Director of Indirect Tax, Wonder
$189-220.5k
+ Equity. Salary dependent on location
3-5 days a week in office
Extraordinary food that comes to you
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Extraordinary food that comes to you
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$189-220.5k
+ Equity. Salary dependent on location
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To remake the relationship Americans have with food by revolutionising home dining.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic Director, Indirect Tax to join our team
- Experience: 10-12+ years of progressive experience in U.S. indirect tax. Experience at a publicly traded company in food delivery, restaurant or retail industry is a plus
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related analytical field. CPA, JD or Master’s degree or equivalent advanced credentials is preferred
- Advanced skills in improving item categorization and calculation and taxability mapping (experience with LLMs for item categorization is a significant plus)
- Data Literacy: ability to write and execute SQL queries to manipulate large datasets for tax reporting and audit readiness
- Proven experience implementing and managing sales tax engines and integrating them with ERP systems (Vertex and NetSuite experience a plus)
- Experience implementing a procurement company/lease company structure for goods not for resale a plus
- Public Company Standards: Proven experience with ASC 450 reporting and implementing SOX controls within a tax department
- Leadership & Influence: Executive presence and ability to influence senior leadership through data-driven storytelling. High emotional intelligence and a people-first leadership style
What the job involves
- As Wonder continues its transformative journey and prepares for its next phase of growth as it works toward an Initial Public Offering (IPO), we are building a best-in-class tax function
- Reporting to the VP of Tax, you will ensure our indirect tax processes are scalable, technologically advanced, and ready for the complexities of a high-growth environment
- You will leverage advanced technologies including generative AI and will act as a critical business partner to Finance, Product and Engineering teams
- End-to-End Ownership: Own Wonder’s indirect tax processes, providing expert guidance on approaches for scalable tax calculation and remittance for Sales & Use Tax
- IPO Readiness: Design, implement and maintain a strong internal control environment aligned with established frameworks (e.g., SOX) to support our transition to a public company
- Financial Reporting: Optimize monthly accruals and reconciliations, develop processes to assess tax contingencies in accordance with ASC 450, ensuring proper accrual or disclosure in financial statements
- System Ownership: Service as the functional lead for optimization of sales and use tax calculation and system integrations (Vertex, Netsuite, Zip and homegrown systems)
- Demonstrating an AI-forward mindset, identifying and implementing new technologies to automate and streamline tax reporting and data collection across sales and use tax and business personal property tax
- Planning and Optimization: Leverage data to identify and implement tax planning opportunities that will drive cash savings and optimize tax expense
- Data & Analytics: Proficient in SQL for independent tax analysis and data extraction; leverage BI tools (e.g., Redash, Tableau) to create dashboards that monitor liability exposure and develop reports for audits
- Systems Implementation: Partner with Finance and Engineering teams to scope and deliver tax requirements to support new system implementations, including ERP enhancements
- Business Advisory: Assessing the tax implications of new business initiatives, products, and partnerships, providing proactive guidance to business leaders
- M&A Integration: Seamlessly Integrate newly acquired businesses into our technical infrastructure to support ongoing tax needs
- Culture of Curiosity: Instill a mindset of intellectual curiosity within the team—encouraging proactive discovery of new technologies that drive smarter decisions and outcomes
Our take
Food delivered to your door often gets cold and soggy as it travels in a courier's bag from the restaurant to your home. Using Wonder, customers order food from a mobile app, which is cooked in a truck right outside your door. It aims to improve the standard of home-delivered food, both the quality of product – working with world-renowned chefs – and the experience itself.
Wonder has received fair criticism surrounding poor environmental consideration, as each kitchen/van sits idle with the engine running whilst food is prepared. A study by the US Department of Energy found that banning the unnecessary idling of personal vehicles would be the same as taking 5 million vehicles off the roads.
Despite this, Wonder has sustainability strategies involving food sourcing, reducing food waste, sustainable packaging, and, notably, an emissions-neutral fleet. Wonder has received enormous funding, bringing it to a valuation of $7 billion, and the number of vans distributed across North America is expected to multiply exponentially.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2025
$600m
LATE VC
Mar 2024
$700m
LATE VC
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- 401k with employer match
- Medical, dental, vision
- Health savings account with employer match
- 100% employer paid life insurance
- 2x pay if you work on holidays
- Learning and development opportunities to advance your career
- Wonder offers hourly employees stock options
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Marc Lore
(Founder & CEO)Has previously (co-)founded the following companies: Global Association of Risk Professionals, The Pit, Quidsi, Jet.com, Mojo, Wizard and City of Telosa.
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