Fetch

Director, Tax at Fetch (Remote)

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Role details

Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

About the Role: We're hiring a Director of Tax to build and own Fetch's tax function end to end across direct and indirect tax. You'll establish the strategy, processes, controls, and operating model needed to manage our federal, state, and local tax obligations while building infrastructure that can scale with the business.

This role is equal parts builder and operator. You'll own the day-to-day tax agenda while creating a function that does not formally exist today, bringing structure, visibility, and rigor to work that has historically been managed across internal teams and external advisors.

You'll report to the Chief Accounting Officer and partner closely with Accounting, FinOps, Strategic Finance, Legal, Financial Systems, and business leaders across the company.

This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US offices or remotely in the United States.

Role Responsibilities:

  • Own Fetch's U.S. tax function end to end across federal, state, and local direct and indirect taxes
  • Build the Tax function from the ground up, including policies, processes, controls, calendars, systems, and governance
  • Own corporate income tax provision and compliance, including tax accounting, returns, estimates, and extensions, working with external advisors where appropriate
  • Lead state and local tax strategy and compliance, including sales and use tax, gross receipts taxes, franchise taxes, nexus, and registration requirements
  • Assess the tax implications of new products, revenue streams, deals, and business models, bringing Tax into key decisions early
  • Manage tax audits, notices, inquiries, and other interactions with taxing authorities
  • Partner with Accounting on close, financial statement disclosures, internal controls, and audit readiness
  • Identify tax planning, credit, and incentive opportunities while balancing economics, compliance, and operational complexity
  • Manage external tax advisors and tax technology, building the right long-term mix of internal capability, automation, and outsourced support

Minimum Requirements:

  • 10+ years of progressive tax experience, with meaningful ownership across U.S. corporate income tax and state and local tax
  • Experience building, leading, or significantly scaling an in-house corporate tax function, not just operating within an established one
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. federal and state corporate taxation, ASC 740, and indirect tax
  • Experience managing income tax provisions and tax compliance for a complex, multi-state business
  • Ability to translate complex tax issues into clear business implications and practical recommendations
  • Strong systems orientation and an interest in using technology and automation to build scalable processes
  • Comfort working in ambiguity and strong stakeholder management skills across Finance and the broader business

Preferred Requirements:

  • CPA and/or advanced degree in taxation
  • Big Four or similar public accounting experience, ideally combined with in-house experience
  • Experience in a high-growth technology, consumer, marketplace, advertising, or digital business
  • Experience preparing a private company tax function for public-company scale and requirements

Compensation: At Fetch, we offer competitive compensation packages including base, equity, and benefits to the exceptional folks we hire. The base salary range for this position is $167,000- $196,000. Discover our benefits and how our employees live rewarded at fetch.com/careers.

Why work at Fetch

  • Culture and recognition: Ranked as one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes for two years in a row, with a people-first culture rooted in trust, accountability, and innovation fetch.com.
  • Generous compensation and benefits:
    • Equity: All employees receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving them a stake in the company’s success fetch.com.
    • 401(k): 100% match on the first 4% of contributions fetch.com.
    • Parental Leave: 20 weeks for primary caregivers, 14 weeks for secondary caregivers, plus a $2,000 stipend fetch.com.
    • Education: $10,000+ per year in education reimbursement for job-related courses or programs fetch.com.
    • Family Planning: Support for egg retrieval, adoption, IVF, and surrogacy through partner Carrot, with a $10k lifetime stipend fetch.com.
    • Health & Wellness: Medical, Dental, Vision (with perks like teeth whitening and laser eye surgery discounts), HSA with employer contributions, wellness coach, nutrition counseling, and Gympass membership fetch.com.
    • Time Off: Flexible PTO, 9 paid holidays, plus a year-end week-long break fetch.com.
    • Pet Insurance: Fully covered for the first pet, and bereavement leave includes furry family members fetch.com.
  • Flexible work environment: Most roles offer a "Remote Flexible Environment," with offices in Madison, Chicago, Birmingham, Boston, New York, and Mexico City for in-person collaboration fetch.com.
  • Early career programs: Offers a 12-week Tech Internship and a 12-week Tech Apprenticeship program for those starting their careers in software engineering or data fetch.com.
  • Hiring process: Typically includes an application review, a take-home exercise, a phone interview, and a panel interview fetch.com.

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