Global Indirect Tax Manager

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.

Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office. 

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Global Indirect Tax Manager to lead and manage our global indirect tax compliance, reporting, and strategy. This role will play a key part in ensuring indirect tax compliance across ŌURA’s international operations, optimizing tax processes, and supporting business expansion. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in VAT, GST, sales tax, and other indirect tax matters, particularly in e-commerce and digital product environments.

What you will do:

Indirect Tax Compliance and Reporting:

• Oversee global indirect tax compliance, including VAT, GST, sales tax, and other consumption taxes across multiple jurisdictions.
• Manage indirect tax filings, registrations, and audits in collaboration with external advisors and internal teams.
• Monitor tax law changes and ensure timely implementation of necessary changes to maintain compliance.
• Ensure all tax reports are accurate and complete for timely submission.

Tax Strategy and Optimization

• Develop and implement global indirect tax strategies to minimize risks and maximize efficiency.
• Support business expansion by assessing indirect tax implications of entering new markets, launching new products, and facilitating global expansion taxation implementation.
• Provide strategic advice on pricing, supply chain, and invoicing structures to ensure tax efficiency.
• Lead efforts to limit indirect tax exposure across different jurisdictions.

Process & System Improvements

• Partner with finance, accounting, and IT teams to enhance tax reporting processes and systems, ensuring automation where possible.
• Work closely with the ERP and e-commerce platforms to ensure proper tax determination and compliance.
• Drive improvements in indirect tax controls, data accuracy, and reconciliation processes.
• Lead the implementation of a new indirect tax system to support global operations and ensure scalability.

Cross Functional Collaboration & Advisory

• Act as the key indirect tax advisor to various business units, including finance, operations, legal, and product teams.
• Work with external tax advisors and government authorities to resolve tax issues and implement best practices.
• Provide indirect tax training and guidance to internal stakeholders as needed.
• Support the launch of new B2B systems, ensuring all tax compliance aspects are met from a global perspective.

Additional Responsibilities

• Manage tax exemption processes for customers, ensuring compliance with jurisdictional rules and regulations.
• Oversee tax notice management, addressing any indirect tax inquiries and working closely with tax authorities to resolve outstanding matters.

Requirements

We would love to have you on our team if you have:

•  CPA or equivalent preferred.
• 5-8+ years of indirect tax experience, preferably in a multinational company, Big 4 firm, or e-commerce environment.
• Expertise in global VAT, GST, and sales tax compliance and strategy.
• Strong understanding of indirect tax technology, ERP systems, and e-commerce tax engines (e.g., Avalara, NetSuite, Zuora).
• Experience working with cross-border transactions, digital goods, and direct-to-consumer and B2B business models.
• Proven ability to manage multiple international jurisdictions and stay ahead of evolving tax regulations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
• 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• Paid sick leave and parental leave

Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• Region 1: $126,000-$157,000
• Region 2: $115,000-$144,000
• Region 3: $108,000-$135,000 

A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Arkansas (AR), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), Oklahoma (OK), Rhode Island (RI), South Dakota (SD), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI)

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We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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