Senior Manager Tax US SALT

Role Description

As Booking.com continues to develop new travel-related products, build the Connected Trip, and grow in the US, we are looking for a Senior Tax Manager with US SALT expertise to provide business advisory support and enhance compliance with continuously changing US local tax regulations.

The main focus of this position is managing the company’s compliance with US SALT regulations, such as sales and use taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, and other similar local income taxes. This includes proactively anticipating and identifying tax risks in new and existing practices through research, analysis, co-developing strategy, and providing implementation support. You will also provide US SALT advice and guidance relating to various new business initiatives across Booking.com, Booking.com Transport, and FareHarbor. You will have end-to-end responsibility from scoping the issue or challenge, including budgeting, to the overall solution, including execution, implementation, and stakeholder management. You will also manage relationships with tax advisors in relation to your projects.

As a Senior Tax Manager - US SALT, you will work at Booking.com’s headquarters in Amsterdam, where the tax department is based. The tax department currently consists of approximately 40 people. You will report directly to the Tax Director. This role is part of the Tax Business Partner team, responsible for providing tax advisory across all business units, including accommodation, payments, car rental, rides, flights, insurance, and attractions. You will also lead on other US SALT topics including tax audits and controversy. Building strong collaboration with other US SALT experts in the group is important to ensure cross-brand alignment in strategy and compliance within the wider BKNG Group. The tax department is part of Booking.com’s international Finance team.

The role involves close interaction with the tax department, various business teams, Booking Holdings Inc., international offices, functional teams, and other finance colleagues in Amsterdam, Manchester, and Bangalore. Therefore, it is essential that you have excellent management and communication skills in English.

Due to rapid changes in the organization and US SALT developments, the tasks and duties of this role may evolve over time. You will be keen to develop and grow within the role and to take on additional challenges and responsibilities as they occur.

Responsibilities

• Managing US SALT matters, including proactively identifying tax developments in new and existing practices through research and analysis, co-developing strategy, and influencing the business to implement changes to ensure continued US tax compliance
• Providing high-value US SALT advice and guidance relating to new business initiatives
• Managing US indirect tax audits and controversy, including inquiries from tax authorities
• Participating in advocacy efforts on US indirect tax matters affecting the industry in close collaboration with BKNG and other group stakeholders
• Contributing to US SALT awareness and appreciation within the group through training and guidance
• Keeping up with global tax developments and ensuring compliance with local tax rules and regulations
• Handling coordination and implementation responsibilities
• Answering daily ad-hoc tax issues
• Coordinating the work of tax advisors in relation to projects

Experience

• Law degree, advanced tax degree, or CPA
• Minimum 10 years of advanced US SALT experience in advisory and controversy within a Big 4 or law firm; in-house experience preferred
• US SALT experience with taxation of the digital economy, especially in the OTA business, such as marketplace facilitator statutes, hotel occupancy and sales taxes, SaaS, and similar topics
• Experience with state income tax is preferred
• A combination of experience with tax compliance, accounting, and technology is strongly preferred

Skills

• Self-starter, flexible, energetic, passionate, self-motivated, and results-oriented professional
• Accurate, able to work under pressure and to strict deadlines, and comfortable working in a fast-turnaround environment
• Ability to think strategically, multitask, and work effectively and efficiently with minimal direction, taking ownership of tasks and responsibilities
• Ability to clearly express ideas and information to others and adapt style according to the specific situation and audience
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of management
• Ability to grasp detail while understanding the big picture, and to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously
• Organized, proactive, practical, and hands-on
• Self-aware with an appetite for self-improvement and for developing experience and skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in English

Total Rewards

Booking.com offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well as unique benefits including:

• Annual paid time off and a generous paid leave scheme including parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
• Hybrid working, including flexible working arrangements and up to 20 days per year working from abroad in your home country
• Industry-leading product discounts of up to 1400 per year for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit