21 oct
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The Knot Worldwide
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Barcelona
21 oct
The Knot Worldwide
Barcelona
ABOUT US
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In more than ten countries around the world, The Knot Worldwide champions the power of celebration. Our global family of brands provide best-in-class products, services and content to take celebration planning from inspiration to action. At the core of our business is our industry-leading global online wedding Vendor Marketplace, connecting couples with local wedding professionals and a comprehensive suite of personalized wedding websites, planning tools, invitations, and registry services that make wedding planning easier for couples around the globe. Each year, we connect more than 4.5 million users with around 900,000 global small businesses through our Vendor Marketplace.
LIFE AT TKWW
At The Knot Worldwide, we believe in doing work that matters. Each year, we help millions of couples around the world celebrate life's most meaningful moments, while also helping hundreds of thousands of global small business owners get discovered and scale. Life here means working alongside a team that cares deeply, not just about the work you do, but about the life you live. We prioritize employee well-being and development through meaningful opportunities for growth, and we celebrate milestones and wins in a big way. After all, celebrations are what we do best.
About the Role & Team
We are seeking a Global Systems Compliance Lead to serve as the primary architect and guardian of our integral compliance and tax integrity. As we scale across 10+ countries—including the US, UK, EU, India, LATAM, and Canada—the complexity of our regulatory landscape is accelerating.
You will sit at the critical intersection of Finance, Tax,
Legal, Sales Operations, HR and IT, acting as the central authority for translating international mandates into robust system configurations. You will join a high-impact team dedicated to digital transformation, where your work will directly enable the company's ability to sell, bill, and report accurately on a global stage. This role offers a unique blend of high-level strategic ownership and technical execution, and is critical to regulatory and quality program security.
The position is mission-critical to ensure regulatory compliance, operational stability, and successful finance and HR systems transformation at scale. This is a mission-critical position, crucial for guaranteeing regulatory compliance, operational stability, and the successful, large-scale transformation of our enterprise systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the global "Product Owner" for the Vertex ecosystem, including O-Series (calculation), E-Invoicing, and Tax Compliance reporting.
- Drive the end-to-end localization of enterprise systems (ERP, CRM and HRIS) to ensure compliance with country-specific legal and regulatory nuances.
- Analyze complex global local regulations to convert them into clear, scalable technical requirements and system controls.
- Implement changes required by evolving global tax laws and the rapid expansion of digital e-invoicing mandates.
- Lead the multi-year transition of all global entities to Vertex Tax, managing country prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and rigorous UAT (User Acceptance Testing).
- Be a key member of the multi-year transition of all global entities to a new HRIS and CRM, ensuring the new systems comply with local laws. Partner with Revenue Ops and HR to embed compliance into the sales cycle (CPQ and Billing) and statutory Payroll and Labor reporting.
- Ensure all systems are "always-on" for audits across different jurisdictions, maintaining rigorous documentation of tax logic and integration workflows.
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for Internal Audit, External Auditors, and global Tax advisors.
- Gather "evidence of control" (e.g., screenshots of approvals, logs) to demonstrate compliance, and capture IT General Control (ITGC) requirements, translating these financial mandates into technical system configurations within Vertex and the ERP.
Experience & Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience enterprise systems within a complex, multi-national environment.
- Hands‐on experience with Vertex/Avalara and NetSuite is essential. Familiarity with major CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce) is highly preferred.
- Comprehensive understanding of international tax structures (VAT/GST), e‐invoicing technology, and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Proven ability to manage multi‐country projects simultaneously, with the analytical depth to solve complex data‐flow issues between enterprise systems.
- Ability to translate regulatory changes into practical system configurations.
- Demonstrated experience working alongside Finance and Audit teams to implement tec
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