Tax Director

Description

Leidos is seeking a Tax Director to lead the company’s tax planning function and support strategic business initiatives. This role plays a key part in shaping tax strategy across mergers and acquisitions, global operations, and enterprise-wide initiatives.

About the Role

In this position, you will develop and implement tax strategies to minimize the company’s income tax rate and cash taxes, oversee certain international work-flows, and support one off transactions and other Leidos initiatives.

You will work closely with all levels of employees, management and outside consultants, including International Business Development, Procurement, Program Finance, Accounting and applicable business departments on various projects to drive well-informed, tax-efficient outcomes.

You are also expected to live within commuting distance to Reston - VA for onsite work several days per week.

What You’ll Do

• Support M&A transactions, coordinating thorough buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence

• Develop transaction "step decks" and financial models to illustrate impact of transactions on Leidos tax rate and cash taxes

• Collaborate with legal, financial teams and outside advisors to design tax efficient deal structures and one-off transactions

• Manage global transfer pricing process and foreign tax audits

• Advise Leidos business units and programs with respect to tax impact from a program and company wide perspective

• Engage with Leidos operational, legal and accounting teams to identify foreign tax requirements to assist with setting up new entities/branches and implement tax processes on a going forward basis

• Assist with research of various U.S. and foreign tax technical issues and document positions

• Monitor changes in US and foreign tax legislation

• Assist with other ad-hoc tax projects / deliverables

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Tax with a minimum of 15 years of corporate tax experience in either a public accounting firm or multinational company

• Deep expertise in U.S. corporate tax, preferably with a mix of both public accounting and multinational company experience

• Experience with aligning broader company objectives with tax strategy

• Knowledge of general accounting concepts, including debits, credits, journal entries, and ability to review and understand financial data

• Excellent analytic and strategic thinking skills

• Experience with US tax concepts and corporate tax compliance

• Ability to perform both US and foreign tax technical research and document conclusions

• Excellent communication, financial and economic analysis skills

• The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to work both independently and as part of a team, and be comfortable influencing decision making

• Must have the flexibility that a global company requires (e.g., be available for calls with people in other time zones, etc.)

• US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed

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Original Posting:

March 27, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $139,100.00 - $251,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit .

Pay and Benefits

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.