XScale M&A and Tax Structuring Senior Manager

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.

A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future.

A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact. You’ll work across teams, influence key decisions, and help shape the path forward. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

The xScale M&A and Tax Structuring Senior Manager will support the tax structuring workstream for new xScale joint ventures, acquisitions, financings, monetizations, and other strategic transactions. The role works cross functionally and with external advisors to translate complex tax requirements into practical transaction steps and operating models. The successful candidate combines strong technical judgment with hands‑on execution, project management, and clear stakeholder communication.

• Support the tax structuring workstream for new global xScale joint ventures, acquisitions, real estate transactions, financings, refinancings, restructurings, and monetizations, including design, implementation and ongoing maintenance of existing structures
• Analyze legal entity structures, ownership and funding arrangements, asset and business flows, related‑party transactions, and exit alternatives
• Develop and maintain transaction tax step plans, structure diagrams, tax models, issue lists, and decision materials
• Drive coordination with internal stakeholders and external advisors to implement approved structures accurately and on schedule
• Identify tax risks, planning opportunities, dependencies, and practical implementation constraints, and elevate material matters to Tax leadership

• Assess transaction structures and operating arrangements for U.S. federal income tax and REIT implications
• Coordinate technical research and documentation for significant tax positions, including memoranda and advisor opinions

• Coordinate international tax analysis across relevant jurisdictions, including corporate income tax, withholding tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, and other local tax considerations
• Work with local advisors to evaluate tax leakage, cash repatriation, financing, governance, and regulatory constraints
• Monitor tax law developments that may affect existing xScale structures and recommend appropriate actions

• Lead the tax workstream for vendor due diligence on monetization projects
• Review transaction documents from a tax perspective, including joint venture, acquisition, financing, services, development, lease, and related agreements
• Coordinate tax inputs to transaction documents and closing deliverables, working closely with Legal and external counsel
• Maintain clear records of key decisions, assumptions, open items, approvals, and post‑closing obligations

• Serve as a day‑to‑day tax partner for cross‑functional transaction teams and provide clear, timely, and practical guidance
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, prioritize activity based on risk and transaction milestones, and communicate status and decisions to senior stakeholders
• Support investor discussions and lead responses to tax questions