Head of Tax

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.

*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

What You’ll Do

Enterprise tax leadership and executive partnership

Own Lambda's global tax strategy, risk profile, operating model and multi year roadmap, aligned with the company's growth, capital structure and infrastructure deployment plans.

Advise the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and other executives on material tax exposures, alternatives and recommended actions in concise business terms.

Establish practical governance for when Tax must be involved in contracts, financings, entity formation, site selection, acquisitions, compensation decisions and other significant events.

Maintain a current view of the company's highest tax risks, open decisions, cash tax opportunities, deadlines and resource constraints.

Tax reporting compliance and controversy

Own ASC 740, including quarterly and annual provision processes, forecasts, effective tax rate analysis, deferred tax accounting, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, disclosures and management review controls.

Direct outsourced federal, state and international income tax compliance and ensure that filing positions, provision conclusions and legal entity data remain consistent.

Lead tax audits and controversy, including the current IRS examination, information document requests, position development, settlement authority and coordination with Legal and advisers.

Oversee ownership change analyses under IRC Section 382 for significant equity financings and ensure that any resulting limitations are incorporated into tax attributes, compliance and financial reporting.

Transactions infrastructure and growth

Lead tax analysis for project financings, special purpose entities, debt and equity structures, intercompany arrangements, major customer and vendor contracts and data center development projects.

Provide timely technical guidance on unusual arrangements, including long term and escalating leases under IRC Section 467, asset acquisitions and purchase price allocations under IRC Section 1060, executive compensation and other material one time matters.

Integrate tax into land acquisitions, leased data centers, construction, power arrangements, equipment procurement and deployment decisions before commercial terms or purchase commitments are locked.

Partner with the indirect tax leader on sales and use tax, property tax, VAT, exemptions, incentives, audits and the operational controls needed to preserve benefits after approval.

International tax and legal entity expansion

Lead the tax workstream for new foreign data centers and market launches, covering legal entity structure, permanent establishment, transfer pricing, withholding, VAT or GST, customs, financing, repatriation and local compliance.

Establish scalable intercompany policies, agreements, invoicing and data flows in partnership with Accounting and the Head of Consolidations.

Own international matters directly during the initial transition, then assess the timing, scope and level of an international tax deputy as the portfolio and team stabilize.

Systems controls advisers and team