Manager, Tax & Compliance

About Granicus

Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and its constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers with meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn. Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers power an unmatched Subscriber Network that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.

Employment Type: Full Time

Your Impact

• Collaborate with 3rd party tax service providers on various tax provision and compliance tasks, including but not limited to federal, state and international tax for both partnership pass-through and corporation income tax.
• Manage the sales and use tax compliance process through Avalara and NetSuite Avatax for US and Canada.
• Support the review of international statutory filings related to corporate income tax, ensuring the accuracy of local GAAP bridge adjustments when appropriate.
• Lead the PMO role to ensure that America’s federal and state tax returns are timely filed by our 3rd party tax service providers, and ensure tax payments are timely paid for all covered jurisdictions (US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Panama, Costa Rica).
• Work closely with regional finance leads in Europe and Australia to understand the status of the tax compliance, for the purpose of the global tax provision and international tax reporting within the United States.
• Manage our business license and annual report compliance process with our global service provider, CSC.
• Manage a small team, providing effective management and communication to ensure the team is performing optimally.
• Maintain and update the tax compliance calendars to ensure timely filings and payments.
• Manage the withholding tax process in America’s tax jurisdictions related to business invoices and contractual payments.
• Prepare and review tax forms for proper documentation of foreign status and compliance with IRS withholding and reporting requirements for non-U.S. persons.
• Manage tax accounting routines, including working with members of the accounting team in the preparation and review of journal entries and monthly reconciliations.
• Support the implementation of new tax policies, strategies, procedures, and cross-functional initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Assist in the global transfer pricing process, including review of contemporaneous documentation prepared by 3rd party service provider, the preparation of schedules and other related documentation.
• Maintain the library of our global intercompany agreements related to the global transfer pricing process.
• Prepare and file tangible personal property tax returns in compliance with local regulations for respective jurisdictions.
• Provide support on special tax projects as needed, including audits, tax notices, and state and local tax (SALT) compliance.

Qualifications

• CPA certification preferred but not required
• 5–7 years of experience