Global Tax Director

Responsibilities

• Own and lead Dandy’s global tax strategy across indirect tax, corporate income tax, transfer pricing, and international tax planning.
• Design and implement scalable tax structures to support rapid international expansion while optimizing the company’s global effective tax rate and minimizing tax risk.
• Lead all aspects of indirect tax strategy and compliance, including VAT, GST, sales tax, digital services taxes, and related international consumption tax matters across multiple jurisdictions.
• Partner closely with Product, Operations, Supply Chain, Legal, and Finance teams to assess the tax implications of new products, pricing models, operational flows, legal entities, and geographic expansion initiatives.
• Develop and maintain transfer pricing policies, intercompany agreements, and supporting documentation to ensure compliance and operational efficiency across global operations.
• Oversee global tax compliance processes, including corporate income tax filings, indirect tax filings, registrations, estimated payments, audits, and statutory reporting obligations.
• Coordinate and manage external tax advisors, consultants, and service providers globally, ensuring high-quality execution, timely deliverables, and alignment with Dandy’s business objectives.
• Act as the primary internal tax business partner and conduit between external advisors and internal stakeholders, ensuring tax considerations are embedded into operational and strategic decision-making.
• Support the development of tax accounting processes, quarterly tax provision support, and documentation necessary to meet public-company readiness standards.
• Partner with external auditors and support all tax-related audit requests, documentation, and technical accounting analyses.
• Build scalable tax processes, controls, and documentation frameworks to support a high-growth environment and evolving regulatory requirements.
• Monitor changes in global tax legislation, regulatory developments, and emerging international tax trends to proactively assess business impacts and opportunities.
• Support executive leadership and future Audit Committee discussions with tax strategy presentations, risk assessments, and board-level reporting.
• Assist with entity structuring, cross-border cash movement strategies, customs considerations, and other international operational tax matters as the company scales globally.
• Operate comfortably both strategically and tactically — including hands-on execution of registrations, filings, reconciliations, and operational tax workflows when required.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive tax experience, including significant leadership experience across international tax and indirect tax matters.
• Deep expertise in global indirect tax regimes, including VAT/GST, sales tax, nexus, digital services taxes, and cross-border transaction flows.
• Significant hands-on experience operating in multinational or globally expanding businesses with complex international operations.
• Strong experience with transfer pricing strategy, intercompany transactions, and international tax structuring.
• Demonstrated experience building or scaling tax infrastructure in high-growth, multi-entity, cross-border environments.
• Strong understanding of US corporate income tax, international tax concepts, and tax implications of global legal entity structures.
• Experience managing external tax advisors and Big Four firms across multiple jurisdictions.
• Ability to translate complex tax concepts into practical business guidance for cross-functional stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes, systems, and controls from the ground up.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize and execute across multiple simultaneous initiatives and deadlines.
• Highly analytical with exceptional attention to detail and strong operational follow-through.
• Ability to operate effectively both strategically and hands-on in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including experience interacting with senior leadership, auditors, and board-level stakeholders.
• CPA, MST, JD, or equivalent advanced tax credential strongly preferred.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience leading or supporting tax functions through IPO preparation or public company readiness.
• Experience in consumer products, manufacturing, logistics, or globally distributed operational environments.
• Experience with customs, duties, and international supply chain tax considerations.
• Familiarity with ASC 740 and tax provision processes.
• Experience with NetSuite and international ERP implementations.
• Experience implementing tax engines or indirect tax automation tooling.
• Public accounting experience at a Big Four firm.
• Experience building internal tax functions from an early-stage or high-growth environment.