About ByteDance
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.
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Why Join Us
Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve.
Join us.
About
The Tax Team at ByteDance helps ensure that our company and all our products are tax-compliant throughout different regions and countries. Also, the Tax Team provides support to internal requests and works with multiple different stakeholders to support product and business launches and new features.
About this role
We are looking for a US tax expert to support our rapidly growing E-commerce business in the US. In this role, you will provide expert tax solutions for business plans, and translate complex tax ideas into clear action points. You will work seamlessly with E-commerce teams and cross-functional partners in the US and around the globe. The ideal candidate should have a good mix of US tax background and extensive experience advising E-commerce platforms and E-commerce fulfillment business.
Responsibilities
1. Analyze business models and identify areas for tax assessment.
2. Collaborate with in-house tax teams and coordinate external resources to develop actionable tax solutions for new e-commerce products, features and operational events launched.
3. Take and respond to tax queries from business teams as Tax Point of Contact.
4. Periodically review existing tax solutions and identify opportunities for improvement.
5. Monitor changes and updates of tax legislation, identify the potential impact on business operations, and prepare teams for the challenge in advance.
6. Support business teams to understand and comply with tax compliance requirements through trainings.
7. Support and manage the e-commerce tax engine and other business tax processes, as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
1. 5 years of US tax experience, including in-house experience preferably at an e-commerce or digital marketplace company, or Big 4 firm experience.
2. Strong communication and documentation skills in a cross-functional and multi-cultural environment.
3. Ability to set appropriate priorities when multi-tasking, and deliver to a high standard at pace.
4. Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications
1. Experience with tax engines, e.g., Vertex, OneSource, Avalara.
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ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
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ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2