Principal Indirect Tax Hotels jobs at Airbnb

The Difference You Will Make:

You’ll serve as a critical finance and strategy leader, bringing hands-on analytical expertise to shape and optimize Brand Marketing investments. Success means delivering actionable insights, rigorous financial analyses, and measurable improvements in KPI attainment, campaign ROI, and budget efficiency. By driving cross-functional alignment and championing operational excellence, you’ll empower Airbnb to make data-driven, strategic marketing decisions that fuel business growth.

A Typical Day:

• Lead budget forecasting and tracking, partnering with Financial Operations to ensure accurate monthly projections and media spend allocations.
• Develop and monitor KPI frameworks for marketing channels, setting and reviewing targets, OKRs, and efficiency metrics.
• Conduct deep analytical dives into business trends and campaign performance, independently extracting, visualizing, and presenting data.
• Collaborate with Brand Marketing, Product Marketing, Hosting, and Data Science teams to design, execute, and evaluate marketing strategies.
• Support weekly and quarterly reporting requirements for Marketing and Hosting organizations, preparing executive-ready presentations.
• Facilitate complex, large-scale processes across global teams and agency partners, proactively driving strategic connections and alignment.
• Lead ROI analyses for brand campaigns — integrating quantitative and qualitative impacts, and championing holistic campaign reviews

Your Expertise:

• 8+ years of progressive experience in finance, analytics, business operations, FP&A, strategy consulting, or related fields.
• Demonstrated mastery of financial modeling and quantitative/qualitative analysis, especially in the context of brand marketing (TV, Social, Online Video, Podcast, Radio, OTT).
• Proven track record in budget planning, forecasting, and media buying operations or similar domain.
• Exceptional communication skills, with experience crafting executive-level presentations and reports from complex data sets.
• Strong cross-functional influence and stakeholder management — adept at structuring and leading global, multi-team processes.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, high-growth environments; proactive and self-starting with a bias for action.
• Preferred: Experience collaborating with international partners, agency teams, and familiarity with media buying operations.

Offices: United States

A Typical Day:

• Develop and provide advisory services on data governance policies and procedures to ensure data integrity, compliance with regulations, and best practices in data management.
• Oversee and enhance tools for audit and advisory work related to data governance, driving the dynamic audit identification process, and creating audit plans focused on data governance.
• Partner with key stakeholders, including business and technology partners, to evaluate data needs, support robust data architecture, and align with strategic initiatives.
• Develop and deliver enterprise-wide training on data governance, collaborating with other disciplines such as Enterprise Risk, Global Compliance Services, and Data & Analytics to maintain departmental alignment.
• Stay current with industry trends and technologies to improve data solutions and practices, while working on ad hoc projects as required.
• Ensure cohesive execution of projects by collaborating with third-party resources and subject matter experts.

Your Expertise:

• 15+ years of data governance, consulting, or relevant fields, with 5+ years in managerial or project management roles.
• Proven experience as a Data Solutions Architect, Data Governance, or leading consulting or internal audit engagements focused on data governance.
• Strong understanding of AWS S3 and cloud computing technologies, along with experience in data modeling and data warehousing.
• Experience in auditing or advising on developing and enhancing data governance tools and frameworks, with knowledge of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence key stakeholders globally and cross-functionally, and communicate complex data concepts to non-technical audiences, including executive levels.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with strong time management and prioritization skills. Proactive, creative problem solver with strong organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Offices: United States

Insight to the working environment:

• • Inclusive and supportive work environment. We promote sustainable engineering practices, well-being / healthy team dynamics, and value differences.
  • Career development-- internal mobility, mentoring opportunities, and leadership development opportunities.
  • Work on launching and expanding our protection products across global markets.
  • Seize greenfield opportunities on a fast-growing team.
  • Deliver on a strategic, multi-year platform roadmap and global rollout.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, data science, data engineering, and numerous platform teams within Airbnb.

A Typical Day:

• Build microservices, APIs to drive platform integrations across web and mobile platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build interfaces and systems that can evolve to meet critical business needs.
• Build our platforms--infrastructure, applications and tools, and gain expertise in distributed systems, large compute clusters and petabyte-scale storage infrastructure.
• Be part of an impactful team working on scaling distributed applications in a highly-available 24x7 environment, make architectural trade-offs applying design patterns and disciplined execution.

Your Expertise:

• 6+ years of Industry experience
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent practical experience.
• Prior real-word experience and demonstrable knowledge in any of Java, Kotlin, Relational Databases, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with AI development tools like Co-Pilot.
• Exposure to architectural patterns of high-scale web applications, such as well-designed APIs, data pipelines and efficient algorithms.
• Experience or desire to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams with design, product and data science partners.
• Experience with profiling, performance tuning, resiliency patterns and identifying bottlenecks in large-scale applications.
• Strong understanding of systems reliability, including observability, incident management, and building fault-tolerant services.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, mentor others, and drive engineering excellence across teams.

Offices: United States

The Difference You Will Make:

In this role, you will oversee the SALT income tax compliance and provision process, manage global indirect tax accounting, and ensure SOX compliant controls are maintained. Your leadership will help drive timely and accurate tax filings, effective reserve management, and the successful execution of tax planning strategies. Success looks like managing deadlines, minimizing risks, and delivering clear, actionable insights that support the company’s overall business objectives.

A Typical Day:

• Provide technical accounting guidance to the Global Indirect Tax team, ensuring accuracy of FAS5 reserves and out-of-pocket expense tracking.
• Manage the forecasting process for non-income taxes globally, reviewing regional team submissions and communicating key deliverables.
• Oversee tax accounting and reserve analysis for state and local taxes, including transient occupancy, sales and use, business and franchise, and property taxes.
• Support the state provision process, monitor relevant tax law changes, and review provision workpapers.
• Coordinate and review outsourced SALT tax filings, prepare and review PBCs, and manage state tax calendars and notice trackers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners—including policy, legal, and external advisors—to address ad hoc tax matters and support controversy needs.

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years of relevant tax experience with a focus on US State and Local income tax accounting and compliance.
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP/ASC 740/ASC 450 and high-level understanding of US SALT laws.
• Experience with SOX 404 internal control requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, prioritize tasks, and deliver results across multiple deadlines.
• Proven experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing external consultants.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with Oracle and Alteryx is a strong plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven track record of clear, actionable reporting and documentation.

Offices: United States

Insight to the working environment:

• Inclusive and supportive work environment. We promote sustainable engineering practices, well-being / healthy team dynamics, and value differences.
• Career development-- internal mobility, mentoring opportunities, and leadership development opportunities.
• Work on launching and expanding our protection products across global markets.
• Seize greenfield opportunities on a fast-growing team.
• Deliver on a strategic, multi-year platform roadmap and global rollout.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, data science, data engineering, and numerous platform teams within Airbnb.

A Typical Day:

• Build microservices, APIs to drive platform integrations across web and mobile platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build interfaces and systems that can evolve to meet critical business needs.
• Build our platforms--infrastructure, applications and tools, and gain expertise in distributed systems, large compute clusters and petabyte-scale storage infrastructure.
• Be part of an impactful team working on scaling distributed applications in a highly-available 24x7 environment, make architectural trade-offs applying design patterns and disciplined execution.

Your Expertise:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent practical experience.
• 9+ years industry experience.
• Prior real-word experience and demonstrable knowledge in any of Java, Kotlin, Relational Databases, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with AI development tools like Co-Pilot.
• Exposure to architectural patterns of high-scale web applications, such as well-designed APIs, data pipelines and efficient algorithms.
• Experience or desire to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams with design, product and data science partners.
• Experience with profiling, performance tuning, resiliency patterns and identifying bottlenecks in large-scale applications.
• Strong understanding of systems reliability, including observability, incident management, and building fault-tolerant services.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, mentor others, and drive engineering excellence across teams.

Offices: United States

The Difference You Will Make:

In the role of Principal, SOX Compliance, the successful candidate will be responsible for continued development of our compliance program for Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. You will support testing of key business process SOX controls in a rapidly changing and growing company and technology environment, as a leader in the Global Risk Financial Risk & Controls group. You will evaluate the design and effectiveness of SOX controls, provide guidance to process and control owners over controls, and lead coordination with other SOX stakeholders and external auditors.

The role requires a well-rounded controls focused professional with accounting, deep platform, accounting and operational expertise. Excellent communication, resource allocation and project management skills are critical, as well as the ability to influence across functions and various levels. The position reports to the Director, Financial Risk & Controls (SOX Program Leader) that rolls up to the Head of Global Risk and Internal Audit.

A Typical Day:

• Lead the annual scoping and risk assessment exercises and determine testing approach for financially relevant processes and controls
• Partner with the SOX Program leader to determine the annual testing plan
• Perform ongoing risk assessments to identify major changes in existing processes and controls and support the business in implementing changes to processes and controls
• Provide guidance to a team of external testing resources and direct management of internal testing resources
• Lead and execute design and operating effectiveness testing for both Platform and Non-Platform business processes as well as Entity Level Controls
• Support the testing team and perform detailed reviews over design and operating effectiveness testing
• Perform judgmental control deficiency evaluations to determine potential impacts and level of severity and lead conversations with the external auditors
• Evaluate changes made to business processes and provide best practice recommendations on controls
• Apply a new perspective on existing controls to recommend efficiencies in testing and evaluation approaches
• Support business partners in maintaining internal control documentation over key processes
• Support the quarterly 302 certification process

Your Expertise:

• B.A. or B.S. in Accounting or Finance or Management Information Systems or related field
• Minimum of 9+ years of experience, preferably with some years of external audit or consulting experience with publicly traded companies
• In depth understanding and experience with the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 404, COSO framework and PCAOB standards
• Deep Knowledge of platform technology marketplace environments including both 3rd party and home-grown systems
• Understanding of a service oriented platform architecture
• Experience with external auditor requirements and expectations
• Mission-driven, enthusiastic to learn and grow; team-oriented with a positive attitude and able to work in hyper-growth, fast paced environment
• Ability to work collaboratively with people at all levels of the organization, identify risks and anticipate questions, and provide actionable recommendations based on industry best practices and use influence to ensure execution
• Strong risk management experience, including: performing annual risk assessments, executing annual SOX control testing, and evaluating control deficiencies
• Role model for Airbnb core values

Offices: United States

The Difference You Will Make:

As a Senior Engineer on our seasoned team, you will be a crucial technical contributor on our most critical initiatives, often engaging with partners well outside of your direct team. You’ll contribute heavily to our flagship initiatives, and you’ll sometimes lead major projects with other engineers and functions, leveraging your skills and experience throughout the full software development lifecycle. Your ingenuity, technical expertise, and leadership abilities will serve as a force multiplier for your team and collaborators. You’ll help level up your team around you in technical and operational excellence, delivering on our short term commitments, while building momentum for the long term.

A Typical Day:

• Design solutions, write code
• Work side by side with your core team, deep in the weeds of the code for services your team owns and operates
• Mentor and inspire your teammates, especially those with less experience than you
• See, own, solve, and execute on your own new ideas that will enable us to build products that can more effectively adapt to the often amorphous world of tax

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years relevant experience as software engineer, with expertise in technologies such as React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Design Systems, etc.
• Able to contribute/operate down the stack as needed: Java, Thrift, Airflow, or similar technologies
• Experience designing, building, launching, and operating complex, user-facing software
• Ability to toggle between executing on company-defined priorities and self-defined goals
• Great at collaborating and influencing technical direction on aspects not directly within your control
• Able to communicate well with a wide variety of cross functional partners such as Legal, Customer Support, Experience Design, etc.
• Skilled at managing initiatives with ambiguous or rapidly shifting requirements
• Able to contribute to the enrichment of the general engineering culture of the wider organization
• Experience with Global Tax or related regulatory/compliance domains highly desirable

Offices: United States