International Tax Lead

About the company: 

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi.

KoBold Metals is looking for an International Tax Lead to join our growing Tax Team. This role will be responsible for supporting compliance and transfer pricing needs of the tax function and will be reporting to the VP of Tax.

This role will engage with cross functional business partners and outside consultants in the preparation of foreign income and non-income tax returns and various other tax filings. In addition, this role will focus on scaling processes for growth, taking them from manual to automated. 

Responsibilities

• Accountable for accurate and timely tax filings, tax payments, and forecasting.
• Prepare transfer pricing calculations; Oversee local transfer pricing documentation and reporting obligations in line with local regulations.
• Prepare various supporting calculations and documentation for foreign tax filings.
• Build and maintain models to transform data for compliance and transfer pricing.
• Responsible for identifying opportunities to standardize and automate tax processes where possible, reducing manual workloads and ensuring effective use of resources; develop and implement process improvements, utilizing technology where appropriate, related to the tax calculation and compliance process.
• Monitor, analyze and consult with outside service providers on tax regulatory developments, tax law changes and other authoritative guidance and document the related tax impact.
• Support new business and department initiatives with cross-functional teams.
• Develop proficient understanding of KoBold’s businesses and internal financial systems and tools.
• Assist with ad hoc requests and projects as necessary.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with international tax compliance.
• Proficient in using various productivity programs, tax and accounting research tools, enterprise/general ledger systems and tax modeling.
• Demonstrated meticulous strong attention to detail and analytical, organizational, project-management and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated program management capabilities managing projects with remote, diverse teams.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly absorb and synthesize complex information, with a track record of high intellectual rigor in a professional setting.
• Exceptional curiosity and eagerness to learn, with a proactive approach to exploring new concepts and technologies.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment with colleagues in other disciplines.
• Roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary to drive results, even if it's outside your normal areas of focus.
• Strong written and verbal proficiency in English.
• Approach your role with a high moral compass and integrity.

Additional (Preferred) Qualifications

• CPA and/or MS in Tax.
• Big 4 experience.
• Experience working in multi-national complex organizations, with specific technology industry experience.
• Experience with statutory laws, accounting policies, tax laws, etc. particularly those relevant for multinational companies, related to transfer pricing & tax compliance.

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

This position is Full-time Exempt

Location: Remote, Candidates can be located anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada.