Head of International Tax and Transfer Pricing

Vanguard; General Warren Village (PA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard seeks a Senior Director-level leader to set international tax and global transfer pricing strategy and governance. You will partner with Finance, Legal, and international businesses to align tax strategy with Vanguard's growth and investor protection goals.

You will lead a high-performing team, oversee ASC 740 matters, BEPS/Pillar Two developments, and coordinate with external advisors, ensuring robust controls, data governance, and regulatory compliance across jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in international tax within a public accounting firm, law firm, or multinational organization.
• Demonstrated experience providing strategic international tax support for cross-border transactions, operating models, and business initiatives with ASC 740, GILTI, foreign tax credit, Pillar Two, country-by-country reporting, and cross-border transactions.
• Supervisory experience leading a team and operating as a leader of leaders.
• Ability to translate technical tax matters into executive-level business recommendations.
• Preferred credentials: CPA, Master’s degree in Taxation, Accounting, Economics, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Set and lead Vanguard's international tax and global transfer pricing strategy and framework, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Provide strategic tax leadership for global business decisions, including cross-border investments, restructurings, entity changes, and intercompany arrangements.
• Build and lead a high-performing team with clear accountabilities and talent development.
• Modernize the function through process redesign, data governance, automation, and scalable controls.
• Oversee international tax accounting and reporting, ASC 740 matters, and coordination with Corporate Accounting and external auditors.
• Lead Vanguard’s response to global tax policy developments, including Pillar Two and BEPS changes.
• Manage relationships with external consultants and advisors to ensure high-quality service.

Skills

Leadership of leaders

Strategic tax leadership

ASC 740 experience

Cross-border tax experience

Executive communication

Education

CPA

Master's degree in Taxation, Accounting, Economics, or related field

Job description

Senior leadership role that sets and leads international tax and global transfer pricing strategy and governance for Vanguard. The role provides strategic direction and governance over international tax planning, transfer pricing, tax risk, financial reporting, compliance, controversy, and regulatory change while enabling Vanguard’s global business strategy and protecting long-term investor value. The position reports to the Global Head of Corporate Tax and serves as a senior tax advisor to leaders across Finance, Legal, Accounting, and the international businesses.

Core Responsibilities:

Set and lead Vanguard's international tax and global transfer pricing strategy and framework, ensuring alignment with the enterprise strategy, global operating model, financial objectives, risk appetite, and evolving regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate and partner across Vanguard to provide strategic tax leadership for global business decisions, including cross-border investments, restructurings, legal-entity changes, capital deployment, business expansion, operating-model changes, and intercompany arrangements.

• Build and lead a high-performing team, including leading leaders and subject-matter experts. Establishes clear accountabilities, develops talent pipelines, coaches crew, and ensures the function has the capabilities required to address emerging international tax and transfer pricing priorities.

• Inspire modernization of the international tax and transfer pricing function through process redesign, technology, data governance, automation, artificial intelligence, and scalable controls.

• Oversee international tax accounting and reporting, including ASC 740 matters, uncertain tax positions, tax attributes, stat to GAAP differences, and coordination with Corporate Accounting and external auditors.

• Lead Vanguard’s response to global tax policy and regulatory developments, including Pillar Two, BEPS initiatives, transfer pricing developments, and changes in the jurisdictions in which Vanguard operates.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
• Enable and scrutinize ongoing relationships with external consultants and advisors to ensure Vanguard is receiving high-level standards of service.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in international tax within a public accounting firm, law firm, or multinational organization.
• Demonstrated experience providing strategic international tax support for cross-border transactions, operating models, and business initiatives and specific experience with ASC 740, GILTI, foreign tax credit, Pillar Two, country by country reporting, and cross-border transactions.
• Supervisory experience leading a team and operating as a leader of leaders
• Require demonstrated ability to translate technical tax matters into executive-level business recommendations.
• Preferred Credentials: CPA, Master's degree in Taxation, Accounting, Economics, or related field.

Special Factors

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.