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Tax Senior

Job type: Full Time · Department: Tax - 518 · Work type: Hybrid · USD 100000 - 130000 / year

San Francisco, California, United States

About the Company

Cover Genius is a Series E insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Uber, Hopper, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We’re also available at Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee. Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year.

Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times which ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest-growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commit itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.

Our People are

Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired

Our People are not

Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious

About the Role

The Tax Senior will support global income tax and indirect tax compliance activities by executing day-to-day tax work, coordinating data collection, preparing work papers and filings, coordinating data collection, and supporting audits and tax-related inquiries. The role will work closely with the Tax Manager and Senior Indirect Tax Manager to improve execution efficiency, documentation, and consistency across the tax function.

Key Responsibilities

  • Prepare and support global income tax compliance, including workpapers, data gathering, and coordination with external advisors as needed

  • Assist with quarterly and annual income tax provision processes under ASC 740, including supporting schedules and reconciliations

  • Support indirect tax compliance activities (e.g. VAT, GST, Sales Tax) through internal data preparation, reconciliations, and documentation

  • Support tax-related monthly close activities, including preparation of tax journal entries and related account reconciliations

  • Assist with miscellaneous tax obligations, including property taxes, annual reports, and unclaimed property

  • Track tax filing calendars, deadlines, and deliverables

  • Support audits, notices, and information requests

What you will bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA and/or MST preferred

  • 3-6 years of experience in tax, with exposure to both income tax and indirect tax; Public accounting and/or in-house

  • Experience supporting income tax compliance and provision (ASC 740)

  • Experience supporting indirect tax compliance (e.g. VAT, GST, Sales Tax)

  • Strong organizational, analytical, and execution skills

  • Ability to manage multiple deadlines and work cross-functionally

  • Detail oriented with strong communication skills

What you will have

  • Time Management

  • Organisation

  • Attention to Detail

  • Demonstrates resilience

  • Learning orientation

  • Relationship building skills

  • Communication Skills

Why Cover Genius?  

Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We’re a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?  

Flexible PTO. Taking time out is important for our teams to enjoy life and stay fresh.

Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.

Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. 

Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.

Social Initiatives - pictures speak a thousand words!

Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat!

* Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we may collect, store and process your personal data for recruitment purposes. To ensure a fair evaluation, we may use AI to assist in sorting applications, but all final decisions are made by our hiring team and no candidate dispositions are automated. We will keep your information on file for three years from the date of your application. For detailed information about how we handle your data and our use of AI, please review our full Privacy Policy.

*The cash compensation range for this role is $100,000- $130,000. Compensation will vary based on experience.