Director, Global Tax Operations, Reporting & Compliance

Block•Bay Area, CA, United States of America, CA

2h•$198,000 - $297,000

About The Position

Block is seeking a tax leader to oversee consolidated ASC 740 reporting, effective tax rate forecasting, income tax disclosures, SOX controls, and U.S. federal and state income tax compliance. The role partners with International Tax, Tax Planning & Controversy, Accounting, Financial Reporting, Treasury, and external advisors to identify significant matters early and ensure supported conclusions are applied consistently in tax provisions and returns. This hands-on director role leads the tax team and service providers, coordinates close and filing priorities, and modernizes processes through technology and automation. The position also supports proposed transactions by documenting technical positions and modeling cash tax and effective tax rate consequences, while developing the tax function as Block grows.

Requirements

10+ years of corporate income tax experience, including deep ASC 740 reporting and U.S. federal and state compliance expertise, with public accounting (Big Four or equivalent) and in-house public company experience.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
CPA required.
Direct ownership of a public company consolidated provision, including interim reporting, effective tax rate modeling, and discrete items.
Experience preparing SEC income tax disclosures and supporting conclusions with external auditors.
Hands-on ownership of multi-entity federal consolidated and multistate income and franchise tax returns.
Deep experience with book-to-tax adjustments, return-to-provision analysis, and Section 382 testing and limitation calculations.
Hands-on income tax SOX experience, including control design, operation, documentation, testing support, and remediation.
Record of managing federal and state examinations, including negotiating with examiners and resolving assessments.
Experience directing and reviewing provider work across provision and compliance.
Ability to write clear, well-organized technical memos that withstand Big Four auditor review and explain tax issues plainly to non-tax partners.
People leadership across provision and compliance, including developing talent and managing overlapping close and filing priorities.
Record of implementing process redesign, automation, or AI workflows with measurable improvements in quality, controls, timeliness, or cost.

Nice To Haves

Payments, financial services, fintech, digital assets, or technology experience, including digital asset tax accounting.
Experience with a reported non-GAAP effective tax rate.
Experience with financial-receipts sourcing and apportionment rules for financial services.
Experience building tax tools with Engineering, Data, or business technology teams.

Responsibilities

Own quarterly and annual worldwide income tax provision, including current and deferred tax computations, effective tax rate reconciliation, deferred tax inventory and valuation allowance assessments, stock-based compensation, uncertain tax positions, and return-to-provision true-ups.
Own tax journal entries, account reconciliations, income tax footnotes and disclosures, supporting workpapers, and SOX controls; manage the financial statement audit relationship with Big Four auditors.
Coordinate international provision components with the team and outside advisors, and improve close speed and quality.
Manage U.S. federal and state income tax compliance with co-sourced Big Four providers, including returns, estimated payments and extensions, elections and disclosures, and the compliance calendar.
Own cash tax forecasting and support tax authority notices, examinations, and audit defense.
Drive automation and tax technology adoption, including AI tooling, across provision and compliance processes.
Prepare and review technical memos documenting positions for auditors and leadership; model cash tax and effective tax rate consequences of proposed structures for Corp Dev, Finance, and Legal during deal negotiations.
Mentor and develop tax team members and help build the tax function as the company grows.
Manage outside advisors on opinions, studies, and valuations, including budgets and relationships.
Lead people across provision and compliance and manage overlapping close and filing priorities.
Redesign processes and implement automation or AI workflows, validating outputs and strengthening technical accuracy, documentation, controls, and audit defensibility within data governance and privilege protocols.