# Sr. Tax Accountant

**Company:** [GoHighLevel](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gohighlevel)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** NetSuite, Sales & Use Tax, Vat, Gst, Excel, Stripe Tax, Indirect Tax, Saas Taxability, Tax Software, AI Tools
**Posted:** 2026-06-10

> Oversee indirect tax compliance, filings, audits, and system optimization for a SaaS company. Requires 5+ years in sales/use tax and VAT/GST, NetSuite experience, and strong Excel skills.

## Job Description

## Compliance & Filing
- Oversee the end-to-end preparation, review, and timely filing of monthly, quarterly, and annual domestic sales & use tax and international VAT/GST returns, business licenses and property tax filings.

## System Optimization & Support
- Serve as the internal contact for tax software configurations; proactively maintaining and refining indirect tax calculation and reporting systems to provide seamless, automated workflows for the organization.

## Nexus Tracking
- Monitor and analyze domestic and international tax laws regarding digital goods, SaaS, and economic nexus to ensure proactive compliance as HighLevel expands.

## Audit Defense
- Support the team through indirect tax audits by efficiently managing IDRs and partnering with leadership to advocate for and defend established tax positions.

## General Ledger Reconciliation
- Prepare and review monthly tax accruals and perform balance sheet reconciliations for indirect tax accounts within NetSuite.

## Exemption Certificate Management
- Oversee the collection, validation, and maintenance of customer tax exemption certificates.

## Cross-Functional Advisory
- Partner with Engineering, Product, Billing and Legal teams to evaluate the taxability of new product rollouts, software features, and bundle offerings.

## What You’ll Bring
- 5 years of progressive experience in indirect tax (Sales & Use, VAT, GST), preferably with a mix of public accounting and corporate experience.
- Strong familiarity with software-as-a-service (SaaS) taxability rules, digital products, and sourcing rules.
- Experience managing tax calculations and reporting within tax software systems and NetSuite ERP. Knowledge of Stripe Tax is a plus.
- Advanced Excel skills (pivots, VLOOKUPs, data manipulation) and the ability to handle massive, high-volume transactional datasets.
- Identify and spearhead opportunities to leverage AI-based tools to streamline and automate processes and surface insights.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. CPA designation or Master of Taxation degree is a major plus.
- Ability to pivot quickly when priorities change and navigate fast organizational growth.
- Proven track record of digging into data to not only identify tax issues but actively propose and execute automated solutions.
- Skilled at translating complex tax regulations into plain English for non-finance stakeholders, alongside strong documentation skills for future reference and audit support.

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