Overview In this role you will lead Palantir's US indirect tax function across a dynamic multi-state landscape, delivering compliant and defensible tax positions. You will partner with cross-functional teams to scale tax processes, manage audits, and improve controls. You'll interpret evolving state and local tax laws for SaaS and digital products, driving accurate, audit-ready filings. This is a hands-on tax leadership role at a high-growth tech company, with meaningful impact on risk management and business operations.
Compensation / Benefits- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
- commuter benefits
- paid time off
- 10 paid holidays
- 401k plan
Responsibilities- Advise internal partners on complex sales and use tax matters across multiple jurisdictions
- Interpret state and local tax laws and form defensible positions for evolving tax frameworks
- Evaluate guidance and evidence to support consistent tax positions in gray areas
- Review sales and use tax returns for accuracy and reasonableness
- Prepare and maintain sales tax reconciliations for accurate balance sheet reporting
- Manage US indirect tax compliance including business licenses, gross receipts, and property taxes
- Identify systemic issues and control gaps by linking data across reports and systems
- Lead end-to-end state and local sales and use tax audits and negotiate findings with auditors
- Develop and defend audit positions with clear tax rationale and documentation
- Extend and optimize OneSource tax engine configuration for accurate use tax calculations
- Collaborate with Accounting, AP, and Procurement as the indirect tax subject-matter resource
Key requirements- Strong US indirect tax expertise in complex multi-state environments
- Ability to think critically and apply sound judgment in ambiguous tax situations
- Hands-on experience with ONESOURCE and NetSuite preferred
- Experience reviewing sales and use tax returns with focus on accuracy and reasonableness
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, accounting and time-management abilities with independent project execution
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive indirect tax experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- CPA preferred
- Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
- Independence and self-motivation
- Effective communication with internal stakeholders and authorities
- ONESOURCE
- NetSuite
- Sales and use tax analysis
