# Employee Compensation and Benefits Tax Lead

**Company**: Stripe
**Location**: SF, SEA, NYC
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

## Job Description

We're looking for a seasoned tax professional to join our tax team as an Employee Compensation and Benefits Tax Lead. Reporting into the Tax Counsel function, you will serve as a deep subject matter expert on the tax and regulatory complexities of employee benefits, executive compensation, and global equity programs.

## Responsibilities

- Advise on all aspects of employee benefits and compensation tax issues that arise both in the context of transactional matters as well as day-to-day operations

- Serve as a trusted in-house advisor to Tax, Finance, Legal, Equity and People partners on U.S. and cross-border tax matters related to equity and cash incentive compensation plans, including Section 409A, restricted stock units, stock options, and deferred compensation programs

- Provide tax advisory support on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings - evaluate and manage the impacts on compensation and equity programs and employee taxation

- Perform analysis to develop and document tax positions related to corporate transactions and equity and compensation initiatives undertaken by the company

- Act as a cross-functional resource for internal stakeholders navigating tax questions relating to employee compensation and benefits matters, and support project implementation that is compliant with US and foreign tax and regulatory requirements

- Develop and implement policies and best practices to ensure ongoing compliance of employee compensation and benefits plans with relevant US domestic and foreign tax requirements

- Provide tax technical support for external audits related to equity and compensation

- Collaborate with external advisors globally to evaluate equity and compensation tax impacts of corporate transactions and company initiatives

- Support compensation-related corporate governance matters and disclosures (including the executive compensation rules and disclosure requirements)

## Requirements

- 6-10 years of equity, compensation, and benefits tax experience, including law firm experience (Big Law tax group or Big 4 tax practice)

- JD required

- Deep technical expertise with US federal and international tax rules governing executive compensation and benefits, and employment taxes

- Experience with M&A, including equity and compensation tax due diligence, integration workstreams, and reviewing relevant provisions in legal transaction documents

- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly translate complex tax issues into actionable guidance for internal stakeholders

- Strong analytical and organizational skills with ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize work

## Preferred Qualifications

- CPA, LLM in taxation

- Experience working in a high-growth, rapidly scaling environment

- Industry experience at a multinational organization; experience working in technology, payments, or financial services

## Skills

### Required
- equity, compensation, and benefits tax experience
- law firm experience
- US federal and international tax rules
- M&A
- equity and compensation tax due diligence
- integration workstreams
- legal transaction documents
- exceptional communication skills
- analytical and organizational skills

### Nice to have
- CPA
- LLM in taxation
- high-growth, rapidly scaling environment
- multinational organization
- technology
- payments
- financial services

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