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Senior Global Tax Specialist

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on tax compliance and provision support for Thumbtack's global operations. You will work closely with the Tax Director and collaborate with various teams to manage tax obligations and improve workflows, contributing to the company's financial and business decisions.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or tax-focused advanced degree.
  • 4–7 years of corporate tax experience in a multinational company or public accounting firm.
  • Experience with U.S. and Philippine tax compliance.
  • Strong Excel skills and experience working with tax software and accounting systems.
  • Preferred: Working AI knowledge and strong desire to use AI for process improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare corporate income tax, GST/HST, VAT, and sales and use tax return workpapers and supporting documentation.
  • Prepare US indirect tax reconciliations.
  • Support preparation of US GAAP quarterly and year-end tax provision.
  • Research and document basic tax questions, monitor relevant tax updates with the Tax Director, and communicate exceptions or changes to stakeholders.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Detail Oriented

About the company

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thumbtack

  • Home & Personal Services
  • Scaleup
  • 1,001–5,000
We’re Thumbtack, a technology company helping millions of people confidently care for and improve their homes. Our homeowners get personalized guidance on what to do and when to do it as well as who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete small fixes, routine maintenance, and major improvements. With over 10 million 5-star projects and counting, we empower homeowners to take control and local businesses to grow. Bringing the $600 billion+ home services industry online, Thumbtack is a technology leader creating a new era of home care. Working at Thumbtack means being part of a dynamic culture built on integrity, inclusion, and authenticity—where our leaders listen to feedback and take action. We’ll equip you to do the best work of your career, give you the flexibility to live wherever you want, and treat you like you’re our greatest asset because you are. If making an impact and the chance to do good inspires you, join us! Imagine what we’ll build together. Please be advised: Thumbtack's Recruiting team will only communicate with active candidates from Thumbtack LinkedIn verified accounts.

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Job description

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.

Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.

About the Team

The Tax team partners across the business to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant tax reporting across our global operations. We play a critical role in managing tax obligations, maintaining controls for tax, and providing insights that inform financial and business decisions. Beyond compliance, we enable innovation by building scalable, efficient processes that support growth, evolving business models, and an increasingly complex global tax environment.

About the role

As a Global Tax Senior based in the Philippines, you will report to the Tax Director and take on a preparer role for tax compliance (income tax and indirect tax), tax provision support, reconciliations, R&D credit study support, and various ad-hoc tax projects.

What you’ll do

  • Prepare corporate income tax, GST/HST, VAT, and sales and use tax return workpapers and supporting documentation.

  • Prepare US indirect tax reconciliations

  • Support preparation of US GAAP quarterly and year end tax provision

  • Prepare Philippines local tax provision and tax return workpapers

  • Support Canadian income tax compliance prepared by external providers.

  • Prepare tax journal entries, reconcile global tax accounts, and maintain quarterly tax account rollforwards and supporting schedules.

  • Prepare transfer pricing workpapers and data collection for studies; support annual tax projects, including R&D credits, taxability refreshes, and nexus reviews.

  • Coordinate tax data collection for close, audits, and filings; maintain documentation and assist with the tax filing calendar.

  • Research and document basic tax questions, monitor relevant tax updates with the Tax Director, and communicate exceptions or changes to stakeholders.

  • Identify recurring inefficiencies and implement small improvements to tax workflows, including appropriate automation opportunities and support for tax tools.

In order to be successful, you must bring

  • Ability to work a modified U.S. Monday–Friday schedule, typically aligned to 9 a.m.–5 p.m. U.S. working hours with limited flexibility as needed.

  • A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or tax-focused advanced degree.

  • 4–7 years of corporate tax experience in a multinational company or public accounting firm (must have multinational/US company experience).

  • Experience with U.S. and Philippine tax compliance, including the ability to prepare and review tax workpapers and assess the reasonableness of tax positions.

  • Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and IFRS tax accounting concepts, including book-to-tax differences and tax account reconciliations.

  • Strong Excel skills and experience working with tax software and accounting systems; familiarity with NetSuite, Avalara, Stripe, or OneSource Tax is useful.

  • Working AI knowledge and strong desire to use AI for process improvement.

  • Ability to independently deliver accurate, timely work, investigate issues, coordinate with cross-functional partners, and escalate complex questions appropriately.

Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as calibrated job level, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law.

Thumbtack is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact: recruitingops@thumbtack.com.

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