# Tax Lead

**Company:** [Runway](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/runway)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $160k – $210k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** CPA, Asc 740, Sales & Use Tax, Vat/Gst, Income Tax Compliance, Payroll Tax, Equity Compensation, NetSuite, Avalara, Sphere
**Posted:** 2026-06-22

> Build and own the tax function from the ground up at a high-growth AI company. Manage indirect/direct tax compliance, payroll/employment taxes, equity compensation, and strategic planning while partnering with Finance, Legal, and People teams.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do

**Indirect tax:** build and manage sales & use tax, VAT/GST, and digital-services tax compliance, including nexus analysis across our growing customer footprint

**Income tax compliance and provision:** support the ASC 740 provision and the federal, state, and international income tax filings with external preparers, building the close-cycle processes, documentation, and controls to match company scale

**Payroll accounting & operations:** own payroll reconciliation, flux analysis, and related journal entries, partnering with Finance and the People team to ensure accuracy across pay runs and periods

**Payroll and employment tax:** advise on employer tax obligations across jurisdictions, relying on external advisors as needed; partnering with the People team on payroll withholding and operations, leaning on external advisors where needed

**Equity compensation:** manage the tax treatment and compliance for employee equity options, and collaborating with Legal as needed on equity-related tax topics

**Strategic tax planning:** identify opportunities to optimize Runway's global effective tax rate (including R&D tax credits, transfer pricing, and more) as international operations scale

## What you’ll need

- 6+ years of corporate tax experience, ideally a mix of Big 4 and in-house at a high-growth company
- CPA required
- Broad range across direct tax, indirect tax, payroll tax, and equity compensation, with the ability to leverage technical tax advisors as needed with the right questions
- Strong communicator who can translate complex tax issues for non-tax stakeholders
- Experience with tax software (e.g. Sphere, Avalara, etc.) and ERP platforms (NetSuite)
- Experience with HRIS Rippling a plus

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