Director, Tax

Responsibilities

• Oversee the completion of federal, international, and state income tax returns, including all related analysis and support.
• Timely review and coordination of payment of direct and indirect taxes, including sales and use taxes and telecommunication taxes.
• Establish strategies to minimize tax expenses and exposures with regard to taxes paid for federal, state, and foreign income taxes, property taxes, etc.
• Lead and oversee the preparation of all jurisdictional income tax provisions, including ensuring accurate and timely ASC 740 tax accounting and financial reporting disclosures.
• Lead federal, state, local, and international tax audits and examinations.
• Provide forecasts and guidance regarding future effective tax rates and cash taxes.
• Monitor legislative changes in tax laws that may impact tax positions, including tax accounting implications.
• Research complex tax issues and summarize results to communicate to management.
• Perform tax due diligence, provide structural advice on transactions, and offer ad hoc advice on all tax matters.
• Ensure compliance with global transfer pricing documentation requirements.
• Develop policies and positions to drive and defend tax-efficient outcomes globally, including discussions with taxing authorities.
• Manage, collaborate with, and review the work performed by outside tax professionals.
• Liaise with external auditors on all audit matters related to tax.
• Establish and maintain formal tax policies, practices, and procedures to support U.S. GAAP compliance, SOX readiness, and a strong internal control environment.
• Support company-wide strategic initiatives, including system implementations and business process transformations (such as billing platform migrations), and provide tax guidance to support go-to-market strategies, product launches, and other cross-functional growth initiatives.
• Champion internal AI adoption within the tax function to improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and accelerate the accuracy and timeliness of tax compliance, provision, audit support, and reporting processes.
• Own telecom tax strategy and compliance, including product taxability, jurisdictional registration and filing requirements, indirect tax determination on customer billing, exemption management, audit support, and close partnership with Billing, Product, Legal, and Systems teams.
• Oversee and/or complete special projects as required.
• Develop a culture of mentorship, continuous improvement, training, and success within the accounting organization.
• Skills you'll bring
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Taxation required. CPA and public accounting experience required.
• Approximately 12 years in leadership and relevant tax experience in multinational public technology, SaaS, and/or telecommunications companies.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, federal, state, local, and international corporate income tax, as well as indirect taxes, including sales and use, property, and telecommunications tax.
• Experience with NetSuite, Suretax (or equivalent) prefe

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About Dialpad Dialpad is the AI-native business communications platform. We unify calling, messaging, meetings, and contact center on a single platform - powered by AI that understands every conversation in real time. More than 70,000 companies around the globe, including WeWork, Asana, NASDAQ, AAA Insurance, COMPASS Realty, Uber, Randstad, and Tractor Supply, rely on Dialpad to build stronger customer connections using real-time, AI-driven insights. We're now leading the shift to Agentic AI: intelligent agents that don't just analyze conversations but take action by automating workflows, resolving customer issues, and accelerating revenue in real time. Our DAART initiative (Dialpad Agentic AI in Real Time) is redefining what a communications platform can do. Visit dialpad.com to learn more. Being a Dialer At Dialpad, AI isn't just a feature; it's how our teams do their best work every day. We put powerful AI tools in every employee's hands so they can move faster, think bigger, and achieve more. We believe every conversation matters. And we've built the platform that turns those conversations into insight and action, for our customers and ourselves. We look for people who are intensely curious and hold themselves to a high bar. Our ambition is significant, and achieving it requires a team that operates at the highest level. We seek individuals who embody our core traits: Scrappy, Curious, Optimistic, Persistent, and Empathetic . Your role The Director of Tax will be a key leader within the CFO organization and will own Dialpad's global tax strategy, planning, reporting, audits, and compliance. As an AI-driven SaaS company, Dialpad is looking for a strategic yet hands-on leader who will partner cross-functionally across Finance, Legal, Product, Billing, and Operations to provide practical tax guidance, support international expansion, and build scalable tax processes in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

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