Senior Manager, Global Tax
Vercel
Director, Property Tax
OpenAI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $295,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Embed tax strategy in early site selection and deal modeling.
- Negotiate property and sales tax incentives aligned with business and community goals.
- Model jurisdictional impacts to minimize exposure and ensure compliance.
- Implement audit-ready automated reporting integrating Finance, Legal, and Operations data.
- Develop AI tools to track obligations, milestones, and incentive health.
- Oversee performance and clawback risks to ensure accurate incentive realization.
- Direct valuations and multi-year forecasts for data centers and major sites.
- Maintain assessor relationships and monitor legislative developments.
- Conduct due diligence for new sites and leases; design mitigation plans.
- Deliver executive insights on TCO and manage audit defenses.
- Foster collaboration among Finance, Real Estate, and Legal.
- Mentor staff and scale automation in property tax processes.
- Represent OpenAI in negotiations and community partnerships.
Requirements
- 15+ years of progressive property tax experience, including large-scale data center or capital-intensive projects.
- Expertise in valuation, assessment methodology, audit defense, and incentive negotiation.
- Proven experience managing multi-state compliance and defending complex valuations.
- Ability to lead AI-enabled tax automation initiatives and design autonomous reporting systems.
- Strong financial modeling and communication skills; able to influence at the executive level.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field; advanced degree, CPA, or JD preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
- Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
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Hard skills
property taxvaluationassessment methodologyaudit defenseincentive negotiationfinancial modelingAI-enabled tax automationautonomous reporting systemscompliance managementdata center projects
Soft skills
communication skillsinfluencing skillscollaborationmentoringleadership
Certifications
CPAJD
