Director, Worldwide Tax

Accountabilities

• • Lead the worldwide tax function, covering U.S. federal, state and local, international, transfer pricing, and indirect tax matters.

  • Develop and execute global tax strategies addressing cash taxes, effective tax rate, tax risk, compliance, and business objectives.

  • Serve as a senior tax advisor to the CFO and finance leadership on strategic decisions, transactions, and material tax matters.

  • Monitor global tax developments and assess their implications for businesses, legal entities, cash flows, and financial statements.

  • Partner closely with Accounting, Treasury, Legal, Corporate Development, and international finance teams.

  • Lead, develop, and mentor the internal tax team while managing relationships with external tax advisors worldwide.

  • Direct international tax planning and compliance, including legal entity structuring, restructuring, entity rationalization, and cross-border tax matters.

  • Oversee U.S. international tax requirements, including foreign tax credits, E&P, GILTI, FDII, and related provisions.

  • Manage worldwide transfer pricing strategy, documentation, intercompany arrangements, and compliance.

  • Lead tax activities associated with acquisitions and strategic transactions, including tax due diligence, transaction structuring, modeling, risk assessment, and integration.

  • Oversee global income tax provision and tax accounting under U.S. GAAP, along with federal, state, local, and international income tax compliance.

  • Manage cash-tax forecasting and global indirect tax matters, including sales and use tax and VAT/GST.

  • Lead U.S. federal and state tax audits and oversee international tax audits, inquiries, and related risk-management activities.

  • Research complex tax issues, document conclusions, and communicate clear recommendations and business implications to senior management.

  • Maintain effective tax policies, documentation, processes, and internal controls.

  • Build a scalable, technology-enabled tax function by identifying opportunities to apply AI, automation, analytics, and improved data processes to tax research, compliance, forecasting, reconciliations, reporting, and planning.

  • Continuously evaluate existing processes and identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve the efficiency and quality of tax operations.

  • Requirements

  • • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field.

    • CPA strongly preferred; an MST or other relevant advanced degree is an advantage.

    • 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 requirements.

    • Experience with multinational organizations, global transfer pricing, intercompany arrangements, and cross-border transactions.

    • Strong understanding of ASC 740 and the tax implications for U.S. GAAP financial statements.

    • Experience with state and local income taxes and indirect taxation.

    • M&A tax due diligence, transaction structuring, and post-acquisition integration experience is strongly preferred.

    • Public accounting experience, particularly with a Big Four or national accounting firm, is preferred.

    • Experience within software, SaaS, technology, or another multinational corporate environment is advantageous.

    • Advanced Excel and financial analysis capabilities.

    • Familiarity with CCH Axcess / ProSystem fx Tax, Sage Intacct, or comparable tax and ERP platforms is a plus.

    • Experience applying AI, automation, analytics, or emerging technology within tax or finance is highly valued.

    • Strong strategic thinking combined with the willingness to work hands-on with complex technical matters.

    • Demonstrated ownership, accountability, initiative, intellectual curiosity, analytical ability, and independent judgment.

    • Ability to translate complex tax matters into clear business implications and recommendations for senior executives.

    • Proven people leadership skills, including developing talent and building effective relationships across functions and geographies.

    • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial, and acquisition-oriented environment.

    • Strong communication, organization, interpersonal, research, and problem-solving skills.

    • High standards of integrity, confidentiality, accuracy, and attention to detail.

    • Benefits

    • • Senior leadership opportunity within a global, growing technology organization.

      • Opportunity to shape worldwide tax strategy and lead a broad international tax function.

      • Direct exposure to CFO-level and senior finance leadership.

      • Significant involvement in international tax planning, M&A, cross-border structuring, and global business initiatives.

      • Leadership responsibility for an internal tax team and relationships with external tax advisors.

      • Opportunity to modernize tax operations through AI, automation, analytics, and technology-enabled processes.

      • Remote work arrangement based in India.

      • Professional growth opportunities within an acquisition-oriented and entrepreneurial environment.

      • Compensation and additional benefits are determined based on the role, location, qualifications, and employment package.