Canva

Computer Software

SeniorTaxSystemsEngineer

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Tax Systems Engineer at Canva. Skills: Owning Canva’s global tax technology ecosystem, leading the architecture, implementation across platforms including Avalara, Vertex, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE, and Fonoa, Designing and maintaining reliable, scalable integrations between Canva’s tax platforms and the broader finance ecosystem including NetSuite, Zuora, Snowflake, and other critical business systems, Driving automation and AI-enabled workflows across the tax technology landscape, Desig”

What You'll Achieve.

improve compliance; reduce manual effort; strengthen operational efficiency

Industry & Context.

Computer Software
Problems you'll solve

identifying opportunities to simplify complex workflows

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience owning and operating enterprise tax systems such as Avalara, Vertex, Thomson Reuters OITC/OTP, or Fonoa within a global SaaS or high-growth technology environment, API integration experience across REST/SOAP services, hands-on experience with Workato or similar iPaaS tooling, solid SQL capability, SOX/ITGC controls, audit support, evidence management, change governance practices across enterprise systems

Nice to Have

Python experience for ETL or automation workflows is highly regarded, successfully delivered automation or AI-driven initiatives within finance, compliance, or tax systems environments, understanding of global indirect tax obligations including VAT/GST, US sales tax, digital services taxes, marketplace facilitator rules, and e-invoicing ecosystems such as PEPPOL

What You'll Do.

Owning Canva’s global tax technology ecosystem

leading the architecture

implementation across platforms including Avalara

Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE

Designing and maintaining reliable

scalable integrations between Canva’s tax platforms and the broader finance ecosystem including NetSuite

and other critical business systems

Driving automation and AI-enabled workflows across the tax technology landscape to improve compliance

and strengthen operational efficiency

Designing and maintaining SOX/ITGC controls

supporting audit readiness

and ensuring robust governance across all tax systems and integrations

Partnering closely with Tax

Technical Program Managers

and external vendors to shape Canva’s long-term tax systems roadmap

Leading sandbox strategy

release orchestration

and platform change management across quarterly release cycles

Building scalable documentation

and operational processes that empower Canva’s Finance teams to work confidently and effectively

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering closely with Tax, Accounting, Engineering, Technical Program Managers, and external vendors; collaboration is key to success

Communication Scope

translating technical complexity into clear, actionable insights for Finance, Tax, and leadership stakeholders

Process & Methodology

release orchestration, platform change management, sandbox strategy, regression testing

Full Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point. Where and how you can work Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals. What you’d be doing in this role As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve. At the moment, this role is focused on: * Owning Canva’s global tax technology ecosystem, l eading the architecture, implementation across platforms including Avalara, Vertex, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE, and Fonoa. * Designing and maintaining reliable, scalable integrations between Canva’s tax platforms and the broader finance ecosystem including NetSuite, Zuora, Snowflake, and other critical business systems. * Driving automation and AI-enabled workflows across the tax technology landscape to improve compliance, reduce manual effort, and strengthen operational efficiency. * Designing and maintaining SOX/ITGC controls, supporting audit readiness, and ensuring robust governance across all tax systems and integrations. * Partnering closely with Tax, Accounting, Engineering, Technical Program Managers, and external vendors to shape Canva’s long-term tax systems roadmap. * Leading sandbox strategy, release orchestration, regression testing, and platform change management across quarterly release cycles. * Building scalable documentation, runbooks, and operational processes that empower Canva’s Finance teams to work confidently and effectively. You're

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