Global Tax Strategy & Compliance Lead

Wipfli; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipfli seeks an experienced Tax Manager to lead international tax engagements for multinational clients, coordinating domestic and cross-border tax matters with a client-focused approach. You will oversee compliance, advise on complex tax issues, and mentor teams across the firm.

The role requires strong technical knowledge of U.S. international tax and collaboration with other tax professionals to deliver integrated client experiences. Hybrid work in Milwaukee is supported.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant public accounting, law firm, or multinational corporate tax experience, including significant U.S. international tax experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing international tax accounts and advising inbound or outbound multinational companies.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. international tax compliance and the related U.S. federal domestic tax requirements for corporations.
• Experience reviewing both international information returns and domestic income tax returns, computations, elections, disclosures, and supporting workpapers.
• Proven ability to understand a client’s broader tax profile, identify interdependencies, and coordinate specialists across multiple tax disciplines.
• Experience managing multiple engagements, client expectations, budgets, deadlines, and teams while maintaining a high standard of quality.
• Strong technical research, analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the judgment and executive presence to advise finance and tax leaders.
• Preferred Qualifications: CPA, JD, EA, or other relevant professional credential; master’s degree in Taxation or Accounting, JD, or LLM in Taxation preferred.
• Experience with ASC 740, transfer pricing, state and local tax coordination, cross-border transaction support, or international tax modeling.
• Experience with CCH Axcess, BNA, Checkpoint, international tax compliance software, automation, or advanced Excel modeling.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage key multinational client relationships, serving as a trusted advisor and primary point of coordination across international and domestic tax service needs.
• Lead integrated tax engagements for inbound and outbound multinational companies, with accountability for scope, quality, timelines, staffing, budgets, risk management, and client 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.
• Advise on inbound and outbound matters involving Subpart F, NCTI, foreign tax credits, Section 163(j), FDDEI, BEAT, Section 245A, PTEP, tax treaties, withholding, and cross-border structuring.
• Consult with clients on tax-efficient structuring of international transactions, the effective use of tax treaties, planning for foreign investment activities, and repatriation programs designed to minimize U.S. and foreign income taxes.
• Connect international tax positions to domestic tax consequences, including taxable income, attributes, estimated payments, tax accounting, transaction reporting, and state tax implications.
• Identify planning opportunities and compliance risks across the client’s full tax profile, translate technical issues into practical recommendations, and coordinate implementation with client finance teams and internal specialists.
• Collaborate with state and local tax, transfer pricing, tax provision, transaction advisory, employment tax, and other firm professionals to provide seamless service to multinational clients.
• Develop and mentor engagement teams, review work, deliver technical training, and promote consistent, scalable processes and technology-enabled service delivery.
• Support proposals, engagement scoping, fee management, and expansion of multidisciplinary relationships with existing and prospective clients.

Skills

International tax

Tax compliance

Project management

Communication skills

Research skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Taxation/Finance

Tools

CCH Axcess

BNA

Checkpoint

Excel modeling

Job description

Wipfli seeks an experienced Tax Manager to lead international tax engagements for multinational clients, coordinating domestic and cross-border tax matters with a client-focused approach. You will oversee compliance, advise on complex tax issues, and mentor teams across the firm.

The role requires strong technical knowledge of U.S. international tax and collaboration with other tax professionals to deliver integrated client experiences. Hybrid work in Milwaukee is supported.