Tax Analyst, KAYAK
Compliance Indirect & Direct
3 days a week in office
Travel search engine
Open for applications
Travel search engine
1001+ employees
Open for applications
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.
Role
Who you are
- Foundational Experience: Some hands-on experience in tax compliance (Indirect or Corporate), ideally within the digital services or technology sector
- Reporting Mindset: Basic familiarity with accounting principles and an interest in learning Group Tax Reporting and Transfer Pricing mechanics
- Tech Savvy: A genuine interest in tax technology and automation. You should be highly confident working with large data sets in Excel (vlookups, pivot tables) and comfortable performing basic data validation. You should be open to learning new ERP/Tax software and assisting with process automation
- Analytical Rigor: Strong attention to detail; you enjoy "diving into the weeds" of data to ensure accuracy in reporting
- Communication: Ability to explain tax concepts clearly to non-tax stakeholders and work collaboratively across a global business
- Proactive Attitude: A curious, "self-starter" mindset. You are comfortable taking ownership of assistant-level tasks while asking the right questions to grow your technical knowledge
- Adaptability: Someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is excited by the variety of a "generalist" junior tax role
What the job involves
- As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others.
- From start-up to industry leader, innovation is at our core and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world
- We are looking for a Tax Analyst with some in-house experience to join our growing tax team. You will support day-to-day compliance, assist with global reporting cycles, and help us move from manual processes to scalable, technology-enabled ways of working
- Working closely with the team, you will play a key role in the end-to-end tax lifecycle, from indirect tax compliance to assisting with quarter-end group reporting and transfer pricing calculations. This is an ideal role for someone eager to expand their technical breadth across multiple tax disciplines in a high-growth environment
- Indirect Tax (Digital Services focus): Support VAT/GST compliance with a focus on B2B digital advertising supplies. You will assist in reconciling transaction data to ensure accurate reporting of digital service taxes (DST) and cross-border VAT, preparation of return workpapers and assistance with the submission process
- Quarter-End Group Reporting: Provide essential support during the global tax provision process. You will assist in gathering and validating data for income tax accounting (US GAAP) and maintaining tax account reconciliations and rollforward schedules, and assisting with return-to-provision (RTP) calculations
- Transfer Pricing (TP) Assistance: Preparation of Calculations: Executing monthly and quarterly intercompany calculations for service fees, royalty recharges, and cost-plus arrangements, including preparation of related TP journal entries, and assisting with period-over-period variance analysis and explanations. Data Sourcing: Obtaining and validating financial data support from across the business to feed into TP models and profitability monitoring.Compliance Documentation: Assist with the collection of evidence and local financial data to support the timely completion of Local Files and Master File documentation
- WHT & Global Compliance: Help manage Withholding Tax (WHT) documentation for international partners. You will assist in maintaining a tracker of tax residency certificates to minimize tax leakage on global lead-generation revenue
- Tax Technology & Scaling: Contribute to "Tax Transformation" by helping move from manual Excel workbooks to automated data pipelines
- Audit & Research Support: Act as the first line of support for tax audits by gathering "audit trails" and documentation
- Direct tax- Support the filing lifecycle by helping align timelines with advisors & internally, and help request and gather information from the various stakeholders internally
- Other: Assist with month end, quarter end and year balance sheet reconciliations, budget management and payment coordination with AP
Application process
- Please submit your CV in English
Our take
KAYAK is a travel agency and metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings. KAYAK processes over 6 billion queries across its platforms each year for travel information - as one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travellers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. It offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast.
There’s been speculation over the years about online travel companies getting into the hotel business, and KAYAK is no exception. The company is expanding its hospitality offerings beyond its traditional hotel referral and booking services, but despite speculation through the 2020s, has stopped short of opening hotels under its own brand, preferring to partner with preexisting companies on their hotel tech.
Since being acquired by Booking Holdings, the global leader in online travel, in 2013, KAYAK has continued to expand and innovate, enhancing the travel experience for users all around the world. And now KAYAK manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. With the aim to make it easier for everyone to experience the world - it now operates sites in more than 70 countries and territories.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Work flexibly: Our global flexible work policy lets our teams decide if they head into one of our offices or work from anywhere else
- Team-wide time off: Most of our team disconnects at the same time each year to recharge and reconnect
- Global volunteer week: Take VTO (Volunteer Time Off) to support the organizations and charitable efforts you believe in
- Wellness: We take care of each other - providing opportunities and spaces to live that work-life balance
- Resource groups: Our five ERGs are employee-led groups for underrepresented communities and their allies
- Career growth: We provide opportunities for our team to develop their skills – or learn new ones – on their own terms
Company HQ
East Side of Stamford, Stamford, CT
Leadership
Steve Hafner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Board Member of Trulia, Blade and SeatGeek and currently an Executive at OpenTable.
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