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Confidential · 1 day ago

Vice President of Tax

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

12+ years exp

Confidential is a leading multi state cannabis organization seeking a senior tax executive to oversee and evolve its tax function in a rapidly changing industry. The role involves guiding tax strategy across income and indirect taxes, ensuring compliance, and partnering with finance and business leadership to influence enterprise-level decisions.

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Responsibilities

The role oversees federal, state, and local income and indirect tax compliance, including managing external tax service providers. Responsibilities include forecasting and managing tax payments, modeling tax impacts on profitability and cash flow, and ensuring accurate and timely filings across jurisdictions

Ownership of quarterly and annual income tax provisions under ASC 740 is a core responsibility. The role will evaluate opportunities to transition the tax provision from a fully outsourced model to a more integrated co sourced or in house approach. Strengthening internal controls and mitigating exposure to penalties or reputational risk are key priorities

The executive leads tax audit activities, acting as the primary coordinator for federal, state, and local examinations. This includes managing tax controversies, documenting key tax positions, and accounting for uncertain tax positions with clear period to period tracking

This role serves as a strategic advisor on major corporate actions such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and restructurings. Responsibilities include leading tax due diligence, advising on transaction structures, managing tax attributes such as NOLs and credits, and clearly communicating tax implications to senior leadership

The position partners closely with finance leadership, FP&A, Treasury, business unit leaders, external auditors, and advisors. Building, developing, and mentoring a high performing tax team is a core expectation, along with driving process improvements and efficiency initiatives

Qualification

Federal tax complianceASC 740 expertiseIRS Section 280E knowledgeTax audit managementCorporate tax strategyM&A tax implicationsTax team leadershipContinuous improvement mindsetRisk managementCollaboration skillsOrganizational skillsCommunication skills

Required

Minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in public accounting and or corporate tax

Extensive knowledge of federal, state, and local tax regulations

Advanced expertise in ASC 740 including preparation and review of income tax provisions

Hands on experience managing IRS and state tax audits and controversies

Strong working knowledge of IRS Section 280E and its application to cannabis businesses

Demonstrated experience evaluating tax implications of M&A and corporate transactions

Proven track record managing uncertain tax positions

Experience building and leading tax teams

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA required

Preferred

Master's in Taxation

Juris Doctor

Company

Confidential

Silicon Valley, California US, US

51-200 employees

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Leadership Team

Roshan Syed

Global Talent Partner

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