Global Tax Principal
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staffbase
Job Description
About Staffbase
We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication with the first AI-native Employee Experience Platform. Our industry-leading and award-winning agentic AI communications channels - intranet, employee app and email solutions - create engaging experiences that connect and empower employees.
Headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany and New York City, with offices in Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Prague, and Minneapolis–St. Paul, our diverse team of 750+ employees supports 2,000+ customers—reaching over 16.4 million employees—in transforming their employee experience.
We are proud to be a Unicorn company—privately valued at over $1 billion—demonstrating strong growth, innovation, and lasting impact in our industry. Together, we’re shaping the future of workplace communication.
We’re looking for a hands-on and strategic Global Tax Principal to take ownership of our global tax function. This role is central to ensuring our international growth is supported by a robust, efficient, and compliant tax framework.
You will drive continuous improvement across our tax operations, from managing day-to-day compliance to leading transfer pricing projects. You will work closely with our Chemnitz-based finance team and global stakeholders to ensure the organization is set up to scale effectively.
This is a role for someone who thrives on action, takes ownership of complex cross-border challenges, and isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo to make our tax processes better, faster, and more cost-effective.
What you’ll be doing
✅ Drive Global Compliance & Audit Execution
- Own the Compliance Program: Work with Group Finance and external advisors to ensure the timely completion of all tax filings
- Lead Audit Defense: Support Group Finance to deliver year-end tax disclosures (working with outsourced providers) and manage queries and judgment areas during group audits. Ensure all agreed-upon timelines are strictly met.
- Manage Local Audits: Support the Chemnitz-based finance team with tax audits and transfer pricing audits as necessary.
- Rationalize Advisory: Oversee the tax compliance activities and challenge advisory spend to determine the right balance between in-sourcing and outsourcing.
✅ Lead Transfer Pricing & Structural Strategy
- Transfer Pricing: Lead the global transfer pricing lifecycle and benchmarking efforts to ensure arm’s-length compliance across all legal entities. Maintain up-to-date intercompany agreements and proactively review the tax footprint of key hubs to optimize policies and mitigate audit risks as the business evolves.