Director of Tax

Terrapower, Llc; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 217,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Discretionary incentive payments

Comprehensive medical and wellness

401k plan

PTO 21 days

Generous holidays 10 paid holidays

Relocation assistance

Professional and educational support

Job summary

TerraPower LLC is seeking a Director of Tax to oversee federal/state and international tax filings, strategic tax planning, and compliance across multiple jurisdictions. This executive role requires deep expertise in LLC partnership tax, corporate tax, and multi-state concepts.

The successful candidate will guide tax research, manage external advisors, and collaborate with finance, legal, and operations to optimize tax positions while ensuring GAAP alignment and strong internal controls.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Taxation or related field.
• Extensive experience in LLC partnership tax, corporate tax, and state income tax compliance.
• Minimum of 15 years in accounting/tax, with 5+ years in leadership.
• CPA license preferred.
• Experience with Form 1065, 6765, and state partnership returns.
• Industry experience in engineering, nuclear, aerospace, or defense preferred.
• Advanced Excel and familiarity with Oracle/Concur.

Responsibilities

• Oversee partnership tax returns and GAAP/tax capital rollforwards.
• Lead R&D tax credit reporting and SALT compliance.
• Coordinate tax research and memos for positions.
• Manage external tax advisors and audits.
• Collaborate across tax, finance, legal, and other departments.

Skills

Partnership tax

US tax research

GAAP accounting

Intercompany tax

Excel proficiency

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in Taxation

CPA license

Tools

Oracle Cloud ERP

Concur

Job description

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Director of Tax

This leadership role will be responsible for overseeing the Company's tax filing requirements, including federal and state income tax returns, as well as providing strategic support for tax incentives and tax mitigation projects. The Director will also lead tax research and special project work, ensuring compliance with all applicable tax laws. The successful candidate will demonstrate advanced expertise in US partnership taxation, GAAP accounting consolidated and international tax returns, and multi-state tax concepts.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the management of partnership tax returns, LLC members' GAAP and tax capital account roll forward, ensuring proper income (loss) allocations.
• Provide strategic leadership and oversight partnership tax reporting, including reviewing and reconciling amounts between tax returns and source data.
• Direct R&D tax credit and expenses, ensuring accurate and compliant reporting
• Oversee the accumulation, analysis, and processing of financial data in preparation for tax returns, budgets, forecasts, and financial accounting estimates related to tax.
• Perform tax research and write memos to support tax positions.
• Support the tax team on all tax audits, ensuring efficient resolution.
• Support state and local tax (SALT) matters, including SALT compliance and operations, exemption certifications, and matters related to remote workers across multiple states, ensuring compliance with multi-state tax laws.
• Provide guidance and review for financial statement reporting related to taxes.
• Support tax strategies and advise leadership of trends and changes in tax requirements and impact on business planning
• Monitor, evaluate and analyze emerging tax trends and provide expertise on impact to organization
• Stay updated on federal, state, and international tax law changes, maintaining a high level of knowledge in the tax field.
• Work cross departmentally with entities on tax opportunities and compliance, finance on budgeting and forecasting, legal on entity set-up and compliance, and other departments to gather the necessary information for reporting purposes
• Manage external tax advisors and consultants for outsourced tax compliance and advisory services.
• Including preparation of quarterly review tax process, annual audit process, documentation, and associated internal control work

Key Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree in Taxation or related field.
• Extensive experience in LLC partnership tax, corporate tax, and state income tax compliance.
• Minimum of 15 years of work experience in an accounting or tax environment, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• CPA license preferred.
• Big 4 and industry tax experience strongly preferred.
• Deep knowledge of federal, state, and local income tax forms, including Form 1065, Form 6765, and various state partnership returns
• Industry experience in engineering, nuclear, aerospace, and defense preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel; ability to quickly adapt to other Finance and Accounting systems (e.g., Oracle Cloud ERP, Concur).
• Knowledge of Oracle preferred.
• Experience with direct and indirect cost, allowable and unallowable expenses.
• Familiarity with government grants and government contracts preferred.
• Strong organizational skills, high attention to detail, and accuracy.
• Ability to quickly grasp new information and technologies.
• Experience working in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable working with cross-functional teams and non-accounting professionals.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Proven leadership skills, with the ability to foster teamwork and collaboration in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• High degree of integrity and trustworthiness, with a commitment to open communication and respect.
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.

Job Functions:

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds.
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hours/day
• Travel required 0-10%

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job details

Salary Range: $ 216,695 - $325,042

* We typically place offers in the lower to middle portion of the range to maintain internal equity and allow room for growth. Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individual’s qualifications experience. This range is specific to Washington State.

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
  • Medical
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • Life and Disability
  • Gender Affirmsion Benefits
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
  • 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in TerraPower LLC.’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

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An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.