Head of Tax

A great UHY client is seeking a Head of Tax
. The ideal candidate will have extensive corporate and international tax experience, strong tax risk and governance expertise, and the ability to partner with senior Finance and business leaders across a multi-jurisdictional organization.

The Head of Tax role is a hybrid position. This is a direct hire position.

• Serve as the primary regional point of contact for tax matters across the Americas.
• Partner with corporate Finance and Tax leadership to implement tax strategy, policies, and governance frameworks.
• Provide analysis and recommendations on regional tax matters, risks, opportunities, and business decisions.
• Escalate, document, and monitor material tax issues affecting the region.
• Coordinate and oversee international and state and local tax compliance activities across the Americas.
• Manage relationships with regional CFOs, local Finance teams, tax professionals, and external advisors.
• Monitor changes in tax legislation and assess their impact on the business.
• Identify and assess tax risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Lead tax audits and controversies, including coordinating responses and communicating potential exposure and resolution strategies.
• Support tax risk reporting, tax provisions, and related financial reporting activities.
• Support the application of transfer pricing policies and coordinate local documentation and audit defense.
• Provide tax guidance on cross-border transactions, restructurings, and intercompany arrangements.
• Partner with Finance leadership to ensure tax impacts are appropriately reflected in the effective tax rate, cash taxes, provisions, budgets, and forecasts.
• Provide tax analysis for financial planning, investments, M&A, business expansion, and other strategic initiatives.
• Serve as a tax business partner to regional operations and commercial teams.
• Support M&A and other strategic projects from a tax perspective.
• Provide tax input on cross-functional business initiatives and major decisions.
• Maintain strong communication with corporate Tax and Finance leadership regarding regional tax developments and priorities.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field.
• CPA or other recognized tax professional qualification required.
• Ten or more years of corporate tax experience.
• Significant international tax experience, including exposure to U.S. and Canadian tax.
• Strong experience with tax risk management, tax governance, and multi-jurisdictional tax environments.
• Knowledge of U.S. international tax concepts, including FDII, GILTI, and IRC Section 163(j).
• Familiarity with U.S. State and Local Tax matters.
• Experience partnering with corporate headquarters and serving as a trusted regional tax advisor.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow as they relate to tax.
• Solid understanding of financial statements and tax accounting, including IFRS.
• Ability to translate complex tax matters into clear financial and business implications for senior leadership.
• Strong analytical, strategic, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with Finance, Tax, and business stakeholders.
• Experience working with external tax advisors and managing complex tax matters across multiple jurisdictions.

UHY Advisors' Resource Solutions Group provides clients with accomplished professionals to support finance, accounting, internal audit and tax teams. Whether it is permanent placement, project work, loaned staff support or business process outsourcing–we are ready to meet your needs.

Our team has extensive experience with a wide range of clients from middle market, closely held organizations to large Fortune 500 companies. We focus on finance and accounting, internal audit, IT audit and tax. We offer direct, personal involvement from senior practitioners and strive to meet clients' needs rapidly.