Indirect Tax Manager

About Payoneer

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

We are seeking an experienced Indirect Tax Manager to join our global tax team. The Tax Manager will play a key role in supporting Payoneer’s global indirect tax compliance strategy, providing technical expertise as an internal advisor, and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure the Company maintains compliance with complex VAT/GST regulations globally.

The ideal candidate will have strong indirect tax technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and demonstrated experience in managing indirect tax matters for a large-scale organization.

The Indirect Tax Manager will report to the Indirect Tax Senior Manager as well as work closely with the senior leadership of the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Support the implementation and execution of global indirect tax strategies across all business units and geographic regions
• Provide technical training and guidance on complex indirect tax matters to stakeholders throughout the organization
• Collaborate closely with various departments, including but not limited to Legal, Procurement, Finance, Data, and Product, to ensure VAT/GST requirements are incorporated into business processes and systems
• Review and advise on customer and vendor contract language to ensure accuracy and compliance with indirect taxation
• Help develop and implement monitoring processes to track global indirect tax compliance status and identify potential risks
• Analyze the VAT/GST treatment of new products, services and markets, including financial services exemptions and cross-border digital services
• Assist controllers around the globe with local VAT/GST returns, ensuring accuracy and timely submission across multiple jurisdictions
• Support indirect tax audits and help manage relationships with tax authorities
• Monitor and analyze tax legislation developments, including e-invoicing and digital reporting requirements, affecting the Company’s VAT/GST tax profile, and translate them into practical business and system requirements
• Manage relationships with external tax advisors and consultants, coordinating their work and implementing their recommendations
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve indirect tax processes, including through tax technology and AI tools
• Identify, research, and document tax positions
  
  

• 5+ years of international indirect tax (VAT/GST) experience across multiple jurisdictions, including experience in a public company or public accounting/“Big 4” environment
• LL.B. / qualified attorney – preferred; a degree in Accounting or CPA qualification is a strong advantage (candidates with a combined legal and accounting background are especially encouraged to apply)
• Demonstrated experience supporting indirect tax functions and processes
• Experience in fintech, payments, or financial services sector is an advantage
• Ability to understand the business environment and apply the relevant tax principles, using practical methods to support the business owners’ needs and be able to clearly articulate those methods to relevant stakeholders
• Creative thinking and out of the box solutions for complicated processes
• Excellent analytical and technical tax skills, with strong hands-on proficiency in Excel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Ability to work independently and efficiently collaborate with international teams and process owners, and manage relationships with external advisors
• Reliable, trustworthy, high level of integrity with strong service orientation
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment impacted by regulatory developments, organizational changes, and controversy