Senior Manager, US Tax Strategy and Planning

Location: New York City, hybrid arrangement. The role requires some early-morning overlap with colleagues in the UK.

Salary: $175,000–$275,000 USD base salary, plus potential bonus, equity, and/or commission.

Company

Nscale provides GPU cloud infrastructure for AI start-ups and enterprise customers, supporting AI development through high-performance, cost-effective data center technology.

What you will do

• Advise on US tax structuring for acquisitions, reorganizations, cross-border transactions, partnerships, joint ventures, and capital markets activities.
• Lead tax execution across diligence, transaction step plans, agreement review, and post-closing integration.
• Review commercial contracts for sourcing, withholding, transaction tax, and contracting-entity consequences.
• Support data center construction planning through cost segregation, fixed-asset classification, sales and use tax incentives, property tax incentives, and federal energy tax credits.
• Build and pressure-test models for cost recovery, book-tax differences, cash tax forecasts, and funding structures with FP&A, treasury, tax, and finance teams.
• Explain tax decisions through board materials, memoranda, auditor position papers, and practical advice to executives and non-tax colleagues.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in US federal and state taxation.
• CPA or equivalent US professional qualification.
• Strong knowledge of US corporate and partnership tax, including Subchapter K, consolidated returns, cost recovery, interest limitations, NOLs, and ownership-change analysis.
• Technical expertise in international tax provisions, including BEAT, PFIC, CFC, transfer pricing, withholding, modeling, and cross-border structuring.
• Experience managing complex tax projects and communicating technical outcomes clearly to non-tax executives.
• Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement from New York City and maintain some early-morning overlap with the UK.

Nice to have

• Big 4 and in-house corporate tax experience.
• JD, LL.M., or MST.
• Experience in data centers, energy, infrastructure, real estate, or another capital-intensive sector.
• Experience with state and local incentives, energy tax credits, IPO readiness, or building an early-stage tax team.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, supportive, and innovative working environment focused on ownership, accountability, transparency, and impact.
• Flexible workplace with autonomy to shape the working day.
• Performance reviews every 12 months and a progression plan tailored to professional ambitions.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation may be available.
• Compensation may include base salary, bonus, equity, and/or commission.