Senior Accountant, Kickstarter
Tax
£65-80k
Salary range for this role in Ireland is €65,000–80,000.
Crowdfunding platform for creative projects
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Crowdfunding platform for creative projects
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
£65-80k
Salary range for this role in Ireland is €65,000–80,000.
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help bring creative projects to life.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of tax expertise, technology, and cross-functional collaboration, with the motivation to bring structure, automation, and clarity to a fast-paced, global environment. Candidates based in Ireland or the United Kingdom are highly preferred
- You have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or taxation, and you hold an active CPA license (or equivalent) in good standing. Candidates based in Ireland or the United Kingdom are highly preferred
- You have 4+ years of relevant experience in indirect tax, specifically EU VAT, global indirect tax, and/or corporate tax compliance
- You have experience working with sales tax platforms such as Avalara or Vertex (preferred)
- You have strong working knowledge of UK/EU VAT regimes, OSS/IOSS, place of supply rules, and international digital goods tax application
- You’re a self-starter with strong personal drive and excellent attention to detail
- You have strong time-management skills and can handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
- You’re able to translate complex tax concepts to individuals at all levels, including non-finance managers
- You have knowledge of systems implementations such as QBO
- You have experience with marketplace tax facilitator rules, digital products, or e-commerce (highly desirable)
What the job involves
- Kickstarter is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant, Tax to join our Finance team
- This role plays a critical part in managing both indirect and direct tax functions across the company and its subsidiaries
- You’ll ensure compliance processes are accurate, timely, and scalable as Kickstarter grows globally
- You’ll collaborate closely with tax advisors, legal, product, and insights teams to evaluate implications of new offerings, support filings, and strengthen tax technology tools
- Play a key role with indirect and direct tax functions for Kickstarter and all subsidiaries
- Be responsible for the maintenance of compliance processes within the Company’s tax technology tools and ensure accurate and timely VAT, sales tax, and corporate filings in applicable jurisdictions are processed timely (via the various advisors/tools Kickstarter uses to handle compliance)
- Lead initiatives that automate and scale global tax processes through technology implementation and best practices
- Work closely with the Company’s tax advisors in various jurisdictions to ensure (1) tax advice and assumed risk is communicated to the Company’s internal stakeholders and product teams (2) external filings are completed
- Serve as key contact for Company’s third party tax calculation software (Avalara) and tax advisors to assist with new initiatives as the Company expands its tax compliance product features
- Work closely with the Insights team to reconcile internal data reports to filed returns
- Oversee product testing as it relates to tax calculations with new product features or as the Company continues to collect in new jurisdictions
- Serve as finance POC for content creation of the Company’s tax help center and assist with VAT (and all other indirect tax) questions from the Company’s customers
- Maintain and respond to tax notices and support audits as needed
- Partner with legal and product teams to evaluate tax implications of new offerings or markets
- Report to/work directly accounting team to ensure that any direct or indirect tax items are properly reflected in the Company’s audited financial statements and own workpapers and record all indirect tax journal entries as part of the month end close process
Our take
Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform that is dedicated to the creative ecosystem, providing its community of painters, musicians, filmmakers, gamers, and all other creatives with a space to raise money for specific projects.
Kickstarter Campaigns operate on an “all-or-nothing” basis, meaning that if a campaign misses a deadline, they don’t get any of the money pledged to their project, however, creators are able to set deadlines and funding goals themselves in order to make the success of their campaign more manageable.
The company also launched a new feature in early 2023, called Drip, which enables creators to receive continued support from backers through subscription-based payments, ensuring sustainable funding for their projects.
By ensuring creatives retain 100% ownership of their work, the company simplifies the fundraising process by eliminating the need for long and complicated grant application processes, donors asking creators to make modifications, or last-minute edit requests from investors. Since its launch in 2009, 22 million people around the globe have pledged over $7.2 billion to help fund projects such as the early version of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2024
$100m
LATE VC
Mar 2011
$10m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $120m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Three percent safe harbor 401K contribution
- Equity
- Healthcare coverage
- 16 annual paid vacation days + 25 annual paid volunteer hours to all full-time employees
- Yearly reimbursable stiped for Remote Working and Wellness
- Continuous Learning
Company HQ
Greenpoint, NY
Leadership
Everette Taylor
(CEO, not founder)Founder of ET Enterprises. Former CMO of Artsy and Skurt. They also previously worked as Head of Growth (Interim) at Microsoft China.
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