Associate Director, Tax

Natera; United States; On-site; USD 144,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Long-term equity awards

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k) with company match

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Natera is seeking an Associate Director, Tax to manage complex federal, state, international tax filings and compliance, including multi-state sales and use tax. The role partners with accounting and leadership to optimize reporting, reduce risk, and drive tax savings.

The position reports to the Corporate Controller and leads a team coordinating with external consultants while ensuring timely and accurate tax reporting across entities and jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a tax manager in public accounting
• Extensive individual and corporate tax knowledge
• Familiarity with U.S. federal, state and local reporting
• International taxation knowledge including withholding and VAT
• Strong knowledge of tax code, compliance and procedures for corporations
• Experience driving process improvements in tax operations
• Proficient with MS Office, Outlook and gSuite

Responsibilities

• Manage federal, state and international tax accounting and compliance
• Coordinate preparation and review of federal and state tax returns and timely filing
• Ensure filing of consolidated tax returns and related filings
• Prepare adjusting journal entries as needed
• Oversee tax-related accounts and reconciliations
• Identify opportunities for process improvement in tax procedures
• Develop and implement strategic tax planning
• Manage relationship with external tax consultants
• Coordinate tax calendar with accounting and management
• Oversee IRS audits and respond to inquiries
• Monitor tax regulation changes and update policies
• Support internal audits and tax-related projects
• Review tax returns and projections
• Assist with employee taxation questions (e.g., equity)
• Engage in external audits of internal controls with Big 4
• Contribute to ad hoc projects as needed
• Office-based duties; may require evenings/weekends

Skills

Tax management

CPA knowledge

Tax compliance

Communication

Project management

MS Office

Education

CPA license preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

gSuite

Job description

Position Summary

Natera is looking for an Associate Director, Tax to manage and facilitate the accurate preparation and filing of our company’s various tax and compliance filings including, state and federal income and business tax filings, international tax compliance, as well as multi-state sales and use tax returns. The ideal candidate is a team player who creates and implements tax plans, forecasts, and works with the accounting and leadership teams to identify opportunities for process improvement, tax savings, and potential areas of risk. The Tax and Compliance Manager will ensure compliance with state, federal and international tax law through a series of systems, inquiries and controls that are designed to ensure accurate, timely reporting. They will monitor current and impending changes to tax regulation and make the appropriate updates to policies and strategies. The ideal candidate is single minded in their pursuit of ensuring compliance and achieves this goal through optimizing reporting procedures and driving the successful performance of the tax function. This role will be reporting to Corporate Controller.

Position Summary

Natera is looking for an Associate Director, Tax to manage and facilitate the accurate preparation and filing of our company’s various tax and compliance filings including, state and federal income and business tax filings, international tax compliance, as well as multi-state sales and use tax returns. The ideal candidate is a team player who creates and implements tax plans, forecasts, and works with the accounting and leadership teams to identify opportunities for process improvement, tax savings, and potential areas of risk. The Tax and Compliance Manager will ensure compliance with state, federal and international tax law through a series of systems, inquiries and controls that are designed to ensure accurate, timely reporting. They will monitor current and impending changes to tax regulation and make the appropriate updates to policies and strategies. The ideal candidate is single minded in their pursuit of ensuring compliance and achieves this goal through optimizing reporting procedures and driving the successful performance of the tax function. This role will be reporting to Corporate Controller.

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for federal, state and international tax related accounting and compliance, including such taxes as income, business, sales and use, withholding, HST/GST, VAT and property taxes, as well as preparing and/or coordinated other regulatory and compliance filings as required.
• Facilitate and manage the preparation and review (including for SOX compliance documentation purposes) company federal and state tax returns and the accurate, timely filing of all tax forms.
• Ensure accurate, timely filing of consolidated federal, state and local income tax returns and other business-related filings, including sales, use, property tax returns and additional statutory recurring filings.
• Prepare adjusting journal entries as needed.
• Responsible for tax related accounts and related reconciliations
• Find and implement opportunities for process improvement in company tax procedures.
• Develop and implement strategic tax planning for all necessary federal, state and international taxes.
• Manage relationship with third party consulting firm who is currently assisting with miscellaneous tax compliance initiatives and tax returns.
• Plan for and develop overall tax returns and business tax and compliance filings calendar and coordinate timing and inputs from accounting team and management.
• Maintain effective control procedures over all aspects of the tax process.
• Manage and facilitate IRS income tax audits: preparing responses, creating schedules, etc.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory tax law developments, communicate the effects of these developments to management and the tax team and create strategies to capitalize on changes to taxation legislation.
• Provide support with various internal audits and special tax related projects.
• Review tax returns and quarterly/yearly tax projections.
• Occasionally be involved with employee level taxation questions such as equity related with holdings.
• Being fully engaged in external audits of internal controls by Big 4 and oversee and monitor progress and execution.
• To be engaged in any other related adhoc projects, as needed. Duties typically performed in an office setting.
• This position requires the ability to use a computer keyboard, communicate over the telephone and read printed material.
• Duties may require working outside normal working hours (evenings & weekends) at times.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a tax manager in public accounting.
• Have a current CPA license preferred.
• Extensive individual and corporate tax knowledge.
• Familiarity with U.S. federal, state and local reporting requirements.
• Familiarity with international taxation in withholding and VAT taxation.
• Strong knowledge of tax code, compliance and procedures for corporations.
• Strong experience with a variety of tax operations and ability to drive process improvements.
• Proficient with the following software/tools: Microsoft Office (especially Excel and Word), Outlook, gSuite (GMail, Sheets, Hangouts).

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to work well independently as well as the ability to work well with stakeholders and communicate the benefits of tax initiatives.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with others in written and spoken English.
• Ability to prepare and deliver compelling presentations to others of varied cultural perspectives and levels of organizational responsibility.
• Ability to establish and maintain harmonious working relationships with colleagues, staff and external contacts, and to work collaboratively and cooperatively in a professional team environment.
• Demonstrated capacity for gathering and scrutinizing data to identify issues, opportunities, patterns, and sustainable business solutions.
• Foster a “client service” culture and instill a work ethic that includes collaboration.
• Strong ability to utilize project management and accounting best practices to organize and prioritize tasks and the tasks of other tax team members.

Compensation & Total Rewards

This range reflects a good-faith estimate of the base pay we reasonably expect to offer at the time of hire. Final compensation will vary based on experience, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

This position is also eligible for additional compensation and benefits through Natera’s robust Total Rewards program, including:

• Annual performance incentive bonus
• Long-term equity awards
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid time off and company holidays
• Additional wellness and work-life benefits

Compensation Range

$143,600—$179,000 USD

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Natera™ is a global leader in cell‑free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world‑class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.

What We Offer

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

For more information, visit www.natera.com.

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents.

Link: https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-residents/