Tax Director, Provision & Compliance

About the job

Responsibilities

• Manage the quarterly and annual worldwide income tax provision, including current and deferred computations, effective tax rate reconciliation, deferred tax asset valuation allowance assessments, stock-based compensation, uncertain tax positions, and return-to-provision adjustments.
• Oversee tax journal entries, account reconciliations, income tax footnote disclosures, and supporting workpapers and SOX controls, while managing the financial statement audit relationship with external auditors.
• Coordinate international tax provision components with internal teams and external advisors, and drive improvements in close speed and quality.
• Manage the US federal and state income tax compliance program, including returns, estimated payments, extensions, elections, disclosures, and the compliance calendar, in collaboration with co-sourced providers.
• Own cash tax forecasting and support tax authority notices, examinations, and audit defense.
• Drive automation and adoption of tax technology, including AI tooling, across provision and compliance processes.
• Manage tax purchase price allocation workpapers for acquisitions, including characterization, ASC 805 opening balance sheet deferred taxes, goodwill analysis, and reconciliation to the tax basis balance sheet.
• Analyze data center and compute infrastructure arrangements, including lease classification, sale-leasebacks, Section 467 rent schedules, build-out cost recovery, and associated financing structures.
• Prepare and review technical memos documenting tax positions for auditors and leadership, and model the tax consequences of proposed structures for internal stakeholders.
• Mentor and develop tax team members and contribute to building the tax function.
• Manage external advisors for opinions, studies, and valuations, and oversee associated budgets and relationships.

Requirements

• Substantial experience managing a corporate tax function in the multinational software and technology industry, with hands-on experience in income tax provision and compliance.
• Proven experience running the full ASC 740 provision cycle at a multinational company, including deferred taxes, valuation allowance judgments, uncertain tax positions, footnote and disclosures, SOX controls, and auditor management.
• Experience managing a US federal and state income tax compliance program at scale, including co-sourced arrangements.
• Familiarity and hands-on experience with complex M&A transactions, including tax purchase price allocations, ASC 805 opening balance sheet accounting, diligence, and structuring.
• Experience with infrastructure leases, build-outs, and associated financing arrangements is preferred.
• Ability to write clear, well-organized technical memos and explain complex tax issues to non-tax professionals.
• CPA required; Master's in Taxation or LLM is a plus.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous situations and proactively develop documentation and positions.
• Familiarity with data center or similar capital-intensive infrastructure transactions is preferred.
• Experience analyzing warrants, convertible instruments, or other equity components in commercial agreements, and debt-equity analysis is preferred.
• Pre-IPO readiness or public company reporting experience is preferred.
• Interest in applying AI tools to tax workflows is preferred.