Global Tax Lead

The role

The Global Tax Lead will own and scale the corporate tax compliance function. This person will manage income tax compliance, tax accounting support, forecasting, risk mitigation, and tax process improvements.

What you will do

• Stand up the corporate tax function across the multi-entity consolidated group
• Establish tax policies, documentation, controls, and procedures
• Develop the multi-year tax operating roadmap
• Lead U.S. federal and state corporate income tax compliance
• Manage California mandatory combined reporting and multi-state nexus exposure
• Oversee indirect tax compliance including sales and use and gross receipts
• Oversee property tax compliance across data center and equipment footprint
• Own quarterly and annual income tax provision work under U.S. GAAP and ASC 740
• Partner with external auditors and the Corporate Accounting team
• Support technical accounting workstreams for acquisitions and future M&A

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 8+ years of progressive corporate tax experience
• Mix of Big 4 public accounting and in-house experience
• Strong technical command of U.S. federal and state corporate income tax compliance
• Working knowledge of California combined reporting and multi-state apportionment
• Demonstrated experience with ASC 740, tax provisions, deferred tax accounting, and effective tax rate analysis
• Hands-on experience with M&A tax
• Comfort with technical accounting demands of an infrastructure or cloud business
• Track record of partnering with Accounting, Finance, Legal, FP&A, auditors, and external advisors
• Experience with tax provision and compliance tools such as OneSource, Corptax, or similar
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Nice to have

• CPA or MST
• Experience standing up or significantly rebuilding a tax function
• Start-up, post-merger integration, or carve-out experience
• Prior experience at a high-growth AI, cloud, infrastructure, or other capex-intensive technology company
• Exposure to GPU financing, vendor financing, or other complex capital structures
• Experience supporting a first-year audit or significant compliance remediation
• Multi-state intercompany pricing experience across a multi-entity U.S. group
• Property tax experience in a capex-heavy environment

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Meaningful Equity (RSUs)
• 401(k) matching (U.S.) and pension contributions (U.K.)
• Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and floating holidays
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• Annual learning and development allowance
• Wellness and work-from-home stipends
• Four weeks of paid sabbatical leave after four years of service
• Flexible schedules and a hybrid work model
• Complimentary meals in office hubs

About the company

Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning. They build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems.