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Senior Hospitality Tax Analyst

Kasa Living

Kasa Living

IT
Remote
Posted on Tuesday, June 11, 2024
This role is fully remote based in the US; we put a location because some job boards require it

Kasa seeks an ambitious tax expert with Hotel Occupancy Tax/ToT experience to join us as the Senior Hospitality Tax Analyst. You should possess a strong understanding of regional and national tax laws/filing requirements and have experience with tax filings across multiple jurisdictions throughout the US. If you thrive in dynamic, tech-driven environments, join us to enhance our finance function and make a significant impact across Kasa!

The Role

Kasa is a fast-growing tech-enabled brand and operator of hotel, multifamily, and single-family hospitality accommodations for guests in dozens of markets nationwide. Kasa manages properties on behalf of institutional and local property owners across various price and luxury tiers.

In this pivotal role, the Senior Hospitality Tax Accountant will be the primary individual responsible for Kasa’s tax function across occupancy tax, sales tax, and corporate income tax, among others. You will ensure accurate sales and occupancy tax collections from guests, timely filings with multiple jurisdictions across the United States, coordination of external tax advisors, and accurate payment of all taxes across Kasa’s properties and corporate entities. By doing so, you will help ensure accurate and timely financial reporting for Kasa’s property partners and investors. Your mission as the Senior Tax Analyst is to own all aspects of tax collection, reporting, filing, and recordkeeping to continue Kasa’s success in delivering market-leading financial reporting to our hotel and multifamily partners while improving Kasa’s tech-driven approach to scalable accounting solutions for the hospitality industry.
This is an extraordinary opportunity to join a truly differentiated finance operation that drives tremendous value for Kasa’s property partners and investors. This role requires strong organizational skills, multitasking abilities, and familiarity with regional and national tax laws/filing requirements. Additionally, this role is highly cross-functional with daily interaction with other members of the finance team as well as local government officials and city clerks.

As the company’s main “owner” of tax reporting and filing, the Senior Tax Analyst will create significant positive leverage for the rest of the organization plus build out a critical function as the company continues to grow. This role is remote and will report directly to the Associate Director of Finance.

Your Impact as the Senior Tax Analyst

  • Ensure Accurate Tax Calculations: You will “own” the tax calculation, filing and remittance functions at Kasa, with primary accountability for our occupancy tax collections, corporate income tax filing and coordination with local tax municipalities regularly. You will have a direct impact on ensuring we remain best-in-class for this critical function.
  • Tax Reconciliation Scalability & Accuracy: Given Kasa’s highly centralized accounting function, it’s critical to continually improve our tax reconciliation and recognition processes through automation.
  • Systems Improvement: Work with the tech team and other finance leaders to improve current systems or processes to create a best-in-class tax accounting function.
  • Tax Filing Accuracy: This role requires frequent interaction with external tax authorities that will require multiple follow-ups, varying timelines and periodic filings that must meet strict deadlines.
  • Tax and Audit Improvements: Ensure accurate transient occupancy tax settings and reporting (working closely with other members of the finance, regulatory and distributions team), while also ensuring that our corporate tax practices are consistent with audit requirements from Kasa’s corporate auditor.

Required Attributes

  • Requirement: Minimum three years of tax filing and reporting experience across occupancy tax, sales tax and corporate / real estate taxes for the hospitality and/or real estate industry
  • Requirement: Strong attention to detail and multitasking abilities, as this role requires frequent conversations with external third parties across multiple jurisdictions with varying project timelines.
  • Nice to have: Hospitality tax or accounting experience
  • The ideal candidate will have an extreme attention to detail with impressive multitasking skills.

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Benefits

  • 🌏 Remote Work: With flexibility as a core value, and over three-quarters of the team working remotely, Kasa employees are able to work from anywhere!

  • Kasa Travel Credit: We love to travel! Kasa employees get an allowance of free stays with us in any of our locations, plus a discount on any night for friends and family.

  • 💰 The Pay: The starting base pay range is $80,000 - $90,000 and is set based on multiple considerations including business needs, market demands, talent availability, experience, and unique skills and attributes. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for equity, bonus, perks, benefits, and Kasa Travel Credits.

  • 📈 Generous Stock Option Plan: At Kasa, our compensation philosophy is to offer a total compensation package that over-indexes on equity to encourage our team to think like owners (by being owners) and benefit from the growth in value that our collective hard work creates.

  • 🙌 Flexible PTO: Full-time exempt Kasa employees are encouraged to take time off as they need and see fit, ensuring that it’s not disruptive to their work.

  • 📱 Cell phone reimbursement: We reimburse a portion of your monthly cell phone bill to say thanks for using your personal phone during the workday.

  • 📈 401(k) Plan: As you invest in yourself and your future, Kasa invests in you too: we match 100% of the first 2% of deferred salary, and 50% of the next 2%.

  • 🩺 Health Coverage: We’ve invested in comprehensive health insurance options to help when you need it most, including a company-sponsored plan with fertility coverage.

  • Other Perks: Qualifying full-time roles are eligible for a wi-fi stipend, home office stipend, and more!

Who We Are

Kasa is a Real Estate Technology company that is building a global accommodations brand unlike any other. We partner with owners of multifamily, single-family, and boutique hospitality properties, transforming underutilized real estate into stylishly furnished, professionally managed units that cater to business and leisure travelers alike. We took the best that hotels and short-term rentals had to offer and created a new class of hospitality that is well-priced, trustworthy, and offers a large selection of great locations!

Behind the scenes, we build technology that combines with our innovative operations to grow a globally scalable offering that delivers high-quality stays. Our guests enjoy seamless check-ins, spacious apartments, and attractive amenities, helping them feel right at home. If anything comes up, our remote guest experience team is available 24/7, ensuring our hospitality is always felt, though rarely seen.

Kasa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Kasa Living is an E-Verify participant. We will verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States by matching information employees provide on the form i-9 against records available to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). You may find more information here and here.

Kasa does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or People & Talent team.

The Kasa Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs kasa.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money or technology to work for our company. If you believe you are a scam victim, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly. US-based applicants may refer to this article from consumer.ftc.gov for more details.