Principal, Global Tax Reporting

We are seeking a Global Tax Reporting leader to fully own Oura’s global income tax reporting function, including ASC 740 provision, ETR forecasting, SOX controls, audit readiness, and tax accounting support for strategic business initiatives. This role will be responsible for overseeing the quarterly and annual tax provision process under ASC 740, ensuring accurate and timely tax reporting across a complex corporate environment. You will serve as a key partner to Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Legal, and external advisors, helping the organization navigate technical tax matters while maintaining strong financial controls and compliance.

As a strategic leader within the Finance organization, you will drive improvements in tax reporting processes, strengthen internal controls, support audit activities, and provide insights into the company's effective tax rate and tax accounting implications of business initiatives. This is a highly visible role that combines technical expertise, cross-functional partnership, and operational excellence.

• Own the quarterly and annual global income tax provision process under ASC 740.
• Oversee current and deferred tax calculations, valuation allowance assessments, uncertain tax positions (FIN 48), and related financial statement disclosures.
• Manage the consolidation of worldwide tax provision information, including legal entity results, deferred tax rollforwards, tax account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Monitor and analyze the company's effective tax rate (ETR), including key drivers, discrete items, and forecasting impacts on future reporting periods.
• Own quarterly and annual global income tax reporting under ASC 740, including provision, disclosures, and related audit support.
• Lead tax forecasting and modeling, including ETR analysis, key drivers, discrete items, and impacts to future reporting periods.
• Partner with Finance leadership to improve visibility into tax impacts on forecasts, close results, and strategic planning decisions.
• Assess tax accounting implications of complex transactions, organizational changes, and strategic initiatives.
• Help manage tax risk through strong technical review, documentation, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external advisors.
• Support broader tax planning and strategy efforts by providing clear tax accounting and reporting perspectives on business decisions.

• Manage relationships with third-party tax consulting firms supporting the tax provision process.
• Establish deliverables, review workpapers and technical analyses, resolve complex tax accounting issues, and ensure timely completion of reporting requirements.
• Partner closely with Accounting, FP&A, Legal, Treasury, and business leaders to evaluate the tax accounting implications of transactions, organizational changes, and strategic initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance on tax-sensitive transactions and support documentation of tax accounting positions.

• Design, implement, document, and operate SOX-compliant controls across the tax reporting process.
• Strengthen review procedures, reconciliations, sign-offs, and supporting documentation to improve reporting quality and reduce risk.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing technical analyses, responding to auditor inquiries, and maintaining robust supporting documentation.
• Oversee provision-to-return analyses and ensure consistency between tax accounting positions and filed tax returns.
• Monitor tax attributes and coordinate with internal teams and external advisors to support compliance objectives.

• Identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and improve tax reporting processes.
• Enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of tax accounting operations.
• Strengthen internal controls and reduce risk through process optimization and documentation improvements.
• Manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Support Public Company Readiness

• Support Oura’s public-company reporting requirements through strong ASC 740 execution, disclosures, and technical documentation.
• Build sustainable tax reporting processes that can operate in a quarterly reporting environment with strong audit support and governance discipline.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA, Master of Taxation (MST), or Master of Accounting preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive corporate income tax experience, including significant ASC 740 tax accounting experience.
• Strong expertise in tax provision processes, deferred taxes, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions (FIN 48), and tax-related financial statement disclosures.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. federal and state income tax; international tax experience is a plus.
• Experience working in a multinational or complex corporate environment.
• Demonstrated success managing external advisors and leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Prior people leadership experience, including coaching, developing, and reviewing team members' work.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities with the capability to explain complex tax concepts to non-tax stakeholders.
• Highly detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities and meet critical reporting deadlines.
• Experience supporting public-company reporting or IPO readiness.
• Demonstrated success building or upgrading tax reporting processes and controls in a scaling or high-growth environment.
• Ability to operate strategically and executionally in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with multinational complexity.

• Opportunity to lead a critical function with significant visibility across the organization.
• Partner directly with senior Finance leadership on strategic tax and reporting matters.
• Gain direct exposure to executive leadership, external auditors, and tax advisors, serving as a key stakeholder across the organization.
• Drive process transformation and modernization within the tax function.
• Help shape and enhance the company’s tax reporting infrastructure as the organization continues to scale.
• Gain broad exposure across tax provision, forecasting, planning support, internal controls, and cross-functional finance initiatives.
• Work in a collaborative, high-performing environment where your expertise will directly influence business outcomes.
• Help build scalable processes and controls to support the company's continued growth.

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
• 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• Paid sick leave and parental leave

Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• Region 1 $200,600 - $236,000
• Region 2 $182,750 - $215,000
• Region 3 $165,900 - $194,000 

A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.