Senior Manager, US Indirect Tax Controversy

About the Team

The Tax Controversy team serves DoorDash by producing excellent controversy outcomes, providing timely and accurate information on material risks to the business, and improving the tax team with actionable feedback from audits. As DoorDash's business has grown across the United States and the world, so have its tax audits and appeals.

You will report to the leader of the US Indirect Tax Controversy function and work alongside a Manager who manages audits and an Associate Manager who owns the team's data and analytics. You will engage with partners across Tax Compliance, Accounting, Tax Tech, and Planning. You will be able to work remotely, based within the US, with limited travel for team events, offsites, and select audit meetings.

About the Role

This role is responsible for the execution of DoorDash's portfolio of US indirect tax audits — sales and use tax, gross receipts taxes, property taxes, and business license taxes. You will own how that work gets done: the audit management process, the reporting that tells the tax department where we stand, and the cross-functional channels that supply the facts, data, and documents our audits depend on.

This role requires judgement. Our audits can turn on unsettled questions. You will direct the methods, the positions, and the evaluation criteria for defending these matters, on facts that are frequently incomplete and in jurisdictions that frequently disagree. You will act independently on new and unusual matters, direct the work of others on the team without carrying people-management responsibility, and carry a select portfolio of audits yourself.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

Own execution across the full US indirect tax audit portfolio. Direct how each sales and use tax, gross receipts tax, property tax, and business license audit is staffed — and personally manage a select set of audits so you stay close to the work.

Make the portfolio legible. Design and sustain the trackers, cadences, and metrics that turn dozens of concurrent audits into a clear picture of exposure by issue, aging, status, and outcomes — putting AI and analytics tooling to work alongside the team’s analytics Associate Manager and the Tax Tech team.

Build the network that audits run on. Build strong, cross-functional channels across Tax Compliance, Tax Tech, Accounting, Planning, and Operations to quickly secure the data and facts essential to audit defense.

Resolve controversies. Set defense strategy, negotiate with state and local auditors, and bring matters to resolution — escalating with a clear recommendation when the exposure or the issue warrants it.

Surface the issues that change decisions elsewhere. Identify high-impact audit issues early — those affecting current planning, carrying significant value, or drawing senior visibility — and get them to your manager with the analysis needed to act.

Be a senior voice on the team. Mentor a Manager and an Associate Manager, review their work, set the standard for audit craft, and build your own command of DoorDash's tax positions across tax types and jurisdictions.

We're excited about you because…

You have 8+ years of professional experience in state and local tax audits, controversy, or compliance, gained in a Big 4 or consulting firm indirect tax practice, a state or local revenue agency, or an in-house corporate tax function with a meaningful indirect tax operation.

You have managed audits end to end with state and local auditors, including information document requests, sampling methodologies, workpaper negotiation, and settlement discussions.