Cover Genius

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About the Company Cover Genius is a Series E insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Uber, Hopper, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We’re also available at Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee. Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year. Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times which ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest-growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commit itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities. Our People are Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired Our People are not Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious About the Role We are seeking an experienced Indirect Tax Manager to oversee all global indirect tax obligations across multiple jurisdictions and entities. This role ensures accurate and timely VAT/GST/sales tax compliance, maintains strong tax controls and documentation, and provides practical advisory support to finance, legal and commercial teams. You will manage the end-to-end indirect tax process including filings, reconciliations, audits, system configuration, and indirect tax treatment of cross-border transactions, while helping the business navigate complex indirect tax requirements as it expands into new markets. Key Responsibilities: Lead global VAT and indirect tax compliance across regulated and non-regulated entities, ensuring timely and accurate preparation, review and filing of VAT/GST/sales tax returns. Review cross-border billing flows to determine correct VAT treatment and place-of-supply. Advise on indirect tax implications of new product launches, insurance and non-insurance offerings, and transactions between regulated and non-regulated entities. Coordinate with external advisors and local tax authorities to resolve technical VAT issues and ensure full compliance with local legislation. Collaborate with the finance, legal and commercial teams to align VAT positions with corporate structure, billing practices and regulatory licensing obligations. Oversee ERP and billing system VAT configuration ensuring tax codes, rates, and reporting logic are accurate for both domestic and cross-border transactions. Review and reconcile VAT accounts monthly to ensure correct recoverability and posting of input and output VAT. Develop and maintain VAT control frameworks and internal policies to manage VAT risk, documentation, and audit readiness. Identify VAT optimization opportunities, improve recovery ratios, and minimize non-recoverable VAT costs. What you will bring: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; Certified Public Accountant; Master’s degree in Taxation, Accounting or related field preferred. 8+ years of indirect tax experience with a strong focus on VAT/GST/sales tax compliance, advisory, and process management across multiple jurisdictions. Big 4 or large accounting firm background preferred. Deep technical knowledge of VAT legislation and principles across multiple jurisdictions. Excellent analytical, organizational, and communications skills with the ability to work cross-functionally. What you will have: Strategic mindset with hands-on technical ability Highly collaborative and cross functional. Analytical thinker who is detail-oriented yet sees the big picture. Strong leadership presence with ability to influence senior stakeholders. Excited to work in a fast-paced, high-growth, global insurtech environment. Why Cover Genius? Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We’re a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean? • Flexible PTO. Taking time out is important for our teams to enjoy life and stay fresh. • Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company. • Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system. • Social Initiatives - pictures speak a thousand words! Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat! * Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we may collect, store and process your personal data for recruitment purposes. To ensure a fair evaluation, we may use AI to assist in sorting applications, but all final decisions are made by our hiring team and no candidate dispositions are automated. We will keep your information on file for three years from the date of your application. For detailed information about how we handle your data and our use of AI, please review our full Privacy Policy. *The cash compensation range for this role is $150,000- $180,000. Compensation will vary based on experience.