Interim Tax Director

Private Equity backed Professionals Services firm with a growing domestic and international footprint is looking for an Interim Director of Tax to lead the global tax function, oversee external tax advisors, and serve as a partner to the business, working closely with finance leadership, the firm's partners, and the PE sponsor. This is expected to be a 6-12 month engagement with the opportunity to convert to permanent employment.

• Own and continuously improve the firm's tax strategy, controls, and processes across its US and international obligations.
• Lead and develop the tax team, setting priorities across a recurring monthly, quarterly, and annual compliance cycle.
• Own the tax filing calendar and payment calendar, maintain the tax payment sheets, and coordinate payments for all tax filings.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for all tax matters, translating technical issues into clear guidance for the CFO, partners, and the PE sponsor.
• Maintain and scale the operating model as the firm grows organically and through acquisition.

• Prepare and review US federal and state income tax work papers, along with income tax work papers for international jurisdictions.
• Prepare and review the partner listing and standing that supports the K-1 process, and coordinate federal and state extensions.
• Prepare and review the tax provision work papers and the return-to-provision (RTP) schedule.
• Prepare and review work papers supporting US and international financial statement audits.
• Coordinate information gathering and preparation of quarterly estimates, including sales apportionment schedules by project and by location, and work papers for state gross receipts taxes.

• Prepare and review sales and use tax accruals and international indirect tax accruals (for example, GST and VAT), along with the supporting work papers.
• Prepare and review other SALT work papers, including personal property tax, excise tax, and sales tax.
• Prepare reports for business license renewals, and maintain resale and exemption certificates, the listing of tax , and W-9s.
• Maintain the payments sheet and coordinate payments across jurisdictions.

• Prepare transfer pricing reports supporting the firm's international returns.
• Coordinate with the external tax advisor on the official transfer pricing reports and the financial analysis supporting management fee charge-outs.

• Direct the external tax advisor across the full compliance cycle, including preparation and e-filing of federal, state, local, and international income tax returns, estimated payments, extensions, withholding and composite returns, and the K-1s.
• Review returns and other deliverables prepared by the external tax advisor for accuracy and consistency with the supporting work papers, bringing enough technical depth to challenge and refine the work rather than accept it passively.
• Oversee the external tax advisor's partnership tax work with sufficient understanding to review it, including Section 704(c) roll forwards, the Section 704(b) tax distribution waterfall and income and loss allocations, disguised sale analysis, Section 743(b) step-up and Section 755 allocations, Section 751 hot asset analysis, Section 752 liability allocations, and redemption and recapitalization analysis.
• Oversee the external tax advisor's international tax work, including foreign earnings and profits, Subpart F, GILTI, BEAT, FDII, foreign tax credits, and the related federal international forms (1118, 5471, 5713, and 8858).
• Oversee the external tax advisor's federal and state depreciation calculations, business personal property renditions…