Director of Tax

About Us 

At SimplePractice, our team is dedicated to improving the health and wellness industry by building a suite of innovative solutions for practitioners and their clients. Our product supports practitioners on their clinical journey to becoming licensed, helps them manage their business and practice once they’re up and running, and enables new clients to discover and interact with practitioners. Taking a practitioner-first approach in everything we do makes it possible for health and wellness practitioners to devote more time to their clients while they use SimplePractice to start, grow, and maintain a successful private practice.

The Role

The Director of Tax will be responsible for the ownership and execution over all elements of our tax accounting, reporting and compliance processes through the impending years of growth and scaling of the organization. Our tax accounting, reporting and compliance matters are critical to our business and require substantial focus and demonstrated expertise. The ideal candidate is one who has a strong partnership and collaboration mindset, brings demonstrated technical expertise and is driven to help the organization solve problems and enable growth in a variety of areas and jurisdictions. The candidate must have experience in various elements of the tax function of a private equity owned tax payer, including experience with debt and tax carveouts. The position will report to the Vice President, Controller and initially will be an individual contributor who will support the businesses continued expansion domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Oversee tax compliance including U.S. federal, state and international tax compliance process, including indirect taxes, R&D and foreign tax credits, VAT matters and expense allocations
• Partner with the outside consultants, to advise on global projects, review tax opportunities, develop forecasts and optimize tax department operations
• Be the technical leader on all tax accounting matters
• Lead tax due diligence and structuring for mergers and acquisitions
• Manage federal, state, and local tax audits
• Maintain knowledge of current and proposed tax laws and analyze their impact on the Company
• Research technical tax matters and prepare documentation to support tax positions
• Support strategic tax planning, identify, recommend, and implement policies, procedures and best practices
• Continuously monitor and proactively Identify and obtain tax incentives for the company.
• The Tax Director is responsible for defining tax policies, developing tax strategies and implementing tax processes and procedures
• This position is …