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Salary: USD 239,700 - 405,400 / annual
Dropbox is seeking an experienced Senior Director, Global Tax Reporting to lead the company's worldwide direct tax reporting function. This strategic leadership role oversees all aspects of global income tax accounting, reporting, and compliance across U.S. federal, state, and international jurisdictions, ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong governance, and operational excellence.
As a key member of the Tax leadership team, you will oversee quarterly and annual income tax provision under ASC 740, global income tax compliance, SEC tax reporting, tax accounting for strategic business initiatives, and the company's overall direct tax reporting framework.
Key responsibilities include:
**Strategic Tax Leadership:** Develop and execute a multi-year vision and strategy for the Global Tax Reporting organization aligned with Dropbox's broader Tax, Finance, and Company priorities. Demonstrate strategic and anticipatory thinking by identifying emerging tax, regulatory, business, and technology trends. Build the operating model and organizational capabilities required to support Dropbox's evolving business and global tax landscape. Lead and develop a high-performing team by establishing clear priorities, accountability, succession plans, and meaningful career development opportunities. Foster an AI-first culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Build trusted, transparent partnerships across Finance and the business.
**Global Tax Accounting & Reporting:** Serve as Dropbox's technical tax accounting leader, providing guidance on complex business initiatives, evolving tax laws, and accounting developments. Lead worldwide quarterly and annual income tax provision under ASC 740. Own all current and deferred tax accounting, including effective tax rate analysis, deferred tax assets and liabilities, valuation allowance analyses, uncertain tax positions under ASC 740-10, and return-to-provision analyses. Prepare and review all tax-related financial statement disclosures for Forms 10-Q, 10-K, earnings releases, and other SEC filings. Partner closely with Accounting and other Finance teams to ensure timely and accurate financial close and reporting. Evaluate the tax accounting impact of new tax legislation, accounting standards, regulatory developments, and business initiatives.
**Global Income Tax Compliance:** Lead Dropbox's worldwide direct tax compliance function, including U.S. federal income tax, state and local income taxes, foreign income tax filings, estimated tax payments and extensions, and tax account reconciliations. Oversee external service providers while maintaining accountability for quality, accuracy, and timeliness. Drive continuous improvement across compliance processes, governance, documentation, and execution. Ensure compliance activities are scalable, efficient, and aligned with Dropbox's global operating model.
**AI, Automation & Digital Transformation:** Lead the transformation of the Global Tax Reporting organization by embedding AI, automation, and digital technologies into everyday work. Champion an AI-first mindset that improves productivity, accelerates close and compliance processes, strengthens decision-making, and elevates the quality of analysis. Identify and implement AI-enabled solutions across tax provision, compliance, forecasting, technical research, documentation, and reporting. Develop the organization's ability to use generative AI effectively while maintaining appropriate governance, professional judgment, confidentiality, and internal controls.
Beyond technical expertise, success in this role requires strategic and anticipatory thinking, operational rigor, transparent collaboration, and inspirational leadership.
**Requirements:** The posting emphasizes the need for technical excellence in tax accounting and reporting, strategic and anticipatory thinking, operational rigor, transparent collaboration, and inspirational leadership. Experience leading global tax functions, managing teams, and driving organizational transformation is expected. Expertise in ASC 740, income tax provision, global tax compliance, and SEC reporting is essential. Familiarity with AI and automation technologies and the ability to embed them into tax processes is valued.
