Senior Global Director - Tax and Audit

Overview

As Senior Global Director, Tax and Audit, you will lead global tax strategy, compliance, and audit governance to support CAI's expansion from 11 to 20+ countries. You will coordinate with external advisors, ensure timely filings and high-quality audits, and partner with Finance and FP&A on tax provisions and reporting. You will design scalable tax controls and drive acquisition-related tax workstreams. This is a high-impact, cross-functional leadership role at a fast-growing multinational.

Responsabilità

• Develop and lead global tax strategy across corporate income tax, transfer pricing, VAT/GST, and indirect taxes
• Maintain a coordinated global tax compliance calendar for filings, transfer pricing doc, audits, and regulatory changes
• Manage global tax advisors, audit partners, statutory firms and local providers ensuring quality and on-time support
• Partner with Accounting and FP&A on tax provision, cash tax forecasting, and tax accounting
• Own the global audit governance model including consolidated financial statement audits and country statutory audits
• Coordinate statutory audits across required countries with local teams and external advisors
• Maintain a global audit and statutory compliance calendar covering planning, fieldwork, and management representations
• Drive audit readiness through schedules, reconciliations, and documentation across departments
• Oversee U.S. benefit plan audits in coordination with HR and external auditors
• Lead tax workstreams for acquisitions including due diligence, structure review, and Day 1 compliance readiness
• Design and monitor internal controls over financial reporting
• Design and defend transfer pricing policies and intercompany arrangements
• Advise business on tax implications of country entries, contracts, cross-border deployments, and permanent establishment risk
• Build tax governance processes and documentation standards for a multinational
• Track findings and remediation commitments and report to Finance leadership

Requisiti fondamentali

• 10+ years of progressive tax, audit, controllership, or financial compliance experience
• Experience with multinational corporate tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, and external audit coordination
• Experience supporting acquisition integration and multi-country external auditor coordination
• CPA, JD, LLM in Tax, Chartered Tax Advisor, ACA, ACCA or equivalent strongly preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field; ability to lead in a global, regulated environment
• leadership / people management
• cross-functional collaboration
• strategic thinking
• transfer pricing
• indirect tax (VAT/GST)
• tax compliance and tax provision