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Head of Tax roles in the U.S. qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B visa, requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in accounting, taxation, or a related field. Employers file a Labor Condition Application before sponsoring, and international candidates with CPA credentials or cross-border tax experience are well-positioned for sponsorship.
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Geotab ® is a global leader in IoT and connected transportation and certified "Great Place to Work™." We are a company of diverse and talented individuals who work together to help businesses grow and succeed, and increase the safety and sustainability of our communities.
Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets. Geotab's open platform and Geotab Marketplace ®, offering hundreds of third-party solution options, allows both small and large businesses to automate operations by integrating vehicle data with their other data assets. Processing billions of data points a day, Geotab leverages data analytics and machine learning to improve productivity, optimize fleets through the reduction of fuel consumption, enhance driver safety and achieve strong compliance to regulatory changes.
Our team is growing and we're looking for people who follow their passion, think differently and want to make an impact. Ours is a fast paced, ever changing environment. Geotabbers accept that challenge and are willing to take on new tasks and activities - ones that may not always be described in the initial job description. Join us for a fulfilling career with opportunities to innovate, great benefits, and our fun and inclusive work culture. Reach your full potential with Geotab. To see what it's like to be a Geotabber, check out our blog and follow us @InsideGeotab on Instagram.
Who you are:
We are always looking for amazing talent who can contribute to our growth and deliver results! Geotab is seeking a Head of Tax & Asset Compliance who will own the solution domain that helps North American fleets meet their tax and asset compliance obligations while protecting profitability. If you love technology, and are keen to join an industry leader — we would love to hear from you!
What you'll do:
As a Head of Tax & Asset Compliance your key area of responsibility will be turning Geotab's telematics data into compliance outcomes (automated evidence, filings, and monitoring) that minimize compliance violations, fines, downtime, and administrative burden. You will need to work closely with the Tech Dev Board, Heads of Platform Domain, Heads of Segment Domain, peer Heads of Solution Domain, cross-functional domain teams (product managers, designers, product engineers), and external fleet customers.
To be successful in this role you will be a strategic leader with deep customer empathy, high adaptability, change readiness, and strong stakeholder management and communication skills. In addition, the successful candidate will have P&L literacy, commercial instinct, expertise in defining and tracking product KPIs, and the ability to operate at the intersection of business strategy, customer experience, and technical execution.
How you'll make an impact:
- Product Strategy & Vision: Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the domain, driving build/buy/partner decisions and evaluating emerging customer needs to strengthen market differentiation.
- Business & Metric Ownership: Accountable for primary business KPAs (e.g., submission success rates, violations avoided) and driving adoption of compliance workflows.
- Customer Value Delivery: Serve fleet operators, compliance managers, and asset owners as primary customers, defining and measuring experience metrics (adoption, time-to-value, NPS).
- Cross-Segment Alignment: Partner with Heads of Segment Domain to ensure tax and asset compliance capabilities are packaged and positioned effectively for key market segments.
- Feedback Loops & Experience Quality: Establish strong feedback loops with customers, sales, and support to resolve product gaps while owning UX quality standards across all domain surfaces.
- People Leadership & Coaching: Provide mentoring, career development, and performance management to cross-functional teams, identifying and coaching high-potential, next-generation leaders.
- Culture & Capacity Management: Foster a high-trust, high-accountability team culture focused on customer obsession and rapid iteration while managing team capacity across discovery and delivery.
- Financial Stewardship & Investment: Own the domain investment portfolio, leading annual planning for budget, headcount, and OKRs while balancing growth, quality, and capability bets.
- Executive & Board Reporting: Translate board-level direction into execution plans and regularly report on domain outcomes, revenue contributions, and delivery health to executive leadership.
- Cross-Domain & Platform Collaboration: Partner with Heads of Platform Domain to leverage shared infrastructure/APIs and coordinate with peer solution domains to eliminate duplication.
- Community & Strategic Leadership: Participate in practitioner communities (Engineering, Product, Design) and lead board-appointed, cross-functional initiatives across domains.
- Organizational Strategic Alignment: Support company-wide strategic initiatives, including AI workflow adoption, security posture, accessibility, and compliance programs.
What you'll bring to this role:
- 10+ years of experience in product management, product engineering, or related customer-facing product roles.
- 5+ years of senior product and people leadership with cross-functional scope and direct accountability for customer-facing business outcomes.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent combination of education and work experience).
- Strong product leadership capability with demonstrated ability to define and execute customer-facing product strategy tied to measurable business outcomes, with P&L literacy and revenue attribution.
- Cross-functional leadership experience managing teams across product management, product design, and product engineering disciplines, with proven capability in identifying and coaching high-potential leaders.
- Excellent stakeholder management, change readiness, and communication skills to effectively collaborate with platform teams, segment leads, and executive leadership in evolving organizational structures.
- Familiarity with modern product discovery, validation practices, and engineering practices (CI/CD, cloud-native delivery, agile), alongside the ability to redesign domain workflows around AI to compress effort.
If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this role! Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply.
Please note: Geotab does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Geotab employees.
Why job seekers choose Geotab:
- Flex working arrangements
- Baby bonus & parental leave top up program
- Online learning and networking opportunities
- Electric vehicle purchase incentive program
- Competitive medical and dental benefits
- Retirement savings program
The above are offered to full-time permanent employees only
How we work:
At Geotab, we have adopted a flexible hybrid working model in that we have systems, functions, programs and policies in place to support both in-person and virtual work. However, you are welcomed and encouraged to come into our beautiful, safe, clean offices as often as you like. When working from home, you are required to have a reliable internet connection with at least 50mb DL/10mb UL. Virtual work is supported with cloud-based applications, collaboration tools and asynchronous working. The health and safety of employees are a top priority. We encourage work-life balance and keep the Geotab culture going strong with online social events, chat rooms and gatherings. Join us and help reshape the future of technology!
Geotab verifies candidates' eligibility to work in the United States through E-Verify, an internet-based system operated by U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services.
Other employment statements:
Geotab will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.
We are committed to accommodating people with disabilities during the recruitment and assessment processes and when people are hired. We will ensure the accessibility needs of employees with disabilities are taken into account as part of performance management, career development, training and redeployment processes. If you require accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information about our diversity and inclusion as well as accommodation policies and practices, please contact us at careers@geotab.com. Geotab provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Geotab complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Geotab expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Geotab's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge. If you would like more information about our EEO program or wish to file a complaint, please contact our EEO officer, Klaus Boeckers at HRCompliance@geotab.com. For more details, view a copy of the EEOC's Know Your Rights poster. By submitting a job application to Geotab Inc. or its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, "Geotab"), you acknowledge Geotab's collection, use and disclosure of your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Click here to read our Privacy Notice.
Who we are:
Geotab ® is a global leader in IoT and connected transportation and certified "Great Place to Work™." We are a company of diverse and talented individuals who work together to help businesses grow and succeed, and increase the safety and sustainability of our communities.
Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets. Geotab's open platform and Geotab Marketplace ®, offering hundreds of third-party solution options, allows both small and large businesses to automate operations by integrating vehicle data with their other data assets. Processing billions of data points a day, Geotab leverages data analytics and machine learning to improve productivity, optimize fleets through the reduction of fuel consumption, enhance driver safety and achieve strong compliance to regulatory changes.
Our team is growing and we're looking for people who follow their passion, think differently and want to make an impact. Ours is a fast paced, ever changing environment. Geotabbers accept that challenge and are willing to take on new tasks and activities - ones that may not always be described in the initial job description. Join us for a fulfilling career with opportunities to innovate, great benefits, and our fun and inclusive work culture. Reach your full potential with Geotab. To see what it's like to be a Geotabber, check out our blog and follow us @InsideGeotab on Instagram.
Who you are:
We are always looking for amazing talent who can contribute to our growth and deliver results! Geotab is seeking a Head of Tax & Asset Compliance who will own the solution domain that helps North American fleets meet their tax and asset compliance obligations while protecting profitability. If you love technology, and are keen to join an industry leader — we would love to hear from you!
What you'll do:
As a Head of Tax & Asset Compliance your key area of responsibility will be turning Geotab's telematics data into compliance outcomes (automated evidence, filings, and monitoring) that minimize compliance violations, fines, downtime, and administrative burden. You will need to work closely with the Tech Dev Board, Heads of Platform Domain, Heads of Segment Domain, peer Heads of Solution Domain, cross-functional domain teams (product managers, designers, product engineers), and external fleet customers.
To be successful in this role you will be a strategic leader with deep customer empathy, high adaptability, change readiness, and strong stakeholder management and communication skills. In addition, the successful candidate will have P&L literacy, commercial instinct, expertise in defining and tracking product KPIs, and the ability to operate at the intersection of business strategy, customer experience, and technical execution.
How you'll make an impact:
- Product Strategy & Vision: Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the domain, driving build/buy/partner decisions and evaluating emerging customer needs to strengthen market differentiation.
- Business & Metric Ownership: Accountable for primary business KPAs (e.g., submission success rates, violations avoided) and driving adoption of compliance workflows.
- Customer Value Delivery: Serve fleet operators, compliance managers, and asset owners as primary customers, defining and measuring experience metrics (adoption, time-to-value, NPS).
- Cross-Segment Alignment: Partner with Heads of Segment Domain to ensure tax and asset compliance capabilities are packaged and positioned effectively for key market segments.
- Feedback Loops & Experience Quality: Establish strong feedback loops with customers, sales, and support to resolve product gaps while owning UX quality standards across all domain surfaces.
- People Leadership & Coaching: Provide mentoring, career development, and performance management to cross-functional teams, identifying and coaching high-potential, next-generation leaders.
- Culture & Capacity Management: Foster a high-trust, high-accountability team culture focused on customer obsession and rapid iteration while managing team capacity across discovery and delivery.
- Financial Stewardship & Investment: Own the domain investment portfolio, leading annual planning for budget, headcount, and OKRs while balancing growth, quality, and capability bets.
- Executive & Board Reporting: Translate board-level direction into execution plans and regularly report on domain outcomes, revenue contributions, and delivery health to executive leadership.
- Cross-Domain & Platform Collaboration: Partner with Heads of Platform Domain to leverage shared infrastructure/APIs and coordinate with peer solution domains to eliminate duplication.
- Community & Strategic Leadership: Participate in practitioner communities (Engineering, Product, Design) and lead board-appointed, cross-functional initiatives across domains.
- Organizational Strategic Alignment: Support company-wide strategic initiatives, including AI workflow adoption, security posture, accessibility, and compliance programs.
What you'll bring to this role:
- 10+ years of experience in product management, product engineering, or related customer-facing product roles.
- 5+ years of senior product and people leadership with cross-functional scope and direct accountability for customer-facing business outcomes.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent combination of education and work experience).
- Strong product leadership capability with demonstrated ability to define and execute customer-facing product strategy tied to measurable business outcomes, with P&L literacy and revenue attribution.
- Cross-functional leadership experience managing teams across product management, product design, and product engineering disciplines, with proven capability in identifying and coaching high-potential leaders.
- Excellent stakeholder management, change readiness, and communication skills to effectively collaborate with platform teams, segment leads, and executive leadership in evolving organizational structures.
- Familiarity with modern product discovery, validation practices, and engineering practices (CI/CD, cloud-native delivery, agile), alongside the ability to redesign domain workflows around AI to compress effort.
If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this role! Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply.
Please note: Geotab does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Geotab employees.
Why job seekers choose Geotab:
- Flex working arrangements
- Baby bonus & parental leave top up program
- Online learning and networking opportunities
- Electric vehicle purchase incentive program
- Competitive medical and dental benefits
- Retirement savings program
The above are offered to full-time permanent employees only
How we work:
At Geotab, we have adopted a flexible hybrid working model in that we have systems, functions, programs and policies in place to support both in-person and virtual work. However, you are welcomed and encouraged to come into our beautiful, safe, clean offices as often as you like. When working from home, you are required to have a reliable internet connection with at least 50mb DL/10mb UL. Virtual work is supported with cloud-based applications, collaboration tools and asynchronous working. The health and safety of employees are a top priority. We encourage work-life balance and keep the Geotab culture going strong with online social events, chat rooms and gatherings. Join us and help reshape the future of technology!
Geotab verifies candidates' eligibility to work in the United States through E-Verify, an internet-based system operated by U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services.
Other employment statements:
Geotab will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.
We are committed to accommodating people with disabilities during the recruitment and assessment processes and when people are hired. We will ensure the accessibility needs of employees with disabilities are taken into account as part of performance management, career development, training and redeployment processes. If you require accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information about our diversity and inclusion as well as accommodation policies and practices, please contact us at careers@geotab.com. Geotab provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Geotab complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Geotab expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Geotab's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge. If you would like more information about our EEO program or wish to file a complaint, please contact our EEO officer, Klaus Boeckers at HRCompliance@geotab.com. For more details, view a copy of the EEOC's Know Your Rights poster. By submitting a job application to Geotab Inc. or its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, "Geotab"), you acknowledge Geotab's collection, use and disclosure of your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Click here to read our Privacy Notice.
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Frame your credentials around U.S. tax specializations
Head of Tax roles demand demonstrated expertise in U.S. federal and state tax compliance, transfer pricing, or ASC 740. Translate your international credentials into those frameworks explicitly on your resume so hiring managers and USCIS adjudicators both see a direct degree-to-role connection.
Verify your prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your location and role. Run the OFLC Wage Search using the tax manager or financial manager occupation category before you reach offer stage so you aren't caught off guard.
Target companies with active international tax functions
Multinationals with cross-border transfer pricing needs or foreign subsidiaries file H-1B petitions for Head of Tax roles far more consistently than domestic-only firms. Focus your search on publicly traded companies and large private equity-backed businesses that require consolidated global tax reporting.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified sponsoring employers
Filter your job search to employers with confirmed LCA filing history in tax and finance leadership. Migrate Mate shows verified sponsorship data by employer and role, so you spend your time on companies that have already navigated the process for similar positions.
Anticipate the specialty occupation RFE for senior tax roles
USCIS sometimes issues Requests for Evidence for senior tax positions, questioning whether the role truly requires a specific degree. Ask your prospective employer to document that the position mandates a bachelor's or higher in accounting or taxation, not just any business degree, before the petition is filed.
Plan your PERM timeline if you want a green card path
Head of Tax roles typically qualify under EB-2, but PERM labor certification requires the employer to run a recruitment process first. Start that conversation with your employer early in your H-1B period, since PERM alone can take six to twelve months before the I-140 petition is even filed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Head of Tax role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes. Head of Tax roles require at least a bachelor's degree in accounting, taxation, finance, or a closely related field, which satisfies the specialty occupation definition. USCIS looks at both the job duties and the degree requirement. Roles that oversee ASC 740, transfer pricing, or international tax compliance are strong candidates because the technical depth makes the degree requirement clear and defensible.
Which visa types are realistic for a Head of Tax candidate?
H-1B is the most common path and requires employer sponsorship plus an annual lottery. Australian citizens can pursue the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and renews indefinitely. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under TN visa if the role maps to an accountant classification on the USMCA list. For candidates already in the U.S. on OPT, the H-1B cap-gap rule can bridge the gap between OPT expiry and H-1B activation.
Do employers commonly sponsor Head of Tax roles, and how do I find them?
Sponsorship is common among multinationals, Big Four and mid-tier accounting firms, financial services companies, and large private equity-backed businesses with cross-border tax obligations. These employers file LCAs regularly for senior tax positions. Migrate Mate lists employers with verified LCA filing history in tax and finance leadership, so you can focus your applications where sponsorship is already established.
Does a CPA license affect my H-1B or green card eligibility as a Head of Tax candidate?
A U.S. CPA strengthens your petition by reinforcing the specialty occupation argument and demonstrating equivalency to U.S. professional standards. It isn't strictly required for H-1B approval, but USCIS gives weight to professional licensure when evaluating whether a role demands a specific body of knowledge. For EB-2 green card filings, a CPA can also support an exceptional ability claim if you're pursuing that subcategory.
What degree does USCIS expect for a sponsored Head of Tax position?
USCIS expects a bachelor's degree or higher in accounting, taxation, finance, or a directly related field. A general business degree may draw an RFE if the job description doesn't clearly require field-specific knowledge. Degrees in law with a tax specialization, or master's-level qualifications in taxation, are well-received. O*NET classifies tax manager roles in the highest job zone, reinforcing the advanced degree expectation adjudicators use as a benchmark.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Head of Tax jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.