Indirect Tax Product Classification Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the mapping of product and service taxability, which includes aligning SKUs, item and service codes, spend categories, and product classes with tax engine categories.

• Maintain and resolve issues related to taxability drivers and mapping logic, including product class, usage class, purchase class, spend class, GL/account attributes, and adaptable fields.

• Act as the subject matter expert in digital taxability, encompassing SaaS, cloud-based software, electronically delivered software and content, digital subscriptions, data services, and bundled offerings.

• Analyze and apply U.S. multistate taxability regulations for tangible personal property, digital goods, electronic services, bundled transactions, and multi-location usage.

• Convert tax policies, statutes, and regulatory guidance into actionable configurations for the tax engine.

• Conduct taxability research and analysis for complex or ambiguous items while documenting conclusions, assumptions, and supporting rationale.

• Collaborate with the Tax Advisory and Tax Technology teams to assess new or evolving products and uphold approved taxability positions.

• Oversee the taxability mapping lifecycle, including effective dating, version control, change management, and regular reviews.

• Perform quality assurance testing to discover unmapped or incorrectly mapped items and rectify discrepancies within tax engines and downstream systems.

• Create and maintain mapping documentation, decision logs, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and materials for audit support.

• Work cross-functionally with IT, ERP, billing, eCommerce, procurement, and data teams to ensure accurate data alignment and provide system integration support.

• Assist in implementation and post-implementation activities, including resolving issues, reconciliation, and handling audit inquiries.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Tax, Information Systems, Technology, or a related field.

• 3–5 years of experience in indirect tax, tax technology, or taxability analysis is required.

• Strong understanding of U.S. multistate sales and use tax principles.

• Proven experience in performing product or service taxability mapping related to a tax determination engine.

• Familiarity with tax engines and platforms like Avalara, ONESOURCE, and Vertex.

• Preferred experience in complex industries such as manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences, telecommunications, hospitality, energy, utilities, and natural resources.

• Preferred knowledge of taxability concerning digital products, SaaS, and electronically delivered services.

• Excellent research, analytical, and documentation skills.

• High proficiency in Excel and tax data analysis tools.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the necessity for employment-based visa sponsorship, either now or in the future.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for the employee stock ownership program begins on the first day of employment, with a targeted contribution of 6% of your annual compensation.

• Company-paid parental leave.

• Generous time-off package.

• Multiple benefit plans, with eligibility starting on the first day of employment.

• A culture that emphasizes work/life balance and the overall wellness of our employees.