Tax VP, SALT - Financial Services

The Vice President, State and Local Tax will lead and support state and local tax compliance, reporting, planning, and controversy matters while partnering with business and finance teams to manage tax risk and identify opportunities across the organization.

Client Details

Our client is a premier global financial institution with a significant presence across investment banking, wealth management, asset management, and capital markets. The organization is known for its strong culture of excellence, innovation, and collaboration, providing employees with opportunities to work on sophisticated tax matters that impact a broad range of business activities across the United States.

Description

• Manage state and local income, franchise, gross receipts, and other tax compliance requirements.
• Review and analyze state tax provisions and support financial reporting processes.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and assess impacts on the organization.
• Provide technical guidance on complex state and local tax issues, including nexus, apportionment, sourcing, and taxability matters.
• Support tax planning initiatives designed to optimize the company's state and local tax position.
• Assist with state audits, examinations, and controversy matters.
• Collaborate with federal tax, finance, controllership, legal, and business teams on transactional and operational tax issues.
• Evaluate tax implications of business changes, restructurings, acquisitions, and new products.
• Enhance tax processes, controls, and technology solutions to improve efficiency and compliance.
• Manage relationships with external advisors and tax authorities when necessary.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

Profile

A successful Tax VP, SALT should have:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field.
• Strong experience in state and local taxation, preferably within financial services, banking, asset management, insurance, or a large multinational corporation.
• Deep understanding of state income tax, franchise tax, apportionment methodologies, nexus standards, and multistate tax compliance.
• Knowledge of tax accounting and financial reporting concepts.
• Experience managing state tax audits and controversy matters.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to interpret complex tax regulations and provide practical business-oriented solutions.
• Demonstrated success working in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment.

Job Offer

• Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus opportunity.
• Comprehensive healthcare, retirement, and wellness benefits.
• Exposure to complex and high-profile state and local tax issues.
• Opportunity to collaborate with senior leaders across tax, finance, and business functions.
• Professional development and leadership growth opportunities.

Interested? Apply today.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.