Director of Tax

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Director of Tax leads the firm’s US and non-US tax function, with end-to-end responsibility for tax compliance, strategy, and risk management across all domestic and foreign jurisdictions in which the firm operates. This position owns timely compliance with federal, state, local, and non-US requirements for partnership income, sales/use, payroll, property, and value-added taxes, together with required business registrations and permits.

This position directs the firm’s international tax strategy, including cross-border structuring, transfer pricing, treaty matters, foreign entity and branch taxation, and tax matters across the jurisdictions in which the firm operates, and identifies, leads, and implements planning activities to optimize the firm’s overall tax position, including partner-related tax matters. The Director determines the appropriate structure, staffing, and priorities of the tax team and oversees the technology and processes supporting tax compliance and reporting.

• Oversees the preparation of work papers supporting US and non-US tax filings prepared by internal staff and outside tax advisors; reviews material federal, state, local, and foreign partnership returns and partner Schedule K-1 reporting prior to filing.
• Leads the firm’s partner tax function, including partner tax reporting, estimated tax and tax distribution processes, multistate and international partner tax matters, composite and pass-through entity tax elections, nonresident and foreign partner withholding, and responses to partner tax inquiries. Coordinates with partners and their personal tax advisors as appropriate.
• Advises on the tax implications of partner admissions, lateral hires, retirements, withdrawals, transfers and changes in partner status, including matters involving partner capital, compensation and profit allocations, cross-border partner moves, and other changes affecting the taxation of the firm or its partners.
• Oversees the firm’s multistate tax compliance and planning for the partnership and its partners, including nexus, state apportionment and sourcing, composite and pass-through entity tax (PTET) elections and payments, and nonresident partner withholding.
• Manages federal, state, local, and non-US tax examinations, notices, and controversy matters, including the development of audit strategy, and oversees voluntary disclosures and related filings.
• Leads and develops the firm’s tax team, including organization design, staffing, goal setting, performance management, professional development, succession planning, and allocation of responsibilities; recommends and implements the appropriate team structure, hires and develops staff, and manages the engagement, scope, and budget of outside tax advisors.
• Oversees the firm’s tax accounting and entity-level taxes, and supports forecasting of the firm’s tax cash flows and partner tax distributions and estimates, and other partnership tax obligations.
• Develops and implements policy for the taxation of globally mobile partners and personnel, including expatriate and inpatriate arrangements, coordinating with Benefits and Payroll.
• Researches and consults with internal stakeholders and outside advisors on the effective use of tax treaties and entity structuring to minimize US and foreign income taxes and worldwide tax burdens on the firm’s operations and cross-border engagements; manages US foreign tax credit utilization.
• Identifies, researches and evaluates tax planning and strategic opportunities, and advises the CFO, COO, Executive Committee, and partners on the tax implications of firm decisions and transactions.
• Leads tax technology, data, governance and process…