Overview
A global IT hardware retirement provider serving hyperscaler and enterprise clients is seeking a senior tax professional to join their finance team on a fractional basis. The organization operates a nationwide footprint with an international partner network, providing end-to-end IT asset disposition services focused on data-bearing devices. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, with additional operations near Sacramento, Dallas, and Boston, the company offers IT Asset Disposition, Certified Destruction, and Responsible Recycling solutions.
This role reports to the Global Controller and involves ownership of tax strategy, compliance oversight, and coordination with external advisors. It is an operator role rather than a preparer role, managing a complex multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction structure including an international Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) component.
- Fully remote position
- Approximately 10 hours per week base retainer with additional hours during peak filing periods (Q1, year-end)
Responsibilities
Domestic Tax Operations
- Manage and own the compliance calendar across all entities and jurisdictions to ensure deadlines are met
- Oversee estimated tax payments and extension filings across multiple state and federal jurisdictions
- Act as primary liaison to the external accounting firm, managing day-to-day relationship and review processes
- Review partnership K-1 packages and entity-level returns prior to company sign-off
International / CFC Compliance
- Coordinate all European CFC compliance internally
- Ensure timely delivery of U.S. federal reporting obligations related to international subsidiaries
- Provide CFO-level insights into international tax exposure, elections, and planning considerations
- Manage intercompany tax relationships, identifying transfer pricing or structural issues requiring advisor attention
- Collaborate with local tax teams on VAT and other indirect tax filings, highlighting cross-border implications for U.S. tax considerations
Strategic Tax Advisory
- Support outside counsel and financial advisors on M&A tax structuring, providing internal context and coordinating diligence inputs
- Advise on entity structure optimization as the organization scales
- Monitor legislative changes affecting state and local taxes (SALT), pass-through entities, and international tax
- Partner with the CFO on annual tax planning and distribution strategy
Qualifications
- Minimum 8 years of tax experience, ideally including time at a Big 4 or large international firm and in-house experience at a private equity-backed company
- Expertise with multi-entity pass-through entities including LLCs, partnerships, K-1s, and state composite returns
- Strong knowledge of multi-state nexus and SALT compliance across multiple jurisdictions
- Excellent project management skills with a proven ability to manage compliance calendars and meet deadlines
- Self-starter who operates independently, owns workstreams, and proactively surfaces issues
- CPA certification required
Equal Employment Opportunity
The employer is an equal opportunity organization and does not discriminate based on race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion, national origin, ancestry, nationality, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status under applicable law, except where a bona fide occupational qualification applies.
Location
- Fully remote; work from any location