International Tax Solutions Engineer

About the role

Join Sonos as an International Tax Solutions Engineer. This role combines deep international tax expertise with a strong focus on AI, automation, and scalable process design. You'll support the global tax function across international tax compliance, transfer pricing, and ASC 740 activities while helping modernize tax operations through technology-enabled solutions.

Responsibilities

• AI, AUTOMATION, TAX TECHNOLOGY & DATA SOLUTIONS
• Design and implement AI-assisted and automated workflows for international tax compliance, transfer pricing, tax provision, and tax research.
• Identify manual or repetitive tax processes and redesign them using AI tools, workflow automation, tax technology platforms, and structured data solutions.
• Create and improve tax data workflows that extract, transform, reconcile, and analyze tax-relevant information from SAP and other source systems.
• Develop reusable AI prompts, workflow templates, and review mechanisms tailored to international tax and transfer pricing use cases.
• Partner with Finance Technology, IT, Accounting, and other stakeholders to ensure tax automation solutions are reliable, auditable, controlled, and scalable.
• Evaluate emerging AI and tax technology tools and recommend practical applications for Sonos’ global tax function.
• Ensure AI-enabled solutions are used responsibly, with appropriate review, documentation, controls, and professional judgment.
• INTERNATIONAL TAX SOLUTIONS
• Apply international tax knowledge to design automation and AI-enabled solutions in areas such as GILTI, Subpart F, FDII, foreign tax credits, BEAT, Pillar 2, OECD BEPS developments, and permanent establishment considerations.
• Use AI tools to accelerate tax research, issue identification, data analysis, and scenario modeling.
• Validate AI-generated research, analysis, and outputs before they are used in compliance, planning, provision, or reporting processes.
• Support development of tools and processes that improve visibility into international tax risks, obligations, and opportunities.
• TRANSFER PRICING & INTERCOMPANY PROCESSES
• Build and improve automated processes supporting transfer pricing calculations, intercompany charges, documentation, benchmarking, Country-by-Country Reporting, and related data analysis.
• Develop validation checks and review mechanisms to identify data inconsistencies, policy drift, and changes in operational flows that may impact transfer pricing outcomes.
• Partner with external advisors and internal stakeholders to improve the quality, speed, and consistency of transfer pricing deliverables.
• Support technology-enabled improvements to intercompany agreement tracking, transaction monitoring, and transfer pricing documentation workflows.
• TAX PROVISION & REPORTING
• Support automation of ASC 740 international tax provision processes, including ETR analysis, deferred tax support, uncertain tax positions, return-to-provision adjustments, and audit support.
• Develop repeatable workflows and validation checks that improve provision accuracy, reduce manual effort, and strengthen audit readiness.
• Assist with automation and consistency checks for tax reporting, disclosure support, and provision-related documentation.
• CROSS-FUNCTIONAL PARTNERSHIP
• Serve as a practical technology builder within the tax function, helping identify where AI, automation, and tax technology can create the most value.
• Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Legal, Supply Chain, IT, and external advisors on tax data, process, and system improvements.
• Support cross-border business initiatives by helping convert tax requirements into scalable tools, workflows, and reporting solutions.
• Promote a culture of responsible innovation within the tax function, balancing speed and automation with accuracy, controls, and sound professional judgment.

Requirements

• Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field required.
• Master’s degree in Taxation or equivalent professional credential preferred.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in international tax, transfer pricing, tax provision, tax technology, automation, data analytics, or a combination of these areas.
• Experience within a multinational company, public accounting firm, tax technology environment, or finance transformation role preferred.
• Special Requirements
• Must possess expertise/knowledge sufficient to adequately perform the duties of the job being offered.
• Expertise/knowledge may be gained through employment experience or education.
• Required expertise/knowledge includes:
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools, automation tools, data analytics, or tax technology platforms to improve professional workflows.
• Strong builder mindset with the ability to identify manual tax processes and develop scalable, controlled, and repeatable solutions.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Alteryx, Power Automate, Power Query, SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, or similar automation and analytics platforms.
• Experience working with ERP and financial systems, preferably SAP, in a tax, accounting, finance, or data environment.
• Ability to translate tax technical requirements into process, data, workflow, and system design requirements.
• Strong understanding of international tax concepts, including GILTI, Subpart F, FDII, BEAT, foreign tax credits, OECD BEPS, Pillar 2, and transfer pricing principles.
• Experience supporting or improving transfer pricing processes, including intercompany calculations, documentation, benchmarking, CbCR, or related data analysis.
• Familiarity with ASC 740 tax provision processes and related international tax inputs.
• Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated research, analysis, and outputs using professional judgment and tax technical knowledge.
• Strong project management, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally across Tax, Accounting, Finance Technology, IT, Legal, Treasury, and external advisors.
• Practical curiosity about emerging AI and automation capabilities, with the judgment to apply them responsibly in a controlled finance environment.