Head of International Tax and Transfer Pricing

The Vanguard Group • Malvern, PA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Head of International Tax and Transfer Pricing is a senior leadership role responsible for setting and leading Vanguard’s international tax and global transfer pricing strategy and governance. The role provides strategic direction over international tax planning, transfer pricing, tax risk, financial reporting, compliance, controversy, and regulatory change, while enabling Vanguard’s global business strategy and protecting long-term investor value.

The position reports to the Global Head of Corporate Tax and serves as a senior tax advisor to leaders across Finance, Legal, Accounting, and Vanguard’s international businesses. The role leads a high-performing team, modernizes the function through process redesign and technology, oversees international tax accounting and reporting, and leads responses to global tax policy and regulatory developments.

Vanguard’s hybrid working model applies to the majority of its crew members and is designed to support flexibility alongside in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

Requirements

• 12 or more years of experience in international tax within a public accounting firm, law firm, or multinational organization.
• Demonstrated experience providing strategic international tax support for cross-border transactions, operating models, and business initiatives.
• Specific experience with ASC 740, GILTI, foreign tax credit, Pillar Two, country-by-country reporting, and cross-border transactions.
• Supervisory experience leading a team and operating as a leader of leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical tax matters into executive-level business recommendations.

Nice To Haves

• CPA.
• Master’s degree in Taxation, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Set and lead Vanguard’s international tax and global transfer pricing strategy and framework, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy, the global operating model, financial objectives, risk appetite, and evolving regulatory requirements.
• Partner across Vanguard to provide strategic tax leadership for global business decisions, including cross-border investments, restructurings, legal-entity changes, capital deployment, business expansion, operating-model changes, and intercompany arrangements.
• Build and lead a high-performing team, including leading leaders and subject-matter experts; establish clear accountabilities, develop talent pipelines, coach crew, and ensure the function has capabilities to address emerging priorities.
• Modernize the international tax and transfer pricing function through process redesign, technology, data governance, automation, artificial intelligence, and scalable controls.
• Oversee international tax accounting and reporting, including ASC 740 matters, uncertain tax positions, tax attributes, statutory-to-GAAP differences, and coordination with Corporate Accounting and external auditors.
• Lead Vanguard’s response to global tax policy and regulatory developments, including Pillar Two, BEPS initiatives, transfer pricing developments, and changes in jurisdictions where Vanguard operates.
• Enable and scrutinize ongoing relationships with external consultants and advisors to ensure Vanguard receives high-level standards of service.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed