for internationally based businesses selling cross-border.
  • Collaborate with the AI team and engineering to maintain and expand our AI-native, global tax engine, enabling support for new products and jurisdictions.
  • Help our systems track global regulatory changes and translate them into simple, actionable solutions for our clients.
  • Push the frontiers of AI technology to help redefine tax research
REQUIREMENTS
  • 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.
NICE TO HAVES
  • Prior or active relationships with government authorities
  • LATAM, Canada, or APAC experience
  • Previous startup experience


WHO YOU ARE

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)

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