Uphold is hiring Web3 Web3 Director, Taxation & Regulatory Reporting

Desired Qualifications

• Strong organization and follow-up skills including the ability to handle competing priorities and meet all deadlines and commitments
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
• International Tax experience with a public accounting firm (6-10 years) strongly preferred
• Tax preparation experience
• Knowledge of US and international business and sales taxes (including VAT in Europe)
• CPA license a plus
• Master’s degree a plus
• Experience with bookkeeping software, including NetSuite
• Attention to detail
• Fluent written and oral English Skills

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepare tax provision schedules by reviewing, preparing, and consolidating provision schedules including domestic and international subsidiaries.
• Recommend tax strategies by researching international, federal, state, and local taxation issues.
• Maintain legislative materials by reviewing, interpreting, and implementing new or revised laws.
• Maintain compliance with regulations by forwarding required information to federal, state, and local authorities.
• Responsible for international tax matters including VAT and international business taxes.
• Responsible for ensuring transfer pricing and expense sharing appropriate and applied in accordance with relevant tax rules.
• Manage external consulting firms in the preparation and review of the US and international tax returns, and estimated tax payments.
• Prepare or review journal entries.
• Oversee US Regulatory financial reporting and work with other regions
• Check over certain quarterly regulatory filings completed by others
• Complete any special projects requested by management.

Soft Skills

• Experience with capital markets, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technologies.
• In-depth knowledge of banking frameworks and payment methods.
• Community talks, certifications, and/or blog posts on your interests and research.

Salary & Benefits

• An amazing work environment in a company that continues to grow, driven by extraordinary and passionate people that keep innovating.
• An international team, in a cutting-edge field, working on fascinating projects.
• Growth and career opportunities, and the chance to be proactive and creative.
• A flexible and enthusiastic work environment that offers you snacks, a lot of coffee and other great benefits.
• Open and transparent culture - we get together on a weekly basis to share updates, strategic plans, and engage with each other informally over food and drinks.
• Interesting events that keep you connected with the team and celebrate our success.
• Be part of a great company that is revolutionizing financial services.

Our Company

About Uphold

Uphold is now the fastest-growing private company in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to the San Francisco Business Times Fast Track 100, 2022.Uphold is pursuing a mission to democratize investments and payments for people and companies worldwide. Founded in 2014, the Silicon Valley company today has more than 8 million customers in over 150 countries with an impressive 50x increase in Mobile App downloads during the first quarter of 2020. A bridge between the old and new money systems, Uphold allows people to buy, exchange and send more than 100 currencies, cryptocurrencies, precious metals and equities instantly. An engineering-led company with a social inclusion agenda, Uphold provides a stimulating and challenging home for the brightest and best talent.

Uphold’s unique trading experience - ‘Anything-to-Anything’ - allows customers to trade directly between any supported asset or currency in one step - physical gold to Bitcoin, for example - saving both time and money. Uphold supports financial inclusion by enabling customers virtually anywhere to open an account in less than 5 minutes and to invest with no minimum amounts. Customers can send money to virtually anyone with an email address free of charge.

To learn more, please visit https://uphold.com

The Opportunity: Uphold is looking for a Director, Taxation & Regulatory Reporting to join our global Finance and Accounting team. This is primarily a tax position with responsibility for the overall management of the tax function within our company. In addition, there will be some regulatory reporting requirements.

This position is Full-Time, and reports to the Chief Financial officer (CFO).

This is a hybrid position, onsite 2 times per week at our New York office.