Director, Tax Operations

21 Hours ago • 10 Years + • $226,850 PA - $279,800 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As the Director of Tax Operations, you will be a pivotal part of the global tax team, managing the global tax provision, US and Americas tax compliance, and playing a strategic role in streamlining and optimizing for the future. Your responsibilities will include managing the consolidated tax provision, overseeing tax-related financial statements, leading the team in end-to-end provision processes, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, and driving process improvements. You will also be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of effective tax rates and cash taxes, championing operational excellence, and supporting the evolution of tax software tools. This role involves managing a team, planning, forecasting, 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
  • Excellent communication skills
Good to have:
  • Self-starter with drive and a team-player
  • Ability to accurately identify problems
  • CPA preferred
  • 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.

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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About The Company

Unity (NYSE: U) is the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, filmmakers, and others, use Unity to make their imaginations come to life. Unity is the foundation upon which the world’s most powerful digital content is created. Specifically, Unity’s platform provides a comprehensive set of software solutions to create, run and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices. 

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Unity had, on average, 3.9 billion monthly active end users who consumed content created or operated with its solutions. The applications developed by these creators were downloaded, on average, five billion times per month in 2021. For more information, please visit www.unity.com. 


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