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Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.\nIf you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.\n*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.\nWhat You’ll Do\nEnterprise tax leadership and executive partnership\nOwn Lambda's global tax strategy, risk profile, operating model and multi year roadmap, aligned with the company's growth, capital structure and infrastructure deployment plans.\n\nAdvise the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and other executives on material tax exposures, alternatives and recommended actions in concise business terms.\n\nEstablish practical governance for when Tax must be involved in contracts, financings, entity formation, site selection, acquisitions, compensation decisions and other significant events.\n\nMaintain a current view of the company's highest tax risks, open decisions, cash tax opportunities, deadlines and resource constraints.\n\nTax reporting compliance and controversy\nOwn ASC 740, including quarterly and annual provision processes, forecasts, effective tax rate analysis, deferred tax accounting, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, disclosures and management review controls.\n\nDirect outsourced federal, state and international income tax compliance and ensure that filing positions, provision conclusions and legal entity data remain consistent.\n\nLead tax audits and controversy, including the current IRS examination, information document requests, position development, settlement authority and coordination with Legal and advisers.\n\nOversee ownership change analyses under IRC Section 382 for significant equity financings and ensure that any resulting limitations are incorporated into tax attributes, compliance and financial reporting.\n\nTransactions infrastructure and growth\nLead tax analysis for project financings, special purpose entities, debt and equity structures, intercompany arrangements, major customer and vendor contracts and data center development projects.\n\nProvide timely technical guidance on unusual arrangements, including long term and escalating leases under IRC Section 467, asset acquisitions and purchase price allocations under IRC Section 1060, executive compensation and other material one time matters.\n\nIntegrate tax into land acquisitions, leased data centers, construction, power arrangements, equipment procurement and deployment decisions before commercial terms or purchase commitments are locked.\n\nPartner with the indirect tax leader on sales and use tax, property tax, VAT, exemptions, incentives, audits and the operational controls needed to preserve benefits after approval.\n\nInternational tax and legal entity expansion\nLead the tax workstream for new foreign data centers and market launches, covering legal entity structure, permanent establishment, transfer pricing, withholding, VAT or GST, customs, financing, repatriation and local compliance.\n\nEstablish scalable intercompany policies, agreements, invoicing and data flows in partnership with Accounting and the Head of Consolidations.\n\nOwn international matters directly during the initial transition, then assess the timing, scope and level of an international tax deputy as the portfolio and team stabilize.\n\nSystems controls advisers and team\nDefine tax requirements for finance transformation initiatives, including Coupa, fixed asset systems, ERP reporting, billing, tax engines and legal entity reporting.\nBuild documented controls, data ownership and review evidence suitable for a fast growing company preparing for public company expectations. Prior IPO experience is helpful but not required.\n\nSet clear scopes, budgets, service levels and accountability for external advisers. Use specialists heavily where efficient while retaining management ownership of facts, judgments and decisions.\n\nLead, coach and develop a lean team. Clarify roles across provision and income tax, indirect tax, international tax and operations; identify interim support and hiring needs before capacity becomes a control risk.\n\nWhat hands on leadership means in this role\nPersonally lead the highest risk or most ambiguous matters until the issue, workplan and ownership model are stable.\n\nReview and challenge calculations, workpapers, contracts, models, returns, memoranda and adviser conclusions at the level needed to make an informed management decision.\n\nTranslate technical tax questions into clear business choices for the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Legal, Treasury, Infrastructure and other executives.\n\nStep into execution gaps during close cycles, audits, transactions, system implementations and international launches, while building repeatable processes that reduce reliance on heroics.\n\nDelegate work with clear decision rights, remain accountable for the result and develop the team rather than operating as either a pure reviewer or a permanent individual contributor.\n\nYou\nApproximately 12 or more years of progressively responsible corporate tax experience, including meaningful in house leadership experience in a complex, rapidly changing business.\n\nDeep command of ASC 740 and demonstrated ability to own a provision process, assess uncertain positions and communicate judgments to senior finance leadership and auditors.\n\nStrong federal corporate tax and international tax foundations with practical experience across transactions, tax attributes, controversy and multi state matters.\n\nExperience directing external advisers and outsourced compliance while maintaining internal control, documentation and decision ownership.\n\nAbility to move comfortably between strategy and execution, including reviewing detailed work, drafting or shaping technical positions and driving cross functional projects to completion.\n\nExecutive presence without unnecessary formality. Able to explain complex issues clearly, make a recommendation and identify what requires escalation.\n\nTrack record of building teams, prioritizing limited resources and creating durable processes in an environment where facts and timelines change quickly.\n\nBachelor's degree in accounting, finance, taxation or a related field. CPA, JD, MST or comparable advanced qualification is strongly preferred.\n\nNice to Have\nTechnology, cloud infrastructure, data centers, energy intensive operations, equipment leasing or another capital intensive and internationally expanding business.\n\nInternational structuring, transfer pricing, withholding, VAT or GST, customs and foreign legal entity implementation.\n\nProject finance, special purpose entities, debt structures and large fixed asset investments.\n\nState and local tax incentives, property tax and sales and use tax issues associated with construction and equipment deployment.\n\nPre IPO readiness, public company controls or SEC reporting environments. Direct IPO experience is not required.\n\nTax technology, ERP reporting, procure to pay, billing or fixed asset system implementation.\n\nSalary Range Information\nThe annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.\nAbout Lambda\nFounded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast\n\nOur investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove\n\nWe have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG\n\nOur values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers\n\nWe offer generous cash & equity compensation\n\nHealth, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents\n\nWellness and commuter stipends for select roles\n\n401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)\n\nFlexible paid time off plan that we all actually use\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nLambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. 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