Tax Director

Overview

This role leads the organization’s worldwide tax function, reporting directly to the CFO. Responsibilities span U.S. federal and state/local tax, international tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, tax accounting under U.S. GAAP, M&A tax support, legal entity structuring, and global compliance.

The director will lead a team of four tax professionals and manage relationships with Big Four firms and other tax advisors globally. The position is highly visible and requires both strategic tax leadership and strong execution across a complex, global organization.

The organization also prioritizes modern technology use in tax operations, including AI, automation, and data analytics, to improve speed, scalability, and quality—while maintaining appropriate controls and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

Global Tax Strategy & Leadership

• Lead the worldwide tax function, including U.S. federal, state and local, international, transfer pricing, and indirect taxes.
• Develop and execute tax strategies to manage global cash taxes, effective tax rate, tax risk, and compliance.
• Serve as principal tax advisor to the CFO and Finance leadership on significant business decisions and transactions.
• Monitor global tax developments and assess impacts on businesses, legal entities, cash flows, and financial statements.
• Partner with Accounting, Treasury, Legal, Corporate Development, and international finance teams.
• Lead, develop, and mentor the internal tax team; manage external tax advisors worldwide.

International Tax & Structuring

• Lead international tax planning and compliance across global operations.
• Manage and optimize worldwide legal entity and tax structure, including restructuring and entity rationalization.
• Manage U.S. international tax matters, including foreign tax credits, E&P, GILTI, FDII, and other applicable cross-border provisions.
• Oversee global transfer pricing strategy, documentation, intercompany arrangements, and compliance.
• Manage tax requirements across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other international jurisdictions.

M&A

• Serve as the tax lead for acquisitions and other strategic transactions.
• Lead tax due diligence, transaction structuring, modeling, and assessment of tax risks and opportunities.
• Partner with Corporate Development, Legal, Finance, and outside advisors to design tax-efficient transaction structures.
• Lead tax integration of acquired businesses, including legal entities, transfer pricing, indirect taxes, compliance, tax attributes, and reporting.

Tax Accounting, Compliance & Indirect Tax

• Oversee the global income tax provision and related tax accounting under U.S. GAAP.
• Manage federal, state, local, and international income tax compliance, including returns, estimated payments, elections, and information reporting.
• Develop and maintain reliable cash-tax forecasts for Finance and Treasury leadership.
• Lead global indirect tax matters, including U.S. sales and use tax and international VAT/GST.
• Evaluate nexus and other jurisdictional requirements; ensure registrations and compliance.
• Coordinate with external tax firms to ensure high-quality, timely, and cost-effective service delivery.

Tax Audits & Risk Management

• Lead U.S. federal and state tax audits; oversee international tax audits and inquiries.
• Identify material tax risks and develop strategies to address and mitigate risks.
• Research complex tax issues, document conclusions, and communicate recommendations and business implications to senior management.
• Maintain effective tax policies, documentation, processes, and internal controls.

AI, Automation & Tax Transformation

• Build a modern, technology-enabled global tax function that scales with organizational growth.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI, automation, and data analytics to tax research, compliance, forecasting, reconciliations, reporting, and planning.
• Use AI-enabled tools to improve speed and quality of tax analysis while maintaining appropriate review, confidentiality, and controls.
• Partner with Finance and technology teams to improve access to tax data and reduce manual processes.
• Continuously challenge existing processes to simplify, automate, and improve how the tax organization operates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field.
• CPA strongly preferred; MST or other relevant advanced degree is a plus.
• 8+ years of progressive tax experience, including significant U.S. corporate and international tax experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of U.S. federal and international taxation, including GILTI, FDII, foreign tax credits, E&P, and related reporting.
• Experience with multinational businesses, global transfer pricing, intercompany arrangements, and cross-border transactions.
• Strong understanding of ASC 740 and the tax impacts on U.S. GAAP financial statements.
• Experience with state and local income taxes and indirect taxes.
• M&A tax due diligence, structuring, and integration experience strongly preferred.
• Public accounting experience, particularly with a Big Four or national accounting firm, preferred.
• Software, SaaS, technology, or other multinational corporate experience preferred.
• Advanced Excel and financial analysis skills.
• Experience with CCH Axcess / ProSystem fx Tax, Sage Intacct, or similar tax and ERP platforms is a plus.
• Experience using AI, automation, analytics, or emerging technology within tax or finance is highly valued.

Preferred Qualifications

• M&A tax due diligence, structuring, and integration experience.
• Public accounting experience with a Big Four or national accounting firm.
• Experience in software/SaaS/technology or other multinational corporate environments.

Compensation & Benefits

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Location

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