Senior Director, Tax Accounting (Remote- Eligible)

Capital One • McLean, VA

8d • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Director, Tax Accounting is a senior leadership role which is responsible for steering the global tax provisioning, financial statement reporting, and forecasting operations of Capital One and its acquisitions and divestitures. As a strategic advisor to the Chief Tax Officer and senior finance leadership, you will play a pivotal role in the Company's effective tax rate and capital planning, as well as partnering to evaluate the tax implications of strategic corporate acquisitions, and forecast tax credit capacities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other quantitative discipline, or military experience
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation currently active or previously achieved and currently inactive
• At least 10 years of progressive corporate tax experience within a public corporation or an accounting firm
• At least 5 years in a dedicated people-management capacity leading teams

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Taxation, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Juris Doctor (JD), or Master of Laws (LLM)
• Mastery of ASC 740
• Expert-level knowledge of accounting for income taxes under US GAAP and SEC reporting regulations.
• Familiarity with IFRS is a plus.
• Exceptional quantitative skills to model complex financial outcomes, tax law shifts, and multi-year corporate outlooks.
• Strong foundation in the tax accounting nuances of business combinations, purchase price allocations, and post-merger integration.
• Familiarity with enterprise tax provisioning software (e.g.; Corptax, ONESOURCE) and data tools (e.g., Alteryx, Power BI) to support digital transformation.
• Proven experience navigating CCAR processes, capital planning, and highly regulated corporate financial environments (ideally within banking, financial services, or large multinational corporations).

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation, review, and signing off on the global corporate income tax provision (ASC 740) for quarterly and annual financial statements.
• Oversee all tax-related disclosures in SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q), ensuring absolute compliance, transparency, and technical accuracy.
• Manage the company's consolidated Effective Tax Rate (ETR) and supervise the valuation and management of global deferred tax assets and liabilities.
• Lead the tax forecasting processes to provide senior executive leadership with predictable, data-driven insights into ETR, DTA, and credit capacity projections to optimize cash flow and enable balance sheet growth.
• Direct the tax workstreams for corporate stress testing and capital adequacy assessments, including the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) process.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of 4 tax professionals, foster a collaborative and inclusive environment, develop team structures that meet future business needs, and invest in associate development beyond the day-to-day.
• Partner with the Tax Planning team to evaluate the tax accounting and reporting impacts of potential business acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
• Maintain a well-managed internal control environment over financial reporting for income taxes, ensuring strict compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) standards and company policy.

Benefits

• performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI).
• comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior