Vice President of Tax

The VP of Global Tax role is responsible for developing and implementing global tax strategies, ensuring compliance with international and domestic tax laws, managing global tax reporting and audits, optimizing the company's tax position, and leading a global tax team. This role requires deep technical expertise in tax law, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to collaborate across departments and with external advisors to minimize tax risk and maximize financial performance.

The ideal candidate will provide guidance and support to ensure the integrity and operational effectiveness of the tax function and position the tax department as a key resource for others throughout the Company. The VP of Global Tax works closely with Senior Management and Business Leaders in the development of tax planning initiatives and the identification of potential tax issues and recommends solutions to ensure key tax objectives are met and are appropriately aligned with operational concerns.

The candidate should be highly motivated, a strategic thinker, and possess strong analytic, organizational, and project management skills. position will report directly to the CEO and will manage a team of 6 members between the US and India.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Global Tax function and manage internal and external tax-related relationships.

• Leads tax planning and compliance for international subsidiaries and joint ventures.

• Manage all planning and compliance for global tax compliance, including income tax, indirect taxation (sales tax, property tax, VAT), QOZ, and GAAP tax provisions.

• Strong knowledge in US partnership and international income taxation (UK, EU countries, India).

• Develop and implement tax strategies to align with business goals, minimize tax liabilities, and optimize the company's global tax position.

• Monitors and manages the company’s international tax structure, tax treaties, intercompany transactions, Pillar II reporting, and transfer pricing policies.

• Identify and mitigate tax-related risks and manage interactions with tax authorities and external auditors.

• Work with executive leadership, finance, legal, and other internal teams to provide tax guidance on business decisions, mergers, and acquisitions.

• Lead the design, deployment, and continuous enhancement of the Group’s global tax governance framework, embedding tax considerations into enterprise risk management, operational excellence, and business planning processes.

• Proactively identify international tax and TP risk exposures and mitigation strategies. Leverage regulatory insights to develop opportunities for tax efficiency, operational simplification, and value creation across jurisdictions.

• Lead the development and implementation of tax-efficient structures and policies, balancing risk, compliance, and commercial outcomes.

• Partner with internal and external teams on all M&A activity, including due diligence and post-acquisition integration efforts and related tax planning

• Monitor global tax developments, translate complex regulatory changes into strategic insights for the Group, and drive proactive response strategies to evolving international tax environments.

• Supports the planning for the department including headcount, budgeting, training, and systems requirements.

• Participates in the selection, development, performance appraisal, merit recommendation, and promotion of staff.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Accounting or Tax.

• CPA license required.

• Minimum 20 years of progressive tax experience with a Big 4 public accounting firm and/or large multinational company with exposure to and experience with Pillar II, transfer pricing, international, federal, state and local taxation, review of corporate Federal and State tax returns, management of outsourced compliance process.

• Superior critical thinking, technical and tax accounting/technology skills.

• Outstanding leadership, training, coaching and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to clearly convey relevant information to a broad spectrum of audiences.

• Willingness to…