Senior Tax Director

Atlas Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Search in New York, NY seeks a Senior Director of Real Estate Tax (Transactions) to lead tax structuring and execution on complex real estate deals, including funds and JVs, partnering with investment, legal and finance leaders.

You will oversee external advisers, apply FIRPTA and U.S. withholding rules, review deal documents for tax allocations, manage tax risk across acquisition to exit, and mentor a senior team while adopting AI tools in day-to-day work.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of tax experience focused on real estate deals.
• Deep knowledge of partnership tax, REIT tax, and FIRPTA.
• Proven track record running structuring, diligence, closing, and post-close.
• Experience advising on private equity real estate, fund structures, and cross-border investments.
• Leadership experience and mentoring junior team members.
• Ability to explain complex tax issues to executives and non-tax stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree required; JD/LLM, MBA or CPA strongly preferred.
• Comfort using AI or automation tools in day-to-day work.

Responsibilities

• Lead tax structuring and execution for real estate deals.
• Coordinate with outside advisors for US and cross-border funds.
• Apply FIRPTA and cross-border withholding rules.
• Review deal documents to allocate tax items.
• Identify and resolve tax issues across acquisition, ownership, and exit.
• Measure tax risk and report to senior management.
• Oversee REIT due diligence and testing.
• Direct outside firms and negotiate required representations.

Skills

Tax structuring

Cross-border investment

Leadership

Executive communication

Deal execution

REIT/FIRPTA knowledge

AI/automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

JD/LLM

MBA

CPA

Job description

Senior Director, Real Estate Tax (Transactions) · New York, NY · In-office · Full-time

Our client, a real estate investment and development firm in New York, is hiring a Senior Director to lead tax structuring and execution on complex real estate transactions, working closely with senior investment, legal and finance leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead tax structuring and execution for real estate deals: buying and selling properties, forming funds and setting up joint ventures.
• Work with outside advisors to structure U.S. and cross-border funds and JVs that bring in capital from U.S. and non-U.S. investors.
• Apply FIRPTA and U.S. foreign withholding rules to inbound investment.
• Review purchase and sale agreements, partnership agreements and other deal documents, focusing on how tax items are allocated.
• Spot and resolve tax issues across a property’s or portfolio’s life: acquisition, ownership and exit.
• Measure transaction tax risk and present it clearly to senior management.
• Oversee REIT due diligence and quarterly and annual REIT testing.
• Direct outside accounting firms and law firms, critically review their advice and opinions, and negotiate the representations those firms require.

Requirements

• 8+ years of tax experience centered on structuring real estate deals
• Deep knowledge of partnership tax, REIT tax and FIRPTA, applied on large, complex transactions
• A track record of running deals from structuring and diligence through closing and post-closing implementation
• Experience advising on private equity real estate, fund structures and joint venture structures, including cross-border investment
• Leadership experience, including mentoring junior team members
• Ability to explain technical tax issues to executives and non-tax stakeholders, and to manage several priority transactions at once
• Bachelor’s degree required; JD/LLM, MBA or CPA strongly preferred
• Comfort using AI or automation tools in day-to-day work