Tax Director, Provision & Compliance

Responsibilities

• Own quarterly and annual worldwide income tax provision, including current and deferred computations, effective tax rate reconciliations, deferred tax inventory, valuation allowances, stock-based compensation, uncertain tax positions, and return-to-provision true-ups.
• Manage tax journal entries, account reconciliations, income tax footnotes and disclosures, workpapers, and SOX controls; manage the financial statement audit relationship with Big Four auditors.
• Coordinate international provision activities with internal teams and outside advisors while improving close speed and quality.
• Manage US federal and state income tax compliance, including returns, estimated payments, extensions, elections, disclosures, and the compliance calendar.
• Own cash tax forecasting and support tax notices, examinations, and audit defense.
• Drive automation and tax technology adoption, including AI tooling.
• Lead tax purchase price allocation workpapers, tax diligence, transaction structuring, and integration for acquisitions.
• Analyze data center and compute infrastructure arrangements, leases, sale-leasebacks, build-out cost recovery, financing structures, debt-versus-equity characterization, warrants, and joint ventures.
• Prepare technical memos and model cash tax and effective tax rate consequences for proposed transactions.
• Mentor tax team members, build the function, and manage outside advisors, budgets, and relationships.

Requirements

• Substantial corporate tax experience in multinational software and technology companies, combining Big Four public accounting and in-house tax department experience.
• Full ownership of the ASC 740 provision cycle, including deferred taxes, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, disclosures, SOX controls, and auditor management.
• Experience managing US federal and state income tax compliance programs and co-sourced Big Four arrangements.
• Hands-on experience with complex M&A transactions, tax purchase price allocations, ASC 805 opening balance sheet accounting, diligence, and structuring.
• Ability to write clear technical memos and communicate tax issues to non-tax stakeholders.
• CPA required; Master's in Taxation or LLM preferred.
• Experience with infrastructure transactions, financing structures, equity instruments, or pre-IPO/public-company reporting is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Compensation

• Annual salary: $230,000–$300,000 USD.