Tax Manager, Lyft
$132-165k
Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Ride sharing company
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Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$132-165k
Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of US indirect tax experience
- Proven experience in US indirect tax technical background with a detailed understanding of the application of sales tax principles to technology businesses
- Demonstrated experience to cultivate cross-functional relationships and communicate complicated tax technical matters to all levels and business functions
- Proven project management and organizational skills with the experience to prioritize multiple competing tasks in a fast paced, high pressure environment
- An ability to balance individual ownership and accountability with collaboration and partnership
- Strong working knowledge of ASC 450
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills including ability to articulate complex tax topics to non-tax business partners
- Strong attention to detail, with a commitment to accuracy and compliance
- Strong computer and technology skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Google suite products
Desirable
- CPA, JD, or LLM in Taxation
- Combined Big 4 or law firm and technology industry experience
- Accounting system experience (Oracle or similar ERP)
What the job involves
- Lyft is looking for a skilled and motivated Tax Manager to join our Tax Team
- As a Tax Manager, you will report to the Senior Tax Manager and will have a proven multi-functional record with broad US indirect tax technical experience
- You will collaborate with key cross-functional business teams such as product, engineering, legal, accounting, and other finance functions to surface tax issues, solve problems, and recommend solutions while performing key responsibilities
- Partner with cross functional groups within the company to understand the tax impact of new product/market launches and ensure tax needs are identified, considered, and communicated
- Ensure new products are accurately characterized and implemented within Lyft’s sales tax engine and are producing accurate taxability results
- Perform research and provide analysis on a variety of sales and use tax inquiries to both operationalize Lyft’s products and minimize tax risks
- Build relationships with third-party service providers, Lyft’s finance and accounting teams, product teams, engineering teams, and internal legal counsel to ensure tax requirements are met
- Maintain Lyft’s ASC 450 positions and reserves, including the documentation and calculations
- Adapt to changing priorities and tight deadlines, analyze and solve problems, work under your own initiative
- Stay abreast of tax law changes that impact Lyft’s business
- Manage and lead audit defense for gross receipts tax, sales & use tax, and other indirect taxes
Our take
Lyft has aimed for consistent growth, making sure to pitch itself as a more reliable and friendly ride-sharing option than its main competitor, Uber. Uber has a greater market share and operates globally, but Lyft hopes to compete by its focus on ride-sharing over Uber's more diversified business approach and as a more rider-friendly and greener alternative to Uber.
Operating only in the USA and Canada, Lyft is in a position of being less affected by global events than Uber but also more vulnerable to local conditions. As an example, while it doesn't face the regulatory hurdles around employment rights that Uber does, it is unable to balance out the cost of the unusually expensive US auto insurance across its operations.
In 2022, Lyft acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a bike-share equipment and technology supplier, allowing Lyft to compete in new verticals and reaffirming its commitment to green transportation. It has also trialed and launched Lyft Assisted, where drivers help passengers from their door into the car to get to medical appointments. These developments chime well with Lyft's unique selling point as a friendlier and more environmentally aware ride-sharing app.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Jun 2018
$600m
LATE VC
Mar 2018
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $4.9bn
Company benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
- Family building benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Zimmer
(Co-Founder)Originally an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Zimmer then founded Zimride which was a private ridesharing company that pivoted into Lyft.
Logan Green
(Co-Founder)Founded Zimride, a private ridesharing company which later pivoted into Lyft.
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