Senior Tax Analyst, Corporate Tax

About the role

This Senior Tax Analyst position focuses on managing and expanding Chainlink Labs' global tax framework. The role involves overseeing compliance cycles, ensuring timely filings across various jurisdictions, and preparing tax provisions and reconciliations for audit readiness. A key part of the job is to support global tax planning and drive efficiency through automation and cost reduction in compliance processes.

The role requires close collaboration with local advisors and active participation in all transfer pricing activities. The individual will also handle ad-hoc tax requests, demonstrating strong organizational and time management skills to meet deadlines. Success in this position means maintaining a robust and efficient tax operation that supports the company's fast-paced, evolving environment.

Chainlink Labs operates at the intersection of traditional finance and blockchain, providing oracle solutions for decentralized finance. The company's technology supports institutional tokenized assets, lending, and payments. This role contributes to maintaining the financial integrity of a company that underpins a significant portion of the DeFi ecosystem.

The annual salary for this role ranges from $85,000 to $202,000.

Skills that matter here

• US Federal and state tax knowledge: This is essential for managing compliance and preparing tax documentation within the United States.
• international tax: The role requires experience in assisting with international tax matters and foreign local tax to support global operations.
• Transfer Pricing: The analyst will support all activities related to transfer pricing, a key component of international tax strategy.
• tax research: The ability to research and form opinions on US and international tax matters is necessary for compliance and planning.
• communication skills: Strong communication is needed to facilitate information flow with cross-functional teams and external advisors.
• 5+ years of US and international tax experience: This level of experience is required to effectively manage the complexities of global tax compliance and planning.

Who this role suits

• A self-starter who takes full ownership of tasks and responsibilities.
• Someone with strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively.
• An individual who is open-minded, adaptable, and willing to grow within a startup environment.
• A person with a strong problem-solving mindset and curiosity for new tax frameworks, especially in crypto and Web3.

From the employer

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing global tax compliance cycles and ensuring timely filings across jurisdictions.
• Assisting in the Preparation of tax provisions, reconciliations, and documentation to support audit readiness.
• Supporting the execution of global tax planning initiatives.
• Driving efficiency in tax processes, including automation initiatives and cost reduction in tax compliance.
• Support all Transfer Pricing-related activities.
• Collaborating closely with local advisors.
• Support all tax ad-hoc requests as needed.

Key skills include:

• The individual must be a self-starter, a fast learner and take full ownership of the assigned tasks and responsibility.
• Strong organisational skills to manage deadlines and multiple projects and responsibilities in a timely and effectively.
• Willing to grow in a startup environment, open-minded, adaptable, and hard-working.
• The candidate is expected to have a strong US Federal and state tax knowledge and have experience assisting with international tax and foreign local tax.
• Have strong communication skills to effectively facilitate information flow among various cross-functional teams.
• Effective time management and prioritisation skills in managing multiple projects are essential to the success of this role.
• 5+ years of US and international tax experience with top-tier accounting/consulting firms or Blockchain/crypto companies.
• Ability to perform tax research and form opinions on US and international tax matters.

Preferred Requirements:

• Masters in Taxation, LLM, CPA.
• Extensive experience in a Web3 Blockchain technology company advising on US and international tax for products and transactions.
• Experience with foreign local tax.
• Curiosity and adaptability to learn new tax frameworks and emerging regulatory areas (crypto, digital assets, Web3).
• Strong problem-solving mindset and openness to working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.