Global International Tax Strategy Lead

Wipfli Advisory LLC; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipfli Advisory LLC in Madison, WI seeks an experienced International Tax Senior Manager to lead cross-border engagements and advise multinational clients on cross-border tax planning and compliance. The role coordinates multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated international tax solutions.

You will oversee U.S. international tax compliance, client relationships, and strategic guidance on global operations, with opportunities to mentor managers and drive firm growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, Finance, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience, including significant U.S. international tax and multinational corporate tax experience.
• Demonstrated success leading complex multinational client accounts, multiple concurrent engagements, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience advising senior client tax and finance leaders and making technical, strategic, and commercial recommendations.
• Advanced technical research, judgment, engagement leadership, business development, problem-solving, and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and strategically lead a portfolio of key multinational client accounts, serving as a senior relationship contact and trusted advisor across international and related domestic tax needs.
• Develop deep knowledge of clients’ global business models, ownership structures, transactions, risk profiles, and strategic priorities to anticipate needs and deliver forward-looking guidance.
• Lead complex inbound and outbound international tax engagements with accountability for scope, technical quality, engagement economics, staffing, risk management, deadlines, and executive-level communication.
• Oversee U.S. corporate and partnership tax compliance, including Forms 1120, 1065, and 1120-F, extensions, estimated tax payments, and related elections and disclosures, as well as state and local filing requirements.
• Review complex U.S. international tax forms, computations, disclosures, and workpapers, including Forms 5471, 5472, 8858, 8865, 1118, 1042, 1042-S, 8991, 8992, and 8993, as applicable.
• Provide senior-level guidance on Subpart F, NCTI, foreign tax credits, Section 163(j), FDDEI, BEAT, Section 245A, PTEP, tax treaties, withholding, repatriation, foreign currency matters, and cross-border structuring.
• Advise senior client stakeholders on tax consequences, risks, and planning alternatives associated with global operations, investments, distributions, transactions, entity structures, and organizational changes.
• Connect international tax considerations with federal corporate tax, state and local tax, transfer pricing, ASC 740, transaction reporting, employment tax, and broader business objectives, coordinating Wipfli specialists to deliver integrated solutions.
• Resolve unusual or complex technical and engagement matters, determine when consultation or escalation is appropriate, and maintain quality-control standards across the portfolio.
• Monitor legislative, regulatory, and administrative developments and communicate actionable implications to clients and professionals across the firm.
• Lead and develop Managers, Seniors, and Associates; provide technical consultation and deliver practice-wide training and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Champion standardization, technology, and process improvements involving workpapers, templates, calculation models, review tools, data collection, automation, and scalable compliance delivery.
• Drive practice growth through expansion of existing client relationships, proposals, new business development, cross-functional collaboration, marketplace activities, and continued development of Wipfli’s international tax capabilities.

Skills

International tax

U.S. tax compliance

Leadership

Client relationship mgmt

Tax planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/related field

CPA/JD/EA or equivalent

Master’s in Taxation or Accounting (preferred)

Tools

CCH Axcess

Checkpoints

Excel modeling

Job description

Wipfli Advisory LLC in Madison, WI seeks an experienced International Tax Senior Manager to lead cross-border engagements and advise multinational clients on cross-border tax planning and compliance. The role coordinates multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated international tax solutions.

You will oversee U.S. international tax compliance, client relationships, and strategic guidance on global operations, with opportunities to mentor managers and drive firm growth.