Head of Tax

About the Company: 

Our client is a high-frequency trading firm hiring a Head of Tax to join the Legal & Compliance team.

Responsibilities: 

• Drive efficient tax planning for the firm’s global business lines and trading in all markets and across varied financial products
• Provide guidance on a wide variety of US and foreign tax matters
• Manage and maintain relationships with external tax advisors
• Evaluate the need for any restructuring projects to ensure long term tax efficiency across the firm’s organization, developing consensus on which projects to pursue, and driving them to successful completion
• Being closely involved with partnership allocations and understanding / maneuvering through partner level tax planning and consequences
• Evaluating and ensuring maintenance of efficient architecture for global tax transfer pricing regimes and intellectual property
• Ensuring adherence with global information sharing via FATCA, CRS, FBAR and other similar filings
• Oversee global tax compliance for permanent establishment issues and other responsibilities of the firm worldwide
• Present on a regular basis to senior management and the firm’s partners on a variety of issues that affect the partnership

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 8-10 years of accounting and tax experience
• Experience with a mix if public accounting and hedge fund/financial services accounting
• CPA or JD required
• Ability to distill complex issues and analyses into simple explanations

Salary Range: 

$250,000-$350,000

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