Tax Director - Americas (San Jose)

About The Team

The Tax Team at ByteDance helps ensure that our company and all our products are tax‑compliant throughout different regions and countries. Also, the Tax Team provides support to internal requests and works with multiple stakeholders to support product and business launches and new features.

About this role

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Americas Tax Leader to oversee tax compliance, tax risk management and tax planning across the Americas region (e.g., U.S., Canada, LATAM, etc.). This role reports directly to the Global International Head of Tax and collaborates closely with Finance, Legal, and Business teams to ensure tax efficiency, compliance, and strong business alignment in the region.

Key Responsibilities

1. Develop and implement the Americas regional tax strategy, ensuring compliance, optimizing tax positions, and aligning with global objectives.
2. Oversee all aspects of regional tax operations, including direct and indirect taxes, tax audits, and effective implementation of headquarters’ tax policies and risk controls.
3. Monitor and assess changes in tax laws and regulations (e.g., DST, VAT/GST), evaluate business impacts, and recommend proactive responses.
4. Act as a tax business partner, collaborating with cross‑functional teams and business units across jurisdictions to provide practical, timely tax advice and support for new business initiatives and ongoing operations.
5. Support M&A, business restructurings, and market expansions through tax due diligence, structuring, and risk mitigation, while managing relationships with external advisors and tax authorities.
6. Drive operational excellence by standardizing tax processes, leveraging technology, strengthening internal controls, and leading the regional tax team’s development and cross‑functional business partnership.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree or above in Taxation, Law, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
2. Over 5 years of progressive tax experience, including at least 5 years leading regional or multi‑country teams.
3. Strong technical knowledge of US tax laws is required, along with familiarity with international tax frameworks (e.g., OECD BEPS initiatives, Pillar Two regulations, Global Minimum Tax).
4. Proven expertise in managing complex cross‑border service transactions, intangible asset tax planning, and digital economy‑related tax compliance.
5. Exceptional soft skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, persuasively, and effectively across all internal and external stakeholders, including business teams, finance, legal, and senior leadership.
6. Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, dynamic, and multicultural environment with high levels of ambiguity and change.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience managing tax operations within technology, or digital service industries.
2. Working knowledge of Canadian and LATAM tax regimes.
3. Prior experience in multinational corporations and/or Big Four accounting firms is highly desirable.
4. Professional tax certifications such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Enrolled Agent (EA), or equivalent.
5. Familiarity with tax platform and tools.
6. Proficiency in Chinese is a plus to support stakeholders that are mainly based in Chinese‑speaking markets.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $189,800 – $384,000 annually.

Compensation

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Equal Employment Opportunity – Los Angeles County

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) candidates:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
3. Exercising sound judgment.

Reasonable Accommodation

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