About the Opportunity
Our client, a global leader in financial technology and trading, is seeking a Head of Global Tax to oversee and elevate the tax function for a highly complex, multi-entity organization. This executive role will lead tax compliance, tax accounting, and strategic tax planning activities, including high-value initiatives like M&A, restructurings, and financings—while partnering closely with senior leadership across the organization. The position sits in New York City and offers the chance to shape long-term tax strategy, risk management, and executive decision-making at the highest level.
The annual base salary range is $500,000 to $1,000,000. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things. Details about eligibility for bonus compensation (if applicable) will be finalized at the time of offer.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead all aspects of global tax compliance for a multi-entity, multi-jurisdictional organization, including both partnership and corporate structures
- Oversee the preparation, review, and timely filing of all federal, state, and local tax returns and related filings, maintaining disciplined execution and control
- Serve as the in-house technical expert on U.S. partnership taxation (allocations, basis, capital accounts) and corporate income tax
- Advise on complex structuring, legal-entity changes, ownership design, and multi-jurisdictional compliance requirements
- Drive all tax workstreams related to strategic transactions—M&A, financing, reorganizations—ensuring thorough tax due diligence, modeling, provision support, integration, and documentation
- Partner with executive and functional leaders (finance, legal, treasury, accounting, FP&A, corporate development) on transaction execution and risk assessment
- Manage relationships with external advisers and ensure the organization retains strong internal ownership of tax judgments and decisions
- Lead provision support, ASC 740 compliance, and financial statement tax disclosures
- Strengthen internal tax governance, process documentation, and control frameworks—improving audit readiness and regulatory compliance
- Mentor and develop internal tax staff, and define long-term strategy for the function’s operating model
- Communicate complex tax concepts and recommendations to senior leadership in a clear, actionable manner
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or related field; advanced credentials (CPA, MST, LLM) strongly preferred
- Minimum 15 years’ progressive tax experience, including in-house and public accounting roles with a focus on multi-entity structures and complex transactions
- Deep technical expertise in partnership and corporate tax, including review of federal and state returns, compliance, and structuring
- Demonstrated experience in tax due diligence, transaction support, legal-entity reorganizations, and special projects
- Proven ability to manage external advisors, compliance providers, and auditors
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to present technical tax issues to non-tax audiences
- Strong project management, execution discipline, and ability to thrive in a deadline-driven, collaborative environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in public companies, Up-C structures, financial services/capital markets, or highly regulated industries
- Familiarity with ASC 740, tax provision processes, and financial reporting
- Strong understanding of state tax, apportionment, and pass-through entity compliance
- Background in financing, entity optimization, and post-transaction integration
- Experience building tax processes, control environments, and internal governance in lean, high-ownership settings
