Tax Manager

Who We Are

The Farmer's Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care. We're starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers' doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future.

To date, The Farmer's Dog has delivered over 1 billion meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.

What We Stand For and Where You’ll Come In The Farmer's Dog is looking for an experienced and self-directed Tax Manager to join our team. Reporting into the Senior Manager, Tax - this person will own the full lifecycle of the tax compliance and provision function - from the monthly close process and income tax provision to the preparation and filing of various tax returns, including corporate income, sales, and gross receipts taxes - as well as audit defense and the day-to-day relationship with our external tax advisors.

• Own the quarterly and annual ASC 740 income tax provision process in partnership with our external tax advisors, including the preparation and review of supporting work papers, financial statement footnotes, and internal memos.
• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual tax close process, including the preparation of accruals, booking of tax-related journal entries, preparation of reconciliations, and review of the general ledger for accuracy of tax-related transactions.
• Drive the preparation and filing of all tax returns - sales tax and gross receipts tax on a monthly and quarterly basis, annual return extensions, quarterly income tax payments, and final federal, state, and local income tax returns - including maintenance of the tax calendar to ensure timely filing throughout the year.
• Spearhead audit defense and tax controversy, independently managing responses, communications, and resolution for audits and notices from federal, state, and local taxing authorities.
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with our external tax advisors to ensure accurate, timely, and cost-effective completion of all compliance, provision, and advisory work.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for tax questions across the organization, independently conducting research and developing well-supported conclusions on complex issues.
• Lead value-adding tax planning and process improvement projects end-to-end, from scoping through implementation.
• Act as a thought partner in designing the tax function's processes and systems, building scalable procedures and leveraging data and AI to thoughtfully drive efficiencies across department operations.
• Support tax strategy initiatives and general tax department administration, including vendor invoices and contracts, the department's shared inbox, and coordination of meetings.

• You have 5+ years of progressive experience in corporate tax, preferably in a public accounting firm or a corporate tax department and proficiency with direct and indirect taxes at the federal, state, and local levels.
• You have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (CPA certification is highly preferred).
• You have a strong understanding of income tax accounting principles (ASC 740)
• You have hands-on experience managing tax audits and notices and directing the work of external advisors.
• You exercise independent judgment on new and ambiguous issues, and you resolve complex problems in creative and effective ways.
• You are proficient in Excel and/or Google Sheets (Net Suite experience is a plus!).
• You have a collaborative attitude, with a proven ability to work cross-functionally.
• You're a skilled communicator and have the ability to absorb and distill complexity into simple terms to drive decision-making.
• You're an owner: proactive, detail-oriented, and able to prioritize and run multiple work streams in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.
• You love dogs.

We are an in-office culture, made of in-office people who thrive on the collaboration and magnetism of working in a shared space. We are seeking individuals who excel in this type of environment, where being present fosters deeper connections and engagement. We ask all team members to be in office 4 - 5 days a week to build a collaborative and invested environment to foster our unique in-person culture we are proud to have.

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