Indirect Tax Accountant

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About the role</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Passport is seeking an Indirect Tax Accountant/Analyst to join a growing global tax function within a fast-paced international business. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys the real substance of tax work: turning complex transaction data into accurate filings, keeping pace with changing rules, and helping build scalable compliance processes across jurisdictions.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You will report directly to the Director of Indirect Tax and play a meaningful role in how Passport manages indirect tax globally. It is a hands-on role with broad exposure, real ownership, and strong professional development potential for a solid mid-level finance or tax professional who is comfortable with recurring compliance work, large data sets, and multi-jurisdictional deadlines.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Because we are a lean team, you will gain visibility not only into how returns are filed, but also into how tax data, processes, and controls are built, reviewed, and improved across the business.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>What you’ll do</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc indirect tax filing data and supporting workpapers across multiple jurisdictions</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Prepare and file indirect tax returns directly in tax authority portals where appropriate, while coordinating with external advisors where needed</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Help bring selected straightforward compliance filings in-house where that makes sense from a quality, efficiency, and cost perspective</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Reconcile tax data to transaction reports, invoices, source systems, and payment records, and investigate discrepancies</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Track filing calendars, payment deadlines, and tax payment statuses to help ensure returns and payments are completed on time</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Support tax registrations, tax authority notices, information requests, and audit support matters across relevant jurisdictions</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Monitor indirect tax developments across assigned regions, summarize practical implications, and help maintain internal trackers of tax changes and compliance actions</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Work closely with Finance, Sales, Customer Success, and Engineering to improve the quality, consistency, and usability of tax data</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Support tax-related projects across the business, including process improvements, new market launches, and operational or product changes with tax impact</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Help build and document repeatable processes that make the Indirect Tax function more scalable over time</p></li></ul><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>What you’ll need</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">3–5 years of experience in tax, accounting, or finance, ideally with some exposure to indirect tax</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, Economics, or a related field</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong attention to detail and a disciplined approach to deadline-driven, accuracy-sensitive work</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills, including comfort working with large and sometimes imperfect data sets</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Familiarity with AI platforms</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Good understanding of accounting fundamentals and how transaction data flows into tax reporting</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong written and spoken English</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment, stay organized across multiple priorities, and operate effectively in a fast-moving business</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Genuine interest in tax and curiosity about how tax rules work in practice</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfort working in an environment where processes are still evolving and not everything is fully structured yet</p></li></ul><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Nice to have</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with international VAT, GST, or sales tax compliance</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience in eCommerce, logistics, fintech, or another cross-border business environment</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Familiarity with the indirect tax environment across the Americas, especially Mexico, Canada, and the US</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience working with external tax advisors or supporting responses to tax authorities</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience improving reconciliations, compliance trackers, process documentation, or internal controls</p></li></ul><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Who will excel in this role</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Someone who genuinely enjoys tax work and takes pride in getting the details right</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A person who brings structure and clarity to messy data and recurring processes</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Someone who is dependable, practical, and calm under deadline pressure</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A professional who wants broad international exposure, strong hands-on learning, and the opportunity to build deep expertise in indirect tax</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Someone who enjoys being part of a lean team where ownership matters, good judgment counts, and everyone plays a meaningful role</p></li></ul>