Senior Analyst, Tax Technology
We're transforming the grocery industry
Instacart is the North American leader in online grocery and one of the fastest-growing companies in e-commerce. Since 2012, we’ve been working towards creating a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together.
Groceries delivered to your door in as little as an hour. It seems simple, right? Well, it’s more complex than that. From re-routing deliveries during snowstorms, to connecting customers with coupons and deals for their favorite brands, to updating over half a billion grocery data lines every night...our efforts bring Instacart closer to being the operating system for the grocery industry.
Solving these problems is what helps our customers get back time in their day, so they can do more of what they love.
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OVERVIEW
We are seeking a Senior Analyst to innovate and deliver tax technology solutions for the Tax team. As a key contributor to our newly created tax technology function, you will get the opportunity to solve large data problems, support technology implementations and help develop best in class processes. You will gain exposure to multiple areas of tax including, income tax compliance, sales & use tax, audits, and international tax expansion. Each week will bring you a new set of projects and challenges, where success is measured by data-driven outcomes and the results of your work will earn you high gratitude points with your peers.
ABOUT THE JOB
- The right individual should have a basic understanding of tax and/or accounting concepts, a strong desire and ability to work with data, and solid business judgment capable of delivering results
- Perform hands-on detailed data research and analysis of a large financial data set; retrieve and aggregate data from multiple sources and compile it into a digestible and actionable format; investigate, troubleshoot and resolve data quality issues
- Define business requirements for technical development based on analysis of data sets
- Work with other members of tax to identify improvements in efficiency and management of current data processes; support development and education on utilization of new dashboards and reporting you deploy in their processes
- Help expand tools, processes and procedures to support automation, accuracy, and building for scale
- Contribute to the delivery of direct and indirect tax technology projects, independently drive smaller projects or components of larger projects; support project prioritization discussions, timelines and trade-offs with business partners
- Build relationships with Finance, Product, Engineering, and external advisors to understand the data and information recorded and maintained, how it is put together, and how it’s used in tax processes and deliverables
ABOUT YOU
- +3 years of work experience in a role requiring application of analytic skills in a business analyst or data analyst role
- BA/BS in Accounting, Tax, Finance, a related field or equivalent experience. Computer science, information technology, project management certification is a plus
- Experience working with Alteryx, Tableau, SQL, PowerQuery, or other data visualization tools, required
- Ability to independently manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize responsibilities
- Ability to work cross-functionally with many teams and multi-tasks with a sense of urgency
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and competing objectives in a fast-paced environment and a willingness to lend a helping hand wherever it’s needed