Tax Director

BioLife Solutions is repeatedly named one of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, a list curated by Seattle Business Magazine. We welcome you to apply to join our dynamic, high-energy team. Here you will find a performance-based, family-oriented environment where authentic communication and treating colleagues with respect are required. Our employees receive a competitive benefits package, which includes generous company stock awards and a 401k matching program.

BioLife Solutions is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of class-defining cell and gene therapy bioproduction tools and services. Our solutions facilitate basic and applied research and commercialization of new therapies by maintaining the health of biologic source material and finished products during manufacturing, storage, and distribution. Our solutions offer commercial companies and clinical researchers significant improvement in shelf life and post-preservation viability and function of biologic materials. Our tools portfolio includes our proprietary, serum-free and protein-free, fully defined CryoStor® freeze media and HypoThermosol® shipping and storage media, ThawSTAR® family of automated, water-free thawing products, evo® cold chain management system, and Custom Biogenic Systems high-capacity storage freezers. Services include SciSafe biologic and pharmaceutical materials storage. For more information, please visit: www.biolifesolutions.com.

General Summary and Purpose:

The Tax Director position will drive the construction and maintenance of robust tax infrastructure in a multi-entity, multi-currency large accelerated SEC filer. This position is core to ensuring the company’s compliance with domestic and international tax laws. This role will lead our tax and compliance activities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain efficient and effective tax compliance processes to optimize resource utilization and ensure both accurate and promptly filed returns
• Create and maintain tax compliance internal policies and documentation
• Assist in the preparation and review of federal, state, and international tax returns in collaboration with the Company’s external tax consulting firms
• Manage and review the Company’s annual and quarterly tax provision in collaboration with the Company’s external tax consulting firm
• Support and complete Nexus studies and associated compliance and registrations with sales, use, B&O and income tax filings
• Monitor impact of changes in tax law on the company's compliance obligations and document analysis of technical accounting on tax issues
• Coordinate with external tax experts regarding R&D tax credit studies
• Coordinate with external tax experts on tax compliance in foreign jurisdictions, including transfer pricing studies

• Manage tax audits, including responding to requests for information in a timely and accurate manner, preparing responses to proposed adjustments, resolving tax disputes, and bringing audits to efficient and favorable conclusions
• Coordinate with third party insurance brokers to provide policy information to various stakeholders both internally and externally
• Oversee preparation of insurance applications annually

• Assist payroll team with 401K audit
• Complete organization requests for business applications, government surveys and vendor requirements

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reporting Relationships:

This position reports to the Chief Financial Officer

Job Requirements:

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, while maintaining a high level of organization
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with team members across the business
• Ability to streamline functions and passion to learn and grow
• Comfort dealing with ambiguity and the ability to work independently
• Team player with a great attitude
• Ability to work well with others in a fast paced, dynamic environment

Job Specifications:

Required Experience

• Bachelor or Associates Degree with commensurable experience in Accounting or Finance
• CPA required
• 8+ years of professional experience with at least 2 years of experience in a similar role
• Deep tax and compliance expertis
• Proficient with Microsoft Office – Outlook, Excel, Word
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Preferred Experience
• Public company experience in a similar role
• Experience with Avalara and NetSuite 

BioLife Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. 

BioLife Solutions provides a substance-free workplace, and all offers of employment will be contingent on opiate drug test and background check.

The US base salary range for this position at full-time is $140,811 - $232,306  per year.  

Our salary ranges are determined by position, level, location, and market competitive benchmarks.  Individual pay within a level is determined by work location (including geographic pay zone region), job related skills, experience, education, and training. 

The BioLife Solutions total rewards program includes, but is not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401K with generous match, life and disability insurance as well as time off programs of Vacation and Sick time.  Additionally, we believe in our team members sharing the success of our business and therefore we provide stock equity grants as a part of our total rewards package.