Title:  Financial Analyst

Descartes Unites the People and Technology that Move the World

The need for efficient, secure, and agile supply chains and logistics operations has become ever more critical and complex.  By combining innovative technology, powerful trade intelligence and the reach of our network, Descartes helps get goods, information, transportation assets, and people where they’re needed, when they’re needed. 

We’re one of the most broadly deployed logistics and supply chain technology companies in the world. More than 26,000 customers around the globe use our cloud-based solutions to transform the way they move inventory and information to enhance productivity, better serve customers, thrive competitively, keep pace with evolving regulations, and respond to rapidly changing market conditions. Descartes is publicly traded (Nasdaq:DSGX, TSX:DSG) with headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and offices and partners around the world. With record financial performance for more than 16 years, we lead the industry in innovation investment. Every day, logistics service providers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and other logistics-intensive businesses of all sizes rely on our scale, stability, and comprehensive solution footprint to move what’s most important to them. Learn more at www.descartes.com. 
 
We’re growing fast and invite you to join our amazing team. 

Descartes is seeking a highly motivated Financial Analyst Indirect Tax with 5-10 years of experience to join our Global Tax Department. This role will be part of a dynamic team committed to being strategic leaders and trusted partners, creating value, and mitigating risk. The position demands expertise in global indirect tax compliance, collaboration across departments, and a proactive approach to process improvement and scalability.

What You’ll Do

• Own all aspects of indirect tax compliance in the United States, Canada, Europe and AsiaPac including providing monthly raw data and assisting with notices for external tax return preparers
• Collaborate with sales tax advisory and tax technology teams to ensure data is clean, organized, and optimized for Descartes’s growing business
• Work with the greater finance team to manage, reconcile, and own general ledger accounts related to indirect taxes, and assist in requesting/booking tax payment
• Manage the mailbox and tracking system for daily incoming tax-related questions from the business, ensuring timely responses to dozens of requests
• Oversee and complete tax exemption certificates and reconcile sales tax on vendor invoices
• Conduct research and provide support for additional functions within the tax team as needed
• Identify and drive implementation of automation and other process improvements

What You’ll Bring

• 5-7 years of indirect tax experience with an accounting firm or corporate tax/legal department
• Advanced Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, Power Query,) skills.
• Experience with U.S. Canada, Europe and AsiaPac indirect taxation and proficiency in using Avalara/Vertex/TaxJar is an asset
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and project management skills with an interest in process improvement, automation, and AI
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex topics to colleagues outside the tax team
•  Self-starter who can organize, prioritize, and manage urgent and competing deadlines in a fast-paced and demanding work environment

Join Us

As we scale, we’re looking for new doers, collaborators and innovators to join Descartes in uniting the people and technology that move the world as the Global Leader in Logistics and Supply Chain Technology. We’re entrepreneurial, hardworking, geeky-in-a-good way problem solvers. Guided by our values, we nurture a TEAM focused culture that invests in people and creates opportunities for advancement across a broad spectrum of career paths. We prioritize work-life balance and foster an environment with the space to take ownership, to be heard, and to carve a path for your individual accomplishments to help drive our success.  

Descartes also has a deep sense of environmental responsibility. Learn more about how we helped our customers save over 552,000 metric tons of CO2 in 2020 by reducing fuel and paper consumption: https://www.descartes.com/who-we-are/social-responsibility-sustainability/environmental-impact.  Join a team that’s committed to working with customers to conserve resources and enhance sustainability. 

At Descartes, everyone has a voice and the best idea wins, regardless of who makes it. We offer competitive compensation, great benefits, remote and flexible work hours, and the opportunity to join a company on an awesome mission with a great existing team and trajectory. If you feel you have 70% of the qualifications we are looking for, and Descartes sounds like the team and the mission you want to be part of, apply now. We can't promise it will be a fit, but we do promise to consider your experience. 

We conduct a mix of in-person and virtual interviews. Virtual interviews are held via Microsoft Teams and are recorded and transcribed. We may utilize AI tools to support our hiring team in notetaking, summarization, and internal training. AI tools are not used in our recruitment process for decision-making purposes. Recordings, transcripts, and notes are used for recruitment, including improvement of our process, and record-keeping purposes. Should you have any questions or concerns about our process, please connect with our hiring team in advance of scheduled interviews. 

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please review our EEO is the Law, Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Statement, EEO/AA Statement. Descartes participates in the E-Verify program. Please click below to learn more about the E-Verify program. Notice of E-Verify Participation Right to Work (English and Spanish). 
Descartes is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. Applicants in North America with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can email us at hrna@descartes.com. Provide your name and contact information along with the accommodation needed to assist you with the application process. Your request will be responded to as soon as possible. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.