Director, Business Tax

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The Director, Business Tax is a senior leader within The Friedkin Group’s Tax organization, responsible for setting and executing the business tax strategy across the company’s large operating businesses and pass-through entities. This role owns end-to-end tax planning, compliance, and advisory for S corporations and operating partnerships with complex, multi-state footprints, where complexity is driven by scale, transactions, and strategic activity rather than volume alone.

Serving as the primary business tax authority and advisor to senior business leaders and shareholders, you will influence decisions across operations, Finance, and the Family Office. You will partner closely with Tax leadership to shape the direction of the business tax function, ensuring it evolves alongside the organization’s growth and investment activity.

As part of a collaborative family office environment, you will drive a globally informed, shareholder-focused approach to tax planning, structuring, and reporting—balancing technical rigor with practical, business-minded solutions. This role provides leadership over people, process, and strategy, with accountability for optimizing tax outcomes while maintaining compliance and governance excellence.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university required
• Master’s Degree preferred
• 10+ years of experience, including significant public accounting experience and progressive responsibility in business tax
• Deep technical expertise in federal business tax, with a strong command of S-corporation and partnership taxation (allocations, basis, distributions) and working knowledge of SALT implications for operating businesses
• Demonstrated experience in strategic business structuring and transaction planning
• Strong capabilities in research, modeling, and forecasting to support executive decision-making
• Proven ability to analyze and communicate complex tax matters to non-tax stakeholders with clarity and confidence
• Strategic, proactive leader with strong attention to detail and sound judgment
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to influence across business units and functions
• Track record of identifying and implementing process improvements and scalable solutions
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of the job, the associate is required on a daily basis to analyze and interpret data, communicate, and remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the work day and frequently access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices.

The associate is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The associate must frequently move up to 10 pounds and occasionally move up to 25 pounds.

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