As the first dedicated tax hire at NMI, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and scaling our internal tax function. Reporting to our Global Controller, you will be responsible for building the tax function from the ground up, ensuring compliance with all local, state, federal, and global tax legislation. You will partner closely with finance, go-to-market and product teams, as well as with external advisors. In this hands-on role, you will support business expansion across multiple business units, develop the company’s tax strategies, and create the necessary processes and systems to support them.
Key Responsibilities- Manage relationships with external tax advisors, regulatory bodies, and auditors
- Oversee and manage all domestic and international compliance, including filings for income tax, sales and use tax, and Value Added Tax (VAT)
- Provide proactive tax advice to support new and existing products, cross-border transactions, and channel/go-to-market strategies
- Evaluate tax implications of pricing and revenue models in a multi-jurisdiction environment
- Provide guidance and leadership over tax focused initiatives, ensuring quality of deliverables across external and internal teams
- Serve as the primary contact for all tax-related inquiries ensuring timely filings and audit readiness
- Own annual tax provision requirements (ASC740) and related financial statement disclosures
- Support and develop a process for managing external PBC requests and establish and maintain a clear tax calendar to ensure all deadlines are met
- Develop financial modeling in support of tax planning and initiatives
- CPA required
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Accounting, Tax, or Finance
- 6–10 years of progressive tax experience, ideally in a mix of public accounting and in-house corporate roles.
- Deep technical knowledge of tax compliance and reporting including income, sales and use, and payroll tax.
- Experience in a fast-paced or scale-up environment and experience implementing new tools, processes and procedures
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport with internal and external stakeholders
- Payments industry experience highly desirable
- Success in this role means building a scalable tax framework as the company’s first internal tax leader—establishing compliant and efficient tax operations internationally.
We Offer:
- A remote first culture!
- Flex PTO
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 13 Paid Holidays
- Company volunteer days
Do you feel like you have a slightly out of the ordinary career path or history? We are open to all walks of life and very willing to hear your story. Please don’t feel like this should be a barrier to securing a great career at NMI! We appreciate success can come in all shapes and sizes. Fill in the ‘Additional Info’ box on our application to tell us more about your path.
What we do!
NMI enables our partners with choice, and challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to payments. You've probably used NMI in the last 24 hours without even realizing it. We’re the platform that powers success for innovative tech created by SMBs, entrepreneurs and fintech startups. We’re creative problem solvers who help visionaries smash through boundaries and think beyond what’s possible so they can think about what’s next. But we’re not just built for the tech savvy. We democratize the latest payments technology so that everyone can realize the benefits of easy payments across the full spectrum of commerce. We’re all about enabling more payments in more ways and more places.
We believe that having a diverse group of employees strengthens both our work and our workplace. We’re focused on making NMI more diverse and welcoming with initiatives like having a dedicated Diversity, Equity & Inclusion action group, diversity goals for hiring, anonymized resume screening, affinity groups such as our Women's network and LGBTQ+ Network, open forums for discussions on diversity and social justice, and measuring inclusion and belonging as part of our regular employee engagement surveys.
Equal Opportunity
NMI is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation or sexual identity, genetic information, citizen status (except those that do not have the legal right to be employed in the United States), disability, military service, service member, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Please be aware that all offers of employment are made subject to receipt of satisfactory background and financial checks.
Please be aware that NMI does not operate a license for the sponsorship of those who are not already eligible to work within the US. Unfortunately, therefore we cannot process any application from individuals unable to provide documentary evidence of their eligibility to commence work in the US.
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