Director of Tax

Job Description

Forvis Mazars Executive Search has exclusively partnered with a rapidly growing, private equity-backed organization with a national footprint and a complex, multi-entity operating structure. The company continues to expand through strategic acquisitions and organic growth, creating an opportunity for an experienced tax leader to build scalable processes and influence key business decisions.

This newly created position will serve as the organization’s first in-house tax leader, with responsibility for tax planning, compliance oversight, process improvement, and strategic initiatives across approximately 70 legal entities. Reporting to the Corporate Controller, the Director of Tax will partner closely with finance, operations, external tax advisors, and transaction teams in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the company’s tax function and serve as the primary subject-matter expert for federal, state, local, and other evolving tax matters.
• Coordinate tax compliance across partnerships, corporations, and pass-through entities, including oversight of the K-1 process and communication with equity holders.
• Manage external tax advisors and oversee multi-state sales, lodging, and other indirect tax compliance activities.
• Partner with finance and operations to standardize, automate, and improve tax-related processes, controls, policies, and documentation.
• Support acquisitions and expansion initiatives through tax diligence, deal-structure analysis, purchase-price allocation, integration planning, and ongoing tax-risk assessment.

This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic organization and make a meaningful impact. To learn more about this opportunity on a confidential basis, reach out to Bret Reyher at Forvis Mazars – Executive Search View email address on ziprecruiter.com