M&A Tax Director

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage tax workstreams for acquisitions, mergers, acqui-hires, asset and stock purchases, corporate reorganizations, financing transactions, and minority investments.
• Conduct tax due diligence, identify and quantify risks, and analyze deal structuring.
• Partner with Corporate Development on deal pipeline evaluation and early-stage tax input for go/no-go decisions and deal economics.
• Draft and review tax provisions in purchase agreements, merger agreements, and ancillary transaction documents.
• Support post-acquisition tax integration, including entity rationalization, intercompany restructuring, and tax attribute analysis.
• Advise on tax considerations for data center investments, build-to-suit arrangements, leases, and related infrastructure transactions.
• Coordinate on incentives, credits, and indirect tax matters.
• Advise on tax structuring for joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and REIT-related investment structures.
• Build and maintain transaction tax playbooks, due diligence checklists, and internal processes.
• Coordinate handoff of closed transactions to tax compliance and provision teams, including documentation of structures, elections, tax attributes, and reporting positions.
• Prepare technical tax memoranda documenting transactions, material tax positions, and risk assessments.

Requirements

• JD or CPA.
• M&A and transactional tax experience from a large law firm, Big 4 M&A tax practice, or in-house transactions tax team.
• Strong expertise in federal and state tax rules governing corporate transactions, including Section 338, Section 368 reorganizations, and asset and stock acquisitions.
• Experience leading tax due diligence and quantifying transaction-related tax exposures.
• Experience drafting and negotiating tax provisions in M&A transaction documents.
• Experience supporting post-acquisition tax integration, entity rationalization, and intercompany restructuring.

Nice-to-haves

• 7–10 years of tax experience with significant M&A and transactional tax exposure.
• LL.M. in Taxation or MST.
• General tax advisory experience, including commercial contracts, operational matters, and cross-functional questions.
• Experience with joint ventures, partnerships, minority investments, revenue-sharing arrangements, and financing transactions.
• REIT experience, including REIT qualification and REIT joint venture structures.
• Experience with data center acquisitions, infrastructure transactions, or real estate tax matters.
• Tax experience at a high-growth technology company.
• Knowledge of state and local tax implications of transactions.
• Experience with equity compensation tax issues in acquisitions and acqui-hires.
• Exposure to international tax aspects of cross-border acquisitions.
• Exceptional communication skills and comfort translating complex tax issues into actionable guidance.
• Comfort with ambiguity and building processes from scratch in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual salary range: $230,000–$300,000 USD.
• Visa sponsorship may be available.
• Staff are currently expected to work from an office at least 25% of the time, with some roles requiring more office time.