Lead - Tax

BrowserStack Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Mumbai Remote

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• BrowserStack is the world’s leading cloud-based software testing platform, empowering over 50,000 customers—including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Google—to deliver high-quality software at speed. As a remote-first company with over 1,200 employees and a mission to simplify testing for modern development teams, BrowserStack is seeking a seasoned tax expert to ensure compliance and strategic optimization across global operations. This role is critical in safeguarding the company’s financial integrity while supporting scalable growth in international markets.
• The Lead - Tax will own end-to-end tax compliance for BrowserStack’s India and global entities, managing domestic GST, international VAT, corporate tax, and strategic advisory functions. This is a high-impact, hands-on role requiring deep technical expertise in indirect and direct taxation, with a focus on automation, accuracy, and collaboration across finance, legal, and engineering teams to support BrowserStack’s innovation-driven mission.
• The Tax team operates within BrowserStack’s finance function, partnering closely with consolidation, audit, and legal teams to ensure seamless tax operations across 22 global data centers and multiple jurisdictions. As a remote-first organization headquartered in Mumbai, the company offers a dynamic, inclusive culture where tax professionals contribute directly to scaling a globally trusted SaaS platform used by millions of developers daily.
• In this role, you will deepen your expertise in global tax compliance for SaaS businesses, lead automation initiatives using AI and ERP systems like NetSuite, and influence cross-border tax strategy. You’ll gain exposure to complex international VAT regimes, corporate tax structures, and audit defense—positioning you as a strategic tax leader in a high-growth, technology-driven environment.
• Oversee end-to-end GST reconciliations and ensure accurate, timely filing of all GST returns for BrowserStack’s Indian entities, managing the full lifecycle from data collection to submission and audit readiness.
• Manage the GST Refund lifecycle, including tracking, documentation, and preparation of technical responses to GST notices from tax authorities, ensuring compliance and minimizing financial exposure.
• Lead GST audit management by coordinating with internal and external auditors, preparing schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation to ensure smooth audit outcomes.
• Take ownership of international VAT compliance across key jurisdictions including the EU, UK, and US Sales Tax, ensuring timely filings, accurate tax logic implementation, and adherence to evolving local regulations as BrowserStack expands globally.
• Research and implement tax logic for new international markets as the business scales, collaborating with product, engineering, and legal teams to embed compliance into billing and invoicing systems.
• Provide expert interpretation on the applicability of GST/VAT for domestic and cross-border transactions, advising stakeholders on tax treatment of SaaS services, digital products, and cross-border licensing.
• Work closely with external tax consultants and advisors to optimize global tax structures, assess treaty benefits, and support transfer pricing and permanent establishment analyses.
• Collaborate with finance, legal, and engineering teams to solve complex tax problems, including tax implications of new product features, pricing models, and international entity setups.
• Manage corporate tax compliance for BrowserStack’s India and global entities, including advance tax payments, preparation and filing of corporate tax returns, and responding to tax notices from authorities.
• Support statutory and tax audits by preparing tax schedules, reconciliations, and working papers, ensuring alignment with audit requirements and timely resolution of queries.
• Drive automation of tax functions through AI and ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite), streamlining processes such as tax calculation, reporting, and filing to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Maintain fluency in written and oral English to effectively communicate complex tax concepts to global stakeholders, prepare documentation, and represent BrowserStack in interactions with tax authorities and advisors.

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 6–8 years of post-qualification experience in tax compliance and advisory.
• Proven industry experience in a corporate or SaaS environment, with hands-on expertise in GST, VAT, and Corporate Tax (including Tax Provisions, Advance Tax, and Form 3CD).
• Practical experience working with ERP systems, specifically NetSuite, and a strong interest in automating tax functions using AI and technology.
• Fluency in written and oral English, with the ability to prepare clear technical documentation and communicate effectively with global teams and external advisors.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance covering self, spouse, up to 2 dependent children, and parents or parents-in-law up to INR 5,00,000.
• Gratuity as per the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.
• Unlimited Time Off to support wellbeing, rest, and quality time with family and friends.
• Remote-First work environment allowing work from home, with a Remote-First Allowance for home office setup, connectivity, accessories, co-working spaces, and wellbeing.

Skills & Technologies

REST

Senior

Remote

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About BrowserStack Inc.

BrowserStack operates a cloud-based testing platform that enables developers to test websites and mobile applications across thousands of real devices and browsers. The service eliminates the need for in-house device labs by providing instant access to iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS environments. Features include live interactive testing, automated Selenium and Appium test grids, visual regression detection, performance monitoring, and secure local testing tunnels. Founded in 2011, the company serves software teams globally, from freelancers to Fortune 500 enterprises, helping them release faster with higher quality.

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