Lightning AI
Global Tax Lead
$185K–$200K
San Francisco, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Apr 29, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of progressive corporate tax experience, with a mix of Big 4 public accounting and in-house experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or MST strongly preferred.
About the job
Own and scale Lightning AI’s corporate tax function, overseeing compliance, tax accounting, forecasting, risk management, and process improvements across its multi-entity business.
What you'll do
- Build the tax function, including policies, controls, documentation, and a multi-year operating roadmap.
- Lead federal, state, and local tax compliance, tax provisions, forecasts, audit support, and risk mitigation.
- Support tax workstreams for acquisitions, financing, restructuring, and other strategic transactions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 8+ years of progressive corporate tax experience, including Big 4 public accounting and in-house experience.
- Strong U.S. federal and state corporate income tax expertise, including consolidated returns; working knowledge of California combined reporting and multi-state apportionment.
- Experience with ASC 740 and tax provisions, M&A tax, and standing up or rebuilding a tax function.
Nice to have
- CPA or MST; start-up, post-merger integration, or carve-out experience.
- Experience at a high-growth AI, cloud, infrastructure, or capex-intensive technology company; GPU or vendor financing; first-year audits; multi-state intercompany pricing; or property tax in a capex-heavy environment.
Pay
$185,000 — $200,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
U.S. GAAP, ASC 740, ASC 805, ASC 842, OneSource, Corptax
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