Tax Director

The Role:

We are seeking an exceptional candidate to join the ElevateBio Finance team. The Finance team at ElevateBio serves as a key stakeholder in every decision the business makes. We help build our businesses from the ground up in a careful, deliberate way.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• Develop and implement comprehensive tax planning strategies, including structuring for efficient partnership and corporate tax of our businesses domestically and abroad
• Establish strategies to optimize businesses with regard to federal, state, and indirect taxes
• Actively manage relationships with third-party tax advisors to synthesize and achieve balance between in-house and external tax support
• Oversee completion of federal, international, state and local tax filings, including all related analysis and support
• Lead the preparation of income tax provision in accordance with ASC 740 and required financial reporting disclosures
• Monitor changes in tax laws, regulations and enforcement that may impact tax positions, including tax accounting implications
• Manage all tax projects including due diligence, tax impacts of new locations, products and/or services, and all tax studies
• Ensure appropriate internal controls related to tax matters are in place and operating effectively
• Support establishment and maintenance of formal tax policies, practices and procedures to ensure compliance with US GAAP and applicable tax regulations
• Prepare and ensure compliance of timely payments of company state and local income tax across multiple jurisdictions, including estimated payments and extensions
• Manage audits, notices and enquiries received from federal and state tax authorities
• Manage compliance of property tax filings and other applicable business filings
• Drive implementation of system improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy
• Assist the Finance team in cash forecasting and management

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum Master’s Degree in Tax with 10+ years of relevant tax experience.
• Candidate must be effective at both written and verbal communication, with the ability to pursue self-development and excel within our team approach
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel and Outlook
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and time management skills
• Strong knowledge of federal, state and local corporate income tax, sales/use and property tax
• A collaborative team player, able to partner with internal and external contacts at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry experience in life science and manufacturing sectors is preferred
• A mix of experience with public accounting and multinational corporate environment
• Ability to think strategically, maintain focus on key issues, and translate complex problems into an appropriate analytic framework
• Successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual, able to achieve high impact in a fast-growing biotech startup
• CPA