Vice President of Tax
Job Summary
Job Description
Sonar is seeking a highly experienced and strategic Vice President of Tax to lead its global tax function as the company scales. This role reports to the Chief Financial Officer and involves minimizing tax exposure/risk and driving value. The VP of Tax will develop and implement global tax strategies, provide guidance on tax structures, manage worldwide GAAP tax provision, transfer pricing, tax compliance, and monitor changes in tax laws. Responsibilities include leading legal entity rationalization, owning internal controls, collaborating with stakeholders, mentoring a tax team, and building external relationships. The ideal candidate will have a passion for partnering with the business and a strategic mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Must have:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- 15+ years of corporate taxation experience
- Public company experience
- Strong technical expertise in tax laws
- Proven leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work with ambiguity
- Strategic thinker
- High integrity and ethical conduct
- Growth mindset
Good to have:
- Advanced degree (Masters or JD)
- Professional certification (CPA)
- Experience in AI or software industry
Perks:
- Flexible work policy (3 days in-office, 2 days remote for near-office locations)
- 90% company-paid benefits
- Robust time-off allocations
- 401(k) plan with 4% match (fully vested)
- Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus
- Fully paid parking
- Global workforce with diverse employees
- Annual international kick-off events
5 skills required
Job Details
Who is Sonar?
Sonar helps prevent code quality and code security issues from reaching production, amplifies developers' productivity in concert with AI assistants, and improves the developer experience with streamlined workflows. Sonar analyzes all code, regardless of who writes it — your internal team, genAI, or third parties — resulting in more secure, reliable, and maintainable applications. Rooted in the open source community, Sonar’s solutions support over 30 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Today, Sonar is used by +7M developers and 400K organizations worldwide, including the DoD, Microsoft, NASA, MasterCard, Siemens, and T-Mobile.
We believe in developing great products that are supported by great internal teams and a strong culture. We are highly committed to and obsessed with the company, users, each other, and our open source community. We have high standards and hold each other accountable for acting with positivity, dedication, thoughtfulness, empathy, and passion daily.
We are deliberate with our decisions with high clarity of intention. At the same time, we feel extreme urgency and move forward quickly.
And lastly, we are highly effective and operationally efficient. We operate collectively as One Team to accomplish our goals.
At Sonar, CODE is more than just an acronym – it's a mindset that defines daily operations.
Why You Should Apply:
At Sonar, we’re a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals working hard to help supercharge developers to build better, faster. Sonar helps to continuously improve code quality and code security while reducing developer toil. This means that developers can focus on doing more of what they love and less of what they don’t. Our solutions don’t just solve symptoms of problems – we help fix issues at the source – for all code, whether it's developer-written, AI-generated, or from third parties.
We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. Team members should be able to come to work every day, work on a product they are proud of, love what they do, and feel energized by their peers. With our roots deep in the open source community, we’re all about the mission: supercharge developers to build better, faster.
The Impact You Will Have:
We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Vice President of Tax to join our leadership team. This pivotal role will be responsible for leading the strategic direction of the organization’s tax function as we continue to scale our business globally. The successful candidate will have a passion for partnering with the business to minimize tax exposure/risk and drive value for the organization. This is a senior leadership position within the Finance organization reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, and will interface with other senior leaders and board members on a regular basis. This position is an in-office position based in Austin, TX.
- Develop and implement global tax strategies and policies to optimize the company’s tax position, minimize risks, and support business objectives.
- Provide strategic guidance to tax structures, advising leadership in strategic decision making with products and jurisdictions new entrants, mergers and acquisitions restructuring and providing tax guidance to ensure business budget and planning accounts for tax assumptions and considerations.
- Oversee all aspects of quarterly and annual financial reporting for income tax and manage worldwide GAAP tax provision, tax reserves (ASC 740 and ASC 450).
- Provide strategic and execution guidance on transfer pricing and its policies and related documents as required in all jurisdictions where the company operates.
- Manage and oversee all aspects of tax compliance, including the preparation and filing of tax returns, reports, and other required documentation.
- Implement and execute tax policies covering all tax matters including employment tax, global tax audits and tax assumptions as required to be incorporated in project assumptions.
- Lead legal entity rationalization, tax equity buy-out and application of consolidated return regulations.
- Own related process narratives and internal controls ensuring compliance with internal controls.
- Monitor changes in tax laws and regulations at the local, national, and international levels, and assess their potential impact on the company’s operations and financial performance.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including finance, legal, operations, and commercial teams, to integrate tax considerations into business decisions and initiatives.
- Lead and mentor a team of tax professionals, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Build and maintain relationships with external advisors, authorities, and other relevant parties to support the organization’s tax objectives and interests.
- Drive process improvements and efficiencies within the tax function, leveraging technology and best practices to enhance effectiveness and scalability.
The Experience You Will Need:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; advanced degree (e.g., Master of Taxation, JD) and/or professional certification (e.g., CPA) preferred.
- Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in corporate taxation, with experience in a public company environment.
- Strong technical expertise in tax laws, regulations, and principles, with a focus on US GAAP.
- Proven leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams, drive results, and foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and being hands-on, with an ability to make decisions, start executing, and course correct as needed.
- Demonstrated ability to work on competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, able to anticipate challenges and develop proactive solutions.
- High integrity, professionalism, and ethical conduct, with a commitment to upholding the highest standards of compliance and governance.
- A growth mindset
- Experience seeking out learning opportunities for yourself
- Ability to adapt to new environments
- Relying on your resilience and influential ability, partner with internal colleagues cross-functionally, and with global teams, to liberate thinking and drive outcomes.
Why You Will Love It Here:
- Our culture and mission set us apart. We have a dynamic work culture that values respect and kindness and embraces the right to fail (and get right back up again!).
- Great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly while still being passionate leaders in our domains.
- We have a flexible work policy that includes 3 days in-office and 2 days work-from-home each week for those located near our office locations; some locations such as Dubai, India, Japan and Australia operate fully remotely.
- We have a growth mindset. We love learning and believe continuous education is critical to our success. In an ever-changing industry, new skills are necessary, and we're happy to help our team acquire them.
- As the leader in our field, our products and services are as strong as our internal team members.
- We embrace transparency with regular meetings, cascading messages and updates on the growth and success of our organization.
Benefits of Working With Sonar:
- Flexible comprehensive employee benefit package that is 90% paid by the company.
- We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations.
- We offer an exciting 401(k) plan that has a 4% match, fully vested on day one of participation.
- Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus, paid annually.
- Fully paid parking in the heart of downtown Austin, Texas.
- Global workforce with employees in 20+ countries representing 35+ unique nationalities.
- We have an annual kick-off somewhere in the world where we meet to build relationships and goals for the company.
We Value Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At Sonar, we believe that our diversity is our strength. We are a global company that values and respects different backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the precise results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date.
We do not currently support visa candidates in the US.
Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered.
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