Global Tax Principal, Staffbase
+ unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan
Employee communications platform
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Employee communications platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower communicators worldwide.
Role
Who you are
- Proven International Tax Experience: A strong track record in managing global tax compliance, transfer pricing, and audits. You are comfortable navigating complex international tax environments
- Analytical & Proactive Mindset: You take ownership of projects and drive them from idea to execution. You anticipate challenges in audits and address them proactively
- Commercial Partnership: You understand the business impact of tax decisions. You balance technical tax requirements with the need to support sales growth through contract reviews and geographical expansion
- Communication & Influence: You can explain complex tax concepts to non-tax stakeholders across the organization and manage relationships with external auditors and advisors effectively
- Adaptability in Dynamic Environments: Proven ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced setting, you are comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving meaningful outcomes
- Language Skills: Fluency in English is required to support the global business, proficiency in German is a nice-to-have
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a hands-on and strategic Global Tax Principal to take ownership of our global tax function
- This role is central to ensuring our international growth is supported by a robust, efficient, and compliant tax framework
- You will drive continuous improvement across our tax operations, from managing day-to-day compliance to leading transfer pricing projects
- You will work closely with our Chemnitz-based finance team and global stakeholders to ensure the organization is set up to scale effectively
- This is a role for someone who thrives on action, takes ownership of complex cross-border challenges, and isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo to make our tax processes better, faster, and more cost-effective
- Drive Global Compliance & Audit Execution:
- Own the Compliance Program: Work with Group Finance and external advisors to ensure the timely completion of all tax filings
- Lead Audit Defense: Support Group Finance to deliver year-end tax disclosures (working with outsourced providers) and manage queries and judgment areas during group audits. Ensure all agreed-upon timelines are strictly met
- Manage Local Audits: Support the Chemnitz-based finance team with tax audits and transfer pricing audits as necessary
- Rationalize Advisory: Oversee the tax compliance activities and challenge advisory spend to determine the right balance between in-sourcing and outsourcing
- Lead Transfer Pricing & Structural Strategy:
- Transfer Pricing: Lead the global transfer pricing lifecycle and benchmarking efforts to ensure arm’s-length compliance across all legal entities. Maintain up-to-date intercompany agreements and proactively review the tax footprint of key hubs to optimize policies and mitigate audit risks as the business evolves
- Strategic Risk Review: Review the risk and role of specific entities to ensure our TP policies align with the evolving roles of the entities
- Simplification: Identify areas to simplify intercompany processes and unwind large balances
- Act as a Strategic Business Partner
- Commercial Support: Review tax clauses in sales contracts and answer queries regarding contracting entities to support the sales process
- Support Expansion and Reorganisation: Act as a tax advisor to the organization regarding geographical expansion plans and legal entity setup
- What Success Looks Like:
- Operational Clarity: The tax compliance program runs smoothly with clear oversight of filings and successful management of audit timelines
- Strategic Optimization: You have successfully executed key projects such as Transfer Pricing documentation updates, reducing complexity and risk
- Organizational Impact: The business relies on you for clear tax guidance on expansion, contracts, and structure
Our take
Staffbase is the first AI-native employee experience platform and it's built to help companies keep their people connected - an employee app, intranet, email, SMS, digital signagfee, and Microsoft 365 integrations - all in one place. With more than 2,000 customers worldwide, including Adidas, Toyota, DHL, and Sephora, Staffbase is helping organisations build stronger, more aligned workplaces.
With teams spread across offices, countries, and time zones, companies need reliable ways to keep everyone informed and engaged. And Staffbase does just that, making communication simpler and more effective for every employee. Its tools, including an AI-powered Staffbase Companion assistant, give people the information they need quickly, so they can work more collaboratively with confidence.
A major leap forward for the company is Employee AI, Staffbase's new foundation for the next era of employee experience. Built on trusted data, governance, adn braod reach, it'sd esigned to make AI genuinely uselful for every employee. Features rolling out through 2025 and 2026 include a mobile-first AI assistant that helps employees complete tasks, hyper-personalised weekly podcasts, smarter content governance that keeps information up to date, and prompt-based tools that help teams create high-quality content faster.
With such strong momentum, industry recognition (like being named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for three years in a row), and a partnership with Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service, Staffbase is very much ready for the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2022
$123.4m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$145m
SERIES D
Total funding: $323.3m
Company HQ
Altchemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Leadership
Martin Böhringer
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded productivity app builder startup Hojoki, serving as CEO before co-founding Staffbase in 2014.
Lutz Gerlach
(Co-Founder & COO)Before Staffbase, co-founded and served as COO of Hojoki.
Frank Wolf
(Co-Founder & President)Previously worked in Social Technologies and Collaboration for T-Systems Multimedia Solutions (T-Mobile), following seven years as a Manager for Accenture.
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