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# Tax Manager at Flexport

- **Company:** Flexport
- **Location:** Shenzhen, China
- **Posted:** 2026-09-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-23
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/flexport/jobs/8190067

## Job description

About Flexport:

At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. We’re shaping the future of a $10T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year.

The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. We are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business, society, and the environment? Come join us.

## Key Responsibilities

China Statutory Tax Compliance

- Manage and file all required PRC statutory tax filings (CIT, VAT, stamp duty) in-house, in line with local market and city-specific requirements.
- Monitor filing deadlines across all China entities/locations and ensure timely, accurate submission.
- Track changes in PRC tax law and regulations and assess their impact on the business.
- Lead or assist with the annual CIT reconciliation and annual statutory tax filing process.
- Respond to tax bureau inquiries, audits, and information requests.

APAC Tax Reconciliation

- Manage and lead the tax reconciliation process across APAC entities, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and timely close.
- Partner with regional finance teams to identify and resolve reconciliation discrepancies.
- Provide regular reporting on APAC tax positions and risk exposure to the APAC Regional Controller.

Tax Advisory and Process Improvement

- Advise business stakeholders on APAC tax compliance requirements and implications of new transactions or business changes.
- Identify and drive improvements to tax compliance processes, controls, and reporting workflows, including automation opportunities.
- Support development and maintenance of internal tax policies and procedures.

External Stakeholder Management

- Liaise with local accounting firms, tax agents, and advisors across APAC markets to manage outsourced tax compliance work.
- Manage scope, quality, cost, and timeliness of external tax service providers.
- Coordinate transfer pricing documentation (local file, master file, and related filings) with external advisors and the regional/group transfer pricing team.
- Support indirect tax (VAT/GST) and direct tax matters across the region, including planning, compliance, and dispute resolution.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field.
- 5–8 years of relevant China tax experience, ideally including exposure to APAC regional tax matters; background in a Big 4 or professional accounting firm is a plus.
- Solid working knowledge of PRC tax laws and regulations and general familiarity with tax regimes across other APAC markets.
- Practical experience with transfer pricing documentation and indirect tax compliance.
- Proven experience managing relationships with external tax agents, accounting firms, or advisors across multiple jurisdictions.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in a fast-paced, multi-country environment.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

At Flexport, our ability to fulfill our mission of making global commerce easy and accessible relies on having a diverse, dedicated and engaged workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, health status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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## About Flexport

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Flexport is a technology-driven freight forwarding and supply chain platform that uses AI to coordinate global logistics from factory to customer door.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Ryan Petersen

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Logistics, Supply Chain Technology, Freight Forwarding
- **Target customers**: B2B — enterprise and SMB businesses that import/export goods globally across industries
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To make global trade so easy there will be more of it."

## Products & Services
- **Ocean & Air Freight**: Full-service ocean and air freight solutions with SKU-level visibility, real-time tracking, and cost management.
- **Customs Brokerage**: Licensed customs brokers using AI to review 100% of entries before submission, achieving a compliance error rate 10x better than next best in class.
- **Booking Management**: Platform to manage ocean contracts and bookings, track real-time performance, and optimize allocation strategies.
- **Buyer’s Consolidation**: Service to maximize container utilization by grouping multiple suppliers into one container, reducing freight and labor costs.
- **Supply Chain AI Platform**: AI-driven decision-making platform that automates processes, reduces freight spend by 10% or more, and deploys large language models and AI agents for real-world logistics optimization.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: 2.9x net revenue growth since 2024; serves more than 13,000 customers across 147 countries
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Ryan Petersen (Founder & CEO); major investors include Founders Fund, SoftBank Vision Fund, and others (specific lead investors not fully detailed in provided sources)
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid AI deployment in logistics; 400+ software engineers focused on AI; net revenue growth of 2.9x since 2024; expanding global presence with offices worldwide

## Competitive Advantages
- **Real-world AI deployment**: Unlike many supply chain AI startups, Flexport is deeply embedded in actual operations of moving cargo by ocean, air, truck, and rail, with proprietary data and integrations.
- **Scale and trust**: 13,000+ customers and integration with enterprise systems, logistics service providers, and governments.
- **Customs compliance**: AI auditor reviews 100% of entries, achieving 10x better error rate than next best in class.
- **End-to-end platform**: Single platform covering freight, customs, booking, and consolidation, reducing silos and complexity.
- **Data ontology**: Proprietary data ontology for global logistics, enabling powerful AI models.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-driven autonomous supply chain**: Building AI agents to create an autonomous supply chain, deploying the latest foundational AI models on top of proprietary data and integrations.
- **Customer obsession**: Prioritizing customer success and hard cost savings (e.g., 10%+ reduction in freight spend).
- **Global expansion**: Operating across continents and time zones, with offices in multiple global locations.
- **Talent development**: Aiming to hire 80% of manager and above roles from within, developing early-career talent into leaders.

## Why Work Here
- **Meritocracy**: Compensation and advancement based on value created, with rapid growth opportunities for smart, hardworking people. Many leaders started on the ground floor.
- **Learning environment**: Described as "the best company to learn about how the world works" — logistics underlies the global economy. Employees speak over 70 languages.
- **Cutting-edge technology**: 400+ software engineers deploying latest AI models in real-world logistics; roles include Senior Software Engineer: Applied AI, Autonomous Freight Systems, and Data Infrastructure.
- **Culture**: Values include "Win as a Team," "Empower the Client," "Play the Long Game," "Act Like an Entrepreneur," and "Simplify." Recognized as a Great Place to Work.
- **Global and remote-friendly**: 125 open positions across Engineering, Operations, Sales, Customs, and more, with offices worldwide and remote options.
- **Impact**: Working on the $8.6T global logistics market — "the single largest opportunity to apply AI anywhere in the world."

## Sources
1. [flexport.com](https://www.flexport.com/company/careers/)
2. [flexport.com](https://www.flexport.com/)
3. [flexport.com](https://www.flexport.com/company/about-us/)
4. [flexport.com](https://www.flexport.com/careers/jobs/)
5. [flexport.com](https://www.flexport.com/careers/jobs/?gh_src=c0d6caef1)

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