Group tax director, US

About the role

At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies—one that serves a huge number of customers, where team members grow to their full potential, and that operates at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency while creating extraordinary value for shareowners. We acquire and improve digital businesses for the long term, making deep transformations to speed up innovation, benefit customers, and strengthen performance. Here, hierarchy is minimal, teams are small and talent-dense, and we operate established products with the ambition, agility, and urgency of a startup. Across the company, we integrate AI deeply into how we work so that human judgment and machine intelligence reinforce each other.

In this role, you’ll manage and optimize the company’s U.S. tax responsibilities, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local laws. You’ll oversee all tax activities, support key business decisions, and maintain full regulatory adherence. A valid CPA (Certified Public Accountant) license or Enrolled Agent (EA) credential is required to represent the company before the IRS.

Responsibilities

• Oversee U.S. federal, state, and local tax compliance and planning, including corporate income, franchise, sales and use, and other applicable taxes.
• Calculate tax liabilities, prepare and file U.S. tax returns, and manage tax matters related to equity plans, employees, and contractor arrangements.
• Ensure the proper U.S. tax treatment of employee benefits, compensation, and welfare programs.
• Conduct U.S. tax due diligence for acquisitions and support the tax-efficient structuring and integration of transactions.
• Monitor changes in U.S. federal, state, and local tax laws, identify tax-saving opportunities such as R&D credits, and liaise with the IRS, state tax authorities, and external advisors.

Requirements

• Valid CPA (Certified Public Accountant) license or Enrolled Agent (EA) credential.

Qualities we value

• Reasoning ability: Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, structure your ideas sharply, resist biases, and identify the details that matter.
• Drive: You’re extremely ambitious, and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match that ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work and hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
• Team spirit: You give generously without expecting return, support the best idea (not just your own), and are always willing to get your hands dirty to help your team. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.

Benefits

• Work in small, result-oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
• Play a key role in shaping the future of a company with sky-high ambitions and a proven track record.
• Lead the U.S. expansion of one of Europe’s most successful tech companies, valued at several billion.
• Competitive pay and access to company equity at a discount.

Pay

Typically, we offer individuals with limited experience an annual salary of $204,281 in the United States. For candidates we assess as possessing exceptional potential and highly unusual achievement, compensation typically ranges from $257,642 to $522,120. Compensation varies by location and expected impact. In higher-cost markets such as New York City, offers are generally positioned toward the upper end of the range. As you grow your expertise and increase your contributions, your compensation can grow rapidly alongside your impact.

Schedule

Permanent, full-time role. During your first few months, we expect you to spend most days in our Milan office to rapidly absorb our company culture and build trust with your team, regardless of your long-term work location. After that, you may work from one of our offices (Atlanta, New York, or Miami) or remotely from approved countries, depending on what we agree at the offer stage.