Associate Director/Director, Employment Tax Compliance & Operations

Associate Director/Director, Employment Tax Compliance & Operations

Position Summary

Associate Director/Director, Employment Tax Compliance & Operations is responsible for leading the strategy, governance, and execution of multi-state taxable income sourcing and allocation for wages and equity compensation in a publicly traded company. This role serves as the enterprise-wide subject matter expert and escalation point for state tax allocation methodologies, ensuring scalable, compliant, and audit-ready processes across Payroll, Equity Administration, Finance, and HR systems. This role will be the primary contact person for executives and employees of Natera, Inc. This role will report to the Chief Accounting Officer.

This leader will drive operational excellence, oversee SOX-compliant controls, and partner cross-functionally to design and implement systems and processes that support growth, complexity, and regulatory change. The Associate Director plays a critical role in shaping tax policy interpretation, influencing system architecture, and ensuring end-to-end integrity of tax data.

 

 

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership: Multi-State Tax Allocation & Sourcing

• Define and evolve enterprise-wide state sourcing and allocation methodologies for:
  
  

  • Employee wages
    
    

  • Equity compensation (RSUs, ESPPs, stock options)
    
    

• Interpret complex and ambiguous state tax regulations and translate them into scalable operational frameworks.
  
  

• Establish governance over residency, mobility, reciprocity, and sourcing rules across jurisdictions.
  
  

• Serve as the final decision-maker and escalation point for complex tax allocation issues.

• Oversee automated calculations, data completeness and accuracy

• Ensure all SOX related controls are executed timely and accurately
  
  

Operational Oversight: Payroll & Equity Data Enablement

• Oversee the certification and delivery of state-level taxable wage and equity data prior to payroll execution.
  
  

• Ensure seamless integration and accuracy of tax data within payroll systems (e.g., Workday HRIS and Workday Payroll and Etrade).
  
  

• Partner with Equity Administration to guide tax treatment of grants, vesting, exercises, and mobility events.
  
  

• Establish SLAs, controls, and performance metrics for tax data delivery.
  
  

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