Senior Tax Analyst

Braze Braze · Enterprise · Bucharest, Romania · Finance

The Senior Tax Analyst role at Braze focuses on managing direct and indirect tax compliance, provision, and planning for a high-growth, public SaaS company. Responsibilities include preparing and filing VAT and US sales & use tax returns, managing global income tax provision (ASC 740), and supporting direct tax filings. The role requires partnering with various internal teams to ensure scalable and compliant tax processes, assisting with audits, and maintaining SOX-compliant controls. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of corporate tax experience, strong knowledge of indirect tax rules, and familiarity with US GAAP and ASC 740.

What you'd actually do

  1. Prepare, review, and file timely and accurate indirect tax returns, including US sales and use tax and VAT, including payments, reconciliations, and maintenance of the compliance calendar.
  2. Determine taxability for SaaS/software, digital services, and professional services; maintain tax codes and product taxability matrices; support nexus assessments, registrations, and deregistrations in new and existing jurisdictions.
  3. Reconcile indirect tax and income tax accounts to the general ledger; perform month-end close activities, prepare journal entries, and resolve variances.
  4. Support audits and inquiries from US state/local and tax authorities (ANAF), including data gathering, analysis, and drafting responses.
  5. Assist with quarterly and annual global income tax provision under ASC 740, including current and deferred tax calculations, book-to-tax differences, ETR analyses, and financial statement disclosures.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field
  • 5+ years of progressive corporate tax experience in a multinational environment or Big Four/shared services
  • hands-on indirect tax compliance (VAT and US sales & use)
  • exposure to direct income tax
  • Strong knowledge of VAT rules (e.g., place of supply, reverse charge, OSS/IOSS, invoicing requirements)
  • practical experience with multi-state US sales & use tax compliance
  • Working knowledge of US GAAP and ASC 740
  • Familiarity with SOX/internal controls and public-company close timelines
  • Proficiency with Excel/Google Sheets
  • comfort extracting and transforming large datasets from ERP/billing systems
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • ability to translate complex tax concepts for non-tax stakeholders and influence cross-functional decisions
  • Highly organized self-starter who can manage multiple deadlines across time zones and collaborate effectively with internal teams, external advisors, and tax authorities.
  • Strong written and verbal English language skills

Nice to have

  • advanced degree or professional certification (e.g., CECCAR, ADIT, CPA)
  • experience supporting quarterly/annual income tax provision
  • experience with BI/reporting tools and tax engines (e.g., Vertex, Avalara) and tax provision/compliance software

What the JD emphasized

  • VAT and US sales & use tax compliance
  • global income tax provision (ASC 740)
  • direct tax filings
  • SOX-compliant tax processes and internal controls
  • VAT place-of-supply, reverse charge, digital services regimes, and US sales tax exemptions and certificate management