Tax Director

Job Description

A growing, acquisitive organization is seeking its first Director of Tax to build and lead an in-house tax function. This is a highly visible, hands-on opportunity with significant exposure to M&A, tax structuring, partnership taxation, corporate tax, and senior leadership.

The Director will take ownership of the tax function, gradually bringing greater capability in-house while developing the processes and team needed to support continued growth. This is an opportunity to build rather than simply inherit a tax function. The successful candidate will have significant influence over how tax is structured as the business grows, with particularly strong exposure to transactions, M&A structuring, partnership tax, and integration.

Key Responsibilities

• M&A & Tax Structuring: Lead tax diligence, transaction structuring, modeling, and post-acquisition tax integration for an active acquisition pipeline.
• Partnership Tax: Manage complex partnership matters including allocations, capital accounts, K-1s, tax distributions, rollover equity, and profits interests.
• Corporate Tax: Oversee federal and multi-state compliance and manage the ASC 740 provision for corporate entities.
• Tax Planning: Provide guidance around cash taxes, effective tax rate, R&D-related matters, incentives, and other strategic tax opportunities.
• Tax Risk & Compliance: Establish scalable processes and controls to support a growing multi-entity organization.
• Leadership: Manage external tax advisors and existing internal resources while building out the tax function over time.
• Partner closely with Finance, Accounting, Legal, and executive leadership on transactions and broader business initiatives.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of progressive tax experience combining public accounting and in-house experience.
• Strong M&A tax diligence and structuring experience, ideally within a highly acquisitive or private equity-backed environment.
• Deep partnership tax expertise, including allocations, capital accounts, K-1s, distributions, and equity-related matters.
• Hands-on ASC 740 provision experience.
• Strong federal and multi-state corporate income tax knowledge.
• CPA, JD, or LL.M. in Taxation preferred.
• Comfortable building processes and infrastructure rather than stepping into an already mature tax department.
• Strong communication skills and ability to operate effectively with senior leadership and external advisors.