Director, Global Tax and Treasury
Date: Apr 18, 2024
Location: London, GB, SE1 9PG
Company: Optimizely
At Optimizely, we're on a mission to help people unlock their digital potential. We do that by reinventing how marketing and product teams work to create and optimize digital experiences across all channels. With Optimizely One, our industry-first operating system for marketers, we offer teams flexibility and choice to build their stack their way with our fully SaaS, fully decoupled, and highly composable solution.
We are proud to help more than 10,000 businesses, including H&M, PayPal, Zoom, and Toyota, enrich their customer lifetime value, increase revenue and grow their brands. Our innovation and excellence have earned us numerous recognitions as a leader by industry analysts such as Gartner, Forrester, and IDC, reinforcing our role as a trailblazer in MarTech.
At our core, we believe work is about more than just numbers -- it's about the people. Our culture is dynamic and constantly evolving, shaped by every employee, their actions and their stories. With over 1500 Optimizers spread across 12 global locations, our diverse team embodies the "One Optimizely" spirit, emphasizing collaboration and continuous improvement, while fostering a culture where every voice is heard and valued.
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Introduction
The Director, Global Tax & Treasury is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely tax compliance across the Optimizely group, including overseeing the US federal, state, other local taxes, sales tax, as well as foreign entity returns, which will be achieved through partnership with our tax partners across the world and supported by the local controllership teams. The Director is responsible for tax planning and optimizing the company’s tax structure, including transfer pricing and intellectual property. The role will also be responsible for treasury matters including optimizing cash balance usage, working with FP&A and controllers to effectively manage and forecast cashflows and requirements and maximising cash efficiency across the group.
Job Responsibilities
- Leads a team responsible for developing and delivering across multiple functional areas or teams, including policies, processes, short and long-term vision, strategy and strategies to increase group efficiency, productivity and impact
- May manage experienced individual contributors and / or multiple managers
- Monitors and ensures budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements
- Accountable for full employee life cycle, including hiring, onboarding, goal alignment, work assignment, coaching / performance management, developing managers and addressing resource gaps
Knowledge and Experience
- Has 5+ years of leading a team in their field of expertise
- Manages complex issues that require an in-depth knowledge of the company, industry and / or function
- Applies broad knowledge of all areas within function
- Interacts regularly with executives on strategic issues that impact the overall business
- Influences senior level leaders regarding matters of significance to the organization
- Demonstrates ability to seamlessly adjust from detailed to strategic view
Education
Degree level education, or equivalent experience in global tax-related roles
Competencies
Optimizely is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Optimizely is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.