xScale M&A and Tax Structuring Senior Manager

Equinix • Tampa, FL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The xScale M&A and Tax Structuring Senior Manager supports tax structuring for new xScale joint ventures, acquisitions, financings, monetizations, and other strategic transactions. The role works across internal teams and with external advisors to translate complex tax requirements into practical transaction steps and operating models. It combines technical tax judgment with hands-on execution, project management, and clear communication with stakeholders.

The position supports transaction tax structuring and implementation, U.S. tax and REIT analysis, and international tax coordination. It leads tax due diligence for monetization projects, reviews transaction agreements and closing deliverables, and partners with cross-functional teams and investors. It also develops reusable tools and processes and promotes technology and AI-enabled tools to improve research, documentation, and execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, Law, or a related field.
• Professional qualification such as CPA, Chartered Accountant, attorney, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of progressive tax experience, including meaningful experience in M&A or international tax.
• Ability to analyze complex facts, identify material tax issues, exercise sound judgment, and convert technical advice into executable steps.
• Experience managing external advisors and collaborating with Legal, Finance, Treasury, and business stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex matters clearly and concisely.
• Ability to manage a high volume of concurrent work, exercise judgment, and meet transaction deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with joint ventures, private capital structures, data centers, real estate, infrastructure, or similarly capital-intensive businesses.
• Working knowledge of REIT rules, U.S. partnership taxation, cross-border financing, withholding tax, and transfer pricing.
• Experience reviewing transaction agreements and supporting transaction closings.
• Big Four, law firm, or multinational in-house tax experience.

Responsibilities

• Support tax structuring for global xScale joint ventures, acquisitions, real estate transactions, financings, refinancings, restructurings, and monetizations, including design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of existing structures.
• Analyze legal entity structures, ownership and funding arrangements, asset and business flows, related-party transactions, and exit alternatives.
• Develop and maintain transaction tax step plans, structure diagrams, tax models, issue lists, and decision materials.
• Coordinate internal stakeholders and external advisors to implement approved structures accurately and on schedule.
• Identify tax risks, planning opportunities, dependencies, and implementation constraints, and escalate material matters to Tax leadership.
• Assess transaction structures and operating arrangements for U.S. federal income tax and REIT implications.
• Coordinate technical research and documentation for significant tax positions, including memoranda and advisor opinions.
• Coordinate international tax analysis across relevant jurisdictions, covering corporate income tax, withholding tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, and other local tax considerations.
• Work with local advisors to evaluate tax leakage, cash repatriation, financing, governance, and regulatory constraints.
• Monitor tax law developments affecting existing xScale structures and recommend appropriate actions.
• Lead the tax workstream for vendor due diligence on monetization projects.
• Review transaction documents from a tax perspective, including joint venture, acquisition, financing, services, development, lease, and related agreements.
• Coordinate tax inputs to transaction documents and closing deliverables with Legal and external counsel.
• Maintain clear records of key decisions, assumptions, open items, approvals, and post-closing obligations.
• Serve as a day-to-day tax partner for cross-functional transaction teams and provide clear, timely, practical guidance.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, prioritize activity based on risk and transaction milestones, and communicate status and decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Support investor discussions and lead responses to tax questions.
• Develop reusable structuring tools, templates, playbooks, and governance processes for a growing global joint venture platform.
• Promote effective use of technology and AI-enabled tools to improve research, documentation, and project execution.
• Contribute to a culture of ownership, sound judgment, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program.
• Health, life, disability, and voluntary insurance plans for employees and eligible family members.
• Retirement plan to which employees and Equinix may contribute.
• Accrued paid time off and paid holidays.
• Employees are eligible for a bonus; equity may be offered depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

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