About Staffbase
We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication with the first AI-native Employee Experience Platform. Our industry-leading and award-winning agentic AI communications channels - intranet, employee app and email solutions - create engaging experiences that connect and empower employees.
Headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany and New York City, with offices in Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Prague, and Minneapolis___St.___Paul, our diverse team of 750+ employees supports 2,000+ customers___reaching over 16.4 million employees___in transforming their employee experience. We are proud to be a Unicorn company___privately valued at over $1 billion___demonstrating strong growth, innovation, and lasting impact in our industry. Together, we’re shaping the future of workplace communication.
We’re looking for a hands-on and strategic Global Tax Principal to take ownership of our global tax function. This role is central to ensuring our international growth is supported by a robust, efficient, and compliant tax framework.
You will drive continuous improvement across our tax operations, from managing day-to-day compliance to leading transfer pricing projects. You will work closely with our Chemnitz-based finance team and global stakeholders to ensure the organization is set up to scale effectively.
This is a role for someone who thrives on action, takes ownership of complex cross-border challenges, and isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo to make our tax processes better, faster, and more cost-effective.
What you’ll be doing
___ Drive Global Compliance & Audit Execution
* Own the Compliance Program: Work with Group Finance and external advisors to ensure the timely completion of all tax filings
* Lead Audit Defense: Support Group Finance to deliver year-end tax disclosures (working with outsourced providers) and manage queries and judgment areas during group audits. Ensure all agreed-upon timelines are strictly met.
* Manage Local Audits: Support the Chemnitz-based finance team with tax audits and transfer pricing audits as necessary.
* Rationalize Advisory: Oversee the tax compliance activities and challenge advisory spend to determine the right balance between in-sourcing and outsourcing.
___ Lead Transfer Pricing & Structural Strategy
* Transfer Pricing: Lead the global transfer pricing lifecycle and benchmarking efforts to ensure arm’s-length compliance across all legal entities. Maintain up-to-date intercompany agreements and proactively review the tax footprint of key hubs to optimize policies and mitigate audit risks as the business evolves.
* Strategic Risk Review: Review the risk and role of specific entities to ensure our TP policies align with the evolving roles of the entities.
* Simplification: Identify areas to simplify intercompany processes and unwind large balances.
___ Act as a Strategic Business Partner
* Commercial Support: Review tax clauses in sales contracts and answer queries regarding contracting entities to support the sales process.
* Support Expansion and Reorganisation: Act as a tax advisor to the organization regarding geographical expansion plans and legal entity setup.
What Success Looks Like:
* Operational Clarity: The tax compliance program runs smoothly with clear oversight of filings and successful management of audit timelines.
* Strategic Optimization: You have successfully executed key projects such as Transfer Pricing documentation updates, reducing complexity and risk.
* Organizational Impact: The business relies on you for clear tax guidance on expansion, contracts, and structure.
What you need to be successful
* Proven International Tax Experience: A strong track record in managing global tax compliance, transfer pricing, and audits. You are comfortable navigating complex international tax environments
* Analytical & Proactive Mindset: You take ownership of projects and drive them from idea to execution. You anticipate challenges in audits and address them proactively
* Commercial Partnership: You understand the business impact of tax decisions. You balance technical tax requirements with the need to support sales growth through contract reviews and geographical expansion.
* Communication & Influence: You can explain complex tax concepts to non-tax stakeholders across the organization and manage relationships with external auditors and advisors effectively
* Adaptability in Dynamic Environments: Proven ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced setting, you are comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving meaningful outcomes.
* Language Skills: Fluency in English is required to support the global business, proficiency in German is a nice-to-have
What you'll get
* Competitive Compensation - we offer attractive salary packages including LTIP (unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan)
* Flexibility - we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of €1560
* Recharge - with 31 vacation days annually (incl. one floating holiday), plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August
* Support - we’re offering a company pension scheme
* Volunteers Day - you’ll get one day off per year for supporting a social project