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U.S. Indirect Tax Manager

Palantir· Finance
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Palo Alto, CA$85k - $140kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

The US Indirect Tax Manager supports Palantir’s US indirect tax function across a dynamic multi-state environment, partnering cross-functionally to ensure accurate compliance, effective risk management, and scalable tax processes.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a key indirect tax advisor to internal business partners, providing clear, well-reasoned guidance on complex sales and use tax matters across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Analyze and interpret state and local tax laws, regulations, and administrative guidance to form defensible positions in complex areas, including SaaS, digital products, and evolving tax frameworks.
  • Exercise sound judgment in gray areas of tax law by evaluating available guidance and evidence to support consistent and audit-ready positions.
  • Review externally prepared sales and use tax returns in detail, focusing on numerical accuracy and the reasonableness of the overall position.
  • Prepare and maintain sales tax account reconciliations to ensure accurate balance sheet reporting.
  • Manage US indirect tax compliance activities including business license tax, gross receipts tax, property tax and related state and local indirect tax filings.
  • Identify systemic issues, risk areas, and control gaps by connecting data across reports, systems, and filings.
  • Lead and manage state and local sales and use tax audits from end-to-end, including direct interaction with auditors, negotiation of findings, and resolution of disputes.
  • Develop and defend audit positions by clearly articulating technical tax rationale and supporting documentation.
  • Extend and optimize existing OneSource tax engine configuration to support accurate use tax calculation and compliance workflows.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Accounting, AP, and Procurement, serving as an internal resource for indirect tax questions across business processes.

Qualifications

  • Strong technical foundation in US indirect tax within complex multi-state environments.
  • Ability to apply sound judgement and think critically in ambiguous or evolving tax situations.
  • Hands-on experience with ONESOURCE and NetSuite strongly preferred.
  • Experience reviewing sales and use tax returns in detail, including evaluation of accuracy and reasonableness of position taken.
  • Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and the ability to identify issues beyond transactional accuracy.
  • Strong organizational, interpersonal, accounting and time management skills with the ability to drive project to completion independently.
  • Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in indirect tax.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Skills

Required:US indirect tax
Nice to have:ONESOURCENetSuite

Benefits

  • Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
  • Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
  • Commuter benefits
  • Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
  • 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
  • 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
  • Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
  • Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
  • Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
  • Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
  • Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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