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Taptap Send · 1 day ago

Tax Lead, USA

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Taptap Send is a rapidly growing fintech company focused on reducing inequity by helping immigrants send money home. The Tax Lead will shape the tax foundations of the business, overseeing compliance, planning, and structural choices while working closely with the Finance Director and C-suite leaders.

Financial ServicesFinTechMobile AppsMobile PaymentsPayments

Responsibilities

US Tax Ownership

Identify opportunities for US tax efficiency, including incentives, credits, elections, and planning levers

Manage US tax outsourcing partners, ensuring high-quality delivery, clear scopes, and effective coordination with internal teams

Own end-to-end US tax compliance, including oversight of the consolidated US return and all US-specific tax obligations

Produce forward-looking assessments of the US tax position, highlighting emerging risks and expected changes

Drive the effectiveness of the group’s global tax structure - assessing overall tax efficiency, identifying unnecessary tax leakage and risks, and recommending structural or operational improvements

Lead global tax planning initiatives, including international structuring, cross-border tax impacts, transfer pricing considerations, and profit repatriation

Stay ahead of emerging global tax changes (US and international) and translate these into practical implications, risk assessments, and recommended actions

Provide early, practical tax guidance for new market launches - shaping structuring decisions and ensuring tax requirements are incorporated effectively

Work closely with Control and market teams through launch execution to ensure tax processes are compliant, scalable, and aligned with the overall group tax strategy

Assess tax implications of new products, defining compliance obligations, business impact, and any required structural or operational changes

Qualification

US tax complianceInternational tax strategyCross-border structuringTransfer pricingTax-efficient entity designJudgment under uncertaintyCommunicationOwnership mindset

Required

Experience in a US-headquartered global business or in advising similar multinational groups, with a strong grounding in tax strategy and international planning

Proven depth in international tax, including cross-border structuring, transfer pricing, and the practical design of tax-efficient entity and profit flows

A track record of supporting new market or product launches, applying sound judgment to ambiguous situations and making clear, practical recommendations

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to break down complex tax issues and frame them clearly for non-specialists before moving into detail

Ownership mindset - moves things forward without heavy oversight

Ability to translate tax risks, trade-offs, and decisions into clear, actionable guidance for non‑tax stakeholders

Comfortable making judgment calls under uncertainty