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title: 'Global Tax Lead at Tilt Finance'
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# Global Tax Lead at Tilt Finance

- **Company:** Tilt Finance
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-11-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tilthq/9816c8c4-3925-45c0-8fdb-e6fd9eaf2bcc

## Job description

Join the Tilt team At Tilt, we see a side of people that traditional lenders miss. Our mobile-first products and machine learning-powered credit models look beyond credit scores, using over 250 real-time financial signals to recognize real potential. With millions of customers worldwide, we're not just changing how people access financial products — we're creating a new credit system that backs the working, whatever they're working toward.

The Opportunity: Global Tax Lead Tilt is hiring an International Tax Lead to own tax across all of Tilt's markets, in the US and internationally, including each new country we enter. You will be Tilt's tax subject-matter expert: the person Finance, Legal, Compliance, People and Product come to with tax questions, and the person who spots tax issues before they become problems.

We work with external tax advisors for preparation and specialist advice. You will direct and review their work, decide where we need outside help, and make sure every filing and position is accurate, on time and defensible. You report to the Head of Accounting and work closely with the finance leads in each market.

## How You’ll Make an Impact

Lead and review external advisors

- Manage Tilt's tax advisors in each country: scope the work, set calendars, review deliverables and hold firms to deadlines and budget
- Review federal, state, and foreign income tax returns, indirect tax filings and withholding filings before they are filed
- Evaluate advisor coverage and fees each year and recommend changes

Own global tax compliance and reporting

- Maintain one global tax calendar covering all entities and jurisdictions
- Own the quarterly and annual income tax provision (ASC 740), including foreign entities, uncertain tax positions and valuation allowances, and support the external audit
- Oversee US international reporting, such as Forms 5471 and 5472, and the GILTI (global intangible low-taxed income) and Subpart F calculations
- Oversee US state income, franchise and sales tax, and state business registrations and renewals

Cross-border and in-country tax

- Own transfer pricing policy and documentation for intercompany services, loans and charges, and work with Accounting to book intercompany charges correctly
- Manage withholding tax on cross-border payments, treaty eligibility and permanent establishment risk, including for remote employees and contractors
- Partner with local finance teams and advisors on in-country corporate income tax, VAT and GST (value-added and goods-and-services tax) and lending-specific tax rules in each country where Tilt operates
- Lead the tax workstream when Tilt enters a new country: entity and structure choices, registrations, advisor selection and the first year of filings
- Respond to tax notices, inquiries and audits in every jurisdiction

Advise the business

- Be the first call for tax questions from Finance, Legal, Compliance, People and Product
- Review new products, pricing, fees, market entries, acquisitions and entity changes for tax impact before launch
- Advise on equity compensation and payroll tax for a global workforce, working with People
- Track tax law changes in each market and explain what they mean for Tilt in plain language

Build the function

- Document tax processes and controls that meet audit standards
- Improve how tax data flows from NetSuite and other finance systems
- Look for planning opportunities that reduce Tilt's global tax cost within our risk appetite

## Why You’re a Great Fit

- 8+ years of corporate tax experience, combining a Big 4 or national accounting firm with in-house work at a multinational company
- Hands-on experience with US international tax (GILTI, Subpart F, foreign tax credits, Forms 5471 and 5472) and transfer pricing
- Strong ASC 740 tax provision experience, including foreign entities
- A track record of managing and reviewing outside tax advisors across several countries
- Working knowledge of US federal and state tax, and the judgment to know when to bring in a specialist
- Ability to explain tax issues clearly to non-tax colleagues and leadership
- Comfort working independently as a team of one in a fast-paced company, across time zones
- Helpful but not required: experience with consumer lending, banking or fintech, including tax treatment of interest, fees and credit losses; tax experience in Latin American or Asian markets; experience integrating acquired foreign companies; experience with NetSuite

Don’t meet every qualification? We care about potential over your past. If you're bringing ambition and drive to what we're building, we want to hear from you.

## What you'll get at Tilt

- Virtual-first teamwork: The Tilt team is collaborating across 14 countries, 12 time zones, and counting. You’ll get started with a WFH office reimbursement.
- Competitive pay: We're big on potential, and it's reflected in our competitive compensation packages and generous equity.
- Complete support: Find flexible health plans at every premium level, and substantial subsidies that stand up to global standards.
- Visibility is yours: You can count on direct exposure to our leadership team — we’re a team where good ideas travel quickly.
- Paid global onsites: Magic happens IRL: we gather twice yearly to reconnect over shared meals or kayaking adventures. (We’ve visited Vail, San Diego, and Mexico City, to name a few.)
- Impact is recognized: Growth opportunities follow your contributions, not rigid promotion timelines.

The Tilt Way We're looking for people who chase excellence and impact. Those who stand behind their work, celebrating the wins and learning from the missteps equally. We foster an environment where every voice is valued and mutual respect is non-negotiable — brilliant jerks need not apply. We're in this together, working to expand access to fair credit and prove that people are incredible. When you join us, it's not just another day at the [virtual] office, you're helping millions of hardworking people reach better financial futures.

You’re pushing ahead in your career? We can get behind that. Join us in building the credit system that people deserve.

## About Tilt Finance

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tilt is a financial technology company that uses machine learning to analyze over 250 non-traditional financial signals to provide cash advances and credit cards to people overlooked by traditional credit scoring.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D, backed by Sequoia Capital)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Warren Hogarth (Co-Founder & CEO), Jan Chong (Co-Founder & CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services, Consumer Fintech, Alternative Credit
- **Target customers**: B2C — underbanked and credit-invisible consumers in the U.S., Brazil, India, the Philippines, and Mexico who lack reliable access to fair credit.
- **Mission**: "We're building a new credit system to prove it." — Backing the hard work people do, whatever they're working toward, by expanding access to cash and credit.

## Products & Services
- **Cash Advance**: Mobile-first cash advance product that provides instant access to funds directly to a bank account with automated, flexible repayment. Evaluates creditworthiness using real-time income and spending data, not just credit scores.
- **Thrive Line of Credit**: A credit-building line of credit product that rewards consistent on-time payments with offer increases and larger lines.
- **Petal Credit Cards**: Credit cards designed for people with thin or no credit history, using machine learning underwriting to assess financial health.
- **NIRA**: A credit product serving the Indian market, built in collaboration with local financial institutions.
- **Cashalo**: A credit product serving the Philippine market, embedded in local financial ecosystems.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed; named by Forbes as one of the "Next Billion-Dollar Startups" in 2024.
- **Key Metric**: Over $1 billion in total cash and credit accessed via the platform; over 5 million customers; 450,000+ 5-star reviews.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sequoia Capital (lead investor), Blisce, Icon Ventures.
- **Growth Signals**: Ranked #65 on Inc. 5000’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list (third year in a row in the top 100). Named Forbes America's Best Startup Employers (2023). Thrive product was named Fast Company's Next Big Things in Tech (2022). Active expansion into Brazil (hiring Head of Credit for Brazil), India (NIRA), Philippines (Cashalo), and Mexico.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Underwriting Engine**: Uses 250+ non-traditional signals of financial health (real-time income, spending patterns, gig economy activity) rather than legacy credit scores, enabling it to serve tens of millions of people that traditional lenders decline.
- **Machine Learning & Data Moat**: The scale of data (over 5M customers) creates a significant feedback loop for model accuracy — the more people they approve and track, the smarter their risk models become.
- **Multi-Product Ecosystem**: Not a single product lender; they offer cash advances, lines of credit, and credit cards, allowing them to graduate customers upward as their financial health improves, increasing lifetime value.
- **Global Expansion First-Mover**: Actively launching localized credit products in Brazil, India, Philippines, and Mexico, which gives them a head start in underbanked markets where incumbents are slow to innovate.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global Expansion**: Building country-specific credit products (NIRA in India, Cashalo in Philippines) and hiring leadership for new markets like Brazil and Mexico.
- **Agentic AI Integration**: Hiring an "Agentic AI Lead (Business Transformation)" — suggesting they are building AI agents to automate credit decisions, customer support, and risk operations.
- **Product Deepening**: Expanding from cash advances and credit cards into broader lines of credit and larger loan products as customers build history with the platform.
- **Regulatory & Compliance Scaling**: Hiring corporate counsel, compliance leads for new geographies (Mexico, Brazil), reflecting a push into regulated financial landscapes.

## Why Work Here
- **Virtual-first culture with global team**: Collaborating across 14 countries, 12 time zones. Remote-first but with twice-yearly global onsites ("Magic happens IRL: we gather twice a year to reconnect over a shared meal or a kayaking adventure").
- **Low-meeting culture**: "Give us the data-driven recommendation on Slack over the meeting and multi slide deck." — emphasizes asynchronous communication and deep work.
- **Full health coverage**: Flexible plans at every premium level with substantial subsidies that "stand up to global standards."
- **Home office subsidy**: Funded to get the gear you need.
- **Flexible time off**: Unlimited PTO with an emphasis on taking time to "stay at the top of your game."
- **Competitive pay**: "Above-market compensation" with growth opportunities following contributions, not rigid promotion timelines.
- **Diverse backgrounds welcome**: Explicitly states no prior experience in consumer finance required — they value diverse, unique backgrounds. All backgrounds welcome.
- **Feedback culture**: "Up, down, sideways — we help each other grow with honest, constructive conversations."
- **Global hiring**: Active open roles across the U.S. (remote), Brazil (remote), India (hybrid Bengaluru), Philippines (hybrid Manila), Mexico (remote), Australia (remote), and the EU (remote).

## Sources
1. [tilt.com](https://tilt.com/)
2. [tilt.com/about](https://tilt.com/about)
3. [tilt.com/careers](https://tilt.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/tilthq](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tilthq)
5. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/empower)
6. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/tilthq](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tilthq)

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