# Tax Director, Tax Counsel

**Company**: OpenAI
**Location**: San Francisco, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $347K - $385K
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186

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## Description

OpenAI's Tax and Trade team plays a crucial role in the company's global growth, navigating complex tax, trade, and regulatory regimes.

We're seeking a Tax Director to advise on OpenAI's global tax strategy and support the company's continued international expansion.

Responsibilities:

- Support tax aspects of strategic transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, divestitures, and post-close integration.

- Advise on international tax planning and global operating model design.

- Serve as a core tax business partner for global expansion initiatives.

- Advise Product, Legal, Finance, and commercial teams on tax considerations.

- Evaluate international tax considerations arising from global business activity.

- Monitor US and international tax law and policy developments.

- Advise on tax aspects of financing and treasury initiatives.

- Manage external advisors and coordinate internal stakeholders.

- Build scalable frameworks, playbooks, and processes.

- Communicate complex tax issues clearly to non-tax stakeholders.

Requirements:

- A J.D. and strong academic credentials.

- 12+ years of progressive international tax experience.

- Strong foundation in complex domestic and cross-border M&A.

- Extensive experience advising on cross-border commercial arrangements.

- Deep technical expertise in US international tax.

- Strong understanding of transfer pricing principles.

- Experience with Pillar Two and global tax policy developments.

- Proven ability to distill complex tax concepts into clear recommendations.

- Exceptional judgment, presence, and communication skills.

We offer a salary of $347K - $385K, a hybrid work model, and relocation assistance.

## Skills

### Required
- International tax
- Cross-border tax planning
- Global operating model design
- Transfer pricing
- US international tax
- Pillar Two

### Nice to have
- LL.M. in Taxation
- Experience with law firms
- In-house experience at a high-growth multinational business

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