# Senior Director, Global Tax Planning & Controversy

**Company**: Block
**Location**: Bay Area, CA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $251,600-$377,400 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Block is looking for a Senior Director, Global Tax Planning and Controversy. Reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer, you will lead Block's global tax planning, international tax, transfer pricing strategy, M&A and investment tax activities, U.S. federal and state income tax planning, and direct tax controversy agenda and significant tax examinations and disputes.

You will help shape Block's global legal-entity, financing, IP, and operating structures, and translate complex tax concepts into practical business solutions. This is a highly visible, hands-on role requiring exceptional technical judgment, commercial awareness, and executive presence.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and execute Block's global tax planning strategies in alignment with business objectives, financial priorities, and risk tolerance.

- Lead international tax planning related to Block's global operations, including cross-border legal-entity structures, intellectual-property arrangements, intercompany transactions, financing, capital deployment, cash repatriation, and operating-model changes.

- Own U.S. federal and state income tax planning, including consolidated return matters, financing transactions, the preservation and use of tax attributes, nexus and apportionment planning, sourcing positions, filing methodology and entity structure.

- Analyze tax considerations for new product launches, product modifications, and new market entry or expansion efforts.

- Monitor U.S. and international legislative, regulatory, administrative, judicial, and policy developments.

- Lead the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border acquisitions, dispositions, investments, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, reorganizations, and other corporate transactions.

- Partner with Corporate Development and Legal in negotiating transactions.

- Own Block's direct tax controversy strategy across federal, state, local, and foreign income tax examinations.

- Serve as a senior representative of Block in interactions with U.S. and foreign tax authorities.

- Partner cross-functionally with Tax Reporting & Compliance, Legal, Corporate Development, Treasury, Accounting, FP&A, Product, People, Government Relations, and business leadership.

Requirements:

- 15+ years of multinational corporate income tax experience spanning complex global tax planning, M&A, and tax controversy.

- In-house tax experience at a publicly traded multinational, advising senior executives and cross-functional partners on material tax matters.

- Deep U.S. international tax expertise: cross-border tax, foreign tax credits, treaties, withholding, permanent establishment, cross-border financing, and transfer pricing.

- Deep U.S. federal corporate tax knowledge: Subchapter C, consolidated returns, reorganizations, financing transactions, and attribute limitation rules.

Benefits:

- Remote work

- Medical insurance

- Flexible time off

- Retirement savings plans

- Modern family planning

## Skills

### Required
- U.S. international tax
- transfer pricing
- cross-border tax
- foreign tax credits
- tax treaties
- withholding taxes
- permanent establishment
- Subchapter C
- consolidated returns
- reorganizations
- financing transactions

### Nice to have
- Big Four accounting firm experience
- MS in Taxation
- JD/LLM in Taxation
- CPA
- background in technology
- payments
- fintech
- digital assets

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