Director, Tax Operations

1 Month ago • 10 Years + • $226,850 PA - $279,800 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As the Director of Tax Operations at Unity, you will manage global tax provisions, US and Americas tax compliance, and play a strategic role in streamlining and optimizing for the future. Key responsibilities include managing the consolidated tax provision, overseeing global R&D tax incentives, leading the tax operations team, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, driving process improvements, and ensuring accuracy in effective tax rate reporting. The role involves collaboration with a global team and requires excellent communication skills for explaining complex tax topics to management and cross-functional teams. You will be managing the end to end provision process, from planning and forecasting through calculations, recording, analysis, and reporting
Must have:
  • Expertise in accounting for income tax issues and US GAAP
  • 10+ years of experience in global corporate tax
  • 3+ years managing a team in a public company setting
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
  • Highly organized with ability to manage tasks and prioritize responsibilities
  • Excellent communication skills
Good to have:
  • Self-starter with drive and a team-player
  • Ability to identify problems and apply efficient problem-solving skills
  • CPA preferred, advanced degrees/credentials
  • Experience in the technology industry

Job Details

The opportunity

Come join Unity and play a pivotal role in our global tax team. As the Director of Tax Operations you will manage Unity’s global tax provision, US and Americas tax compliance (direct and indirect), and play a pivotal strategic role on our team as we streamline and optimize for the future. We value curiosity and encourage new ideas that will challenge the status-quo!

Inclusion, at Unity, is driven by one overarching framework: Empathy, Respect, and Opportunity. In a collaborative, fast-growing environment, Unity is democratizing development, solving hard problems, and enabling the success of our community. At Unity, you’ll make a difference. 

Come join our incredible team!

What you'll be doing

  • Managing the consolidated tax provision, quarterly filings, and other tax-related financial statements in compliance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
  • Managing global R&D tax incentives efforts
  • Leading the tax operations team in completing the end to end provision process, from planning and forecasting through calculations, recording, analysis, and reporting 
  • Managing the team (internal and external) to deliver all US and AMER income tax reporting including federal and state tax returns
  • Driving continuous process improvements to standardize and streamline the global tax provision process, while overseeing controls and ensuring processes, documentation and related systems are in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements 
  • Ensuring accuracy of the reported effective tax rate components as well as the forecasted effective tax rate and cash taxes globally
  • Championing operational excellence through process improvement, leveraging best practices, supporting the evolution of tax software tools, and promoting automation and technology to enhance efficiency and scalability

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrated expertise in accounting for income tax issues and US GAAP, with the ability to prioritize tax technical positions and related documentation
  • 10+ years of experience in global corporate tax, including public accounting experience 
  • 3+ years managing a team in a public company setting or corporate tax department 
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
  • Highly organized individual with a proven ability to effectively manage tasks, prioritize responsibilities, and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously
  • Excellent communication skills, with an ability to explain complex tax topics in digestible terms to management and cross-functional teams

You might also have

  • Self-starter with drive and a team-player
  • Ability to accurately identify problems and apply efficient problem-solving skills to drive resolution
  • CPA preferred, advanced degrees/credentials such as M.Tax, CFA, or M.Fin are a plus 
  • Experience in the technology industry is a strong plus

Life at Unity

Unity [NYSE: U] is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences.  Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing.  

As of the third quarter of 2024, more than 70% of the top 1,000 mobile games were made with Unity, and in 2024, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.  

Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English.

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*Note: Certain locations require a good faith disclosure of the base salary range for the role. The actual salary for the successful candidate may differ based on location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Gross pay salary$226,850—$279,800 USD

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