Director of Tax, Headspace Health

$140-220k

+ Stock awards

Excel
Expert level
Remote in US
Headspace Health

Mental health and wellbeing platform

Open for applications

Headspace Health

Mental health and wellbeing platform

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMental healthMobileWellbeing

Open for applications

$140-220k

+ Stock awards

Excel
Expert level
Remote in US

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMental healthMobileWellbeing

Company mission

To transform mental healthcare to improve the health and happiness of the world.

Role

Who you are

  • The ideal candidate will be system savvy, meticulous, self-motivated, personable, and able to take initiative
  • 10+ years of relevant tax experience, with a mix of public accounting and multinational corporate environments
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, able to convey complex matters with simplicity and clarity to non-experts across the company
  • Strong, generalized tax knowledge across domestic and foreign income tax, domestic and foreign indirect tax, transfer pricing, international withholding tax, local taxes and more
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel and Powerpoint
  • Experience with Avalara or similar tax software including system implementation
  • Strong analytical, critical thinking, and time management skills
  • Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced, high growth environment
  • A collaborative team player, able to partner with internal and external contacts at all levels to drive efficiency and system improvement in tax and tax adjacent functions
  • CPA license required

Desirable

  • Industry experience in the technology or healthcare sectors
  • Knowledgeable about tax advantages of various entity structures including medical professional corporations and international subsidiaries
  • Masters of Taxation or equivalent

What the job involves

  • We are looking for a strategic, hands-on senior tax professional to lead our global tax planning and operations
  • The position is responsible for the implementation of tax strategies, processes, and tools
  • The role will oversee the preparation of federal and state income tax returns, preparation of annual tax provision in accordance with ASC 740, and all domestic and foreign indirect tax filings
  • The position reports directly to the VP, Accounting and will interact regularly with various departments at Headspace, including the executive team
  • Design, develop and implement tax planning strategies for a global entity, including domestic and foreign operations
  • Establish deep business partner relationships across the organization to ensure company strategy and projects include a thorough review of tax consequences
  • Manage all tax projects including M&A due diligence, tax impacts of new products and services, geographical expansion, and all tax studies
  • Drive implementation of tax compliance systems and tools to ensure accuracy and efficiency of tax collection and remittance
  • Actively manage relationships with third party tax advisors to optimize the relationships to efficiently balance in house vs outsourced tax support
  • Oversee completion of federal, international, state and local tax filings including all related analysis and support
  • Oversee the preparation of income tax provision in accordance with ASC 740 and financial reporting disclosures
  • Monitor legislative changes in tax laws that may impact tax positions, including tax accounting implications
  • Establish strategies to minimize tax expense and exposures with regard to federal, state, and foreign direct and indirect taxes, including the evaluation of sales tax obligations by state
  • Ensure compliance with global transfer pricing requirements
  • Ensure appropriate internal controls related to tax matters are in place and operating correctly, identify any gaps in internal controls and ensure remediation and formalization of tax policies and procedures
  • Establish and maintain formal tax policies, practices and procedures to ensure compliance with US GAAP and tax regulations
  • Manage any tax audits, notices and enquiries received from domestic and foreign tax authorities

Our take

The world is facing a growing mental health crisis. In 2022, the US saw the proportion of the population with an acute anxiety, depression or other mental health need grow from 20% to 40%.

In 2021, Headspace and Ginger finalised a $3bn merger to form Headspace Health, an accessible mental health platform. It is determined to democratize mental healthcare, and its brands are already being used by over 100 million people and more than 4,000 enterprises including Starbucks, Adobe and Paramount.

There is clearly a need for virtual mental healthcare, and the market is growing increasingly crowded, with competitors including His & Hers Health. However, Headspace Health sets itself apart with its rapidly growing portfolio of services, added in part through strategic acquisitions such as that of AI health firm Sayana in 2022. It is now focusing on international expansion, offering its services directly to companies in the UK for the first time and planning to enter international markets over the course of 2023.

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Steph

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

11% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Jun 2020

$47.7m

SERIES C

Feb 2020

$53m

SERIES C

Total funding: $175.4m

Company HQ

Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Russell Glass

(CEO, not founder)

Previously VP of Products at Linkedin. Was also CEO of Ginger, before it merged with Headspace to create Headspace Health. Presently, on the Board at CollegeSolved, Breakthrough Collaborative, and Rock the Vote.

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