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Senior Director, Tax Accounting (Remote- Eligible)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other quantitative discipline, or military experience
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation currently active or previously achieved and currently inactive
  • At least 10 years of progressive corporate tax experience within a public corporation or an accounting firm
  • At least 5 years in a dedicated people-management capacity leading teams

Responsibilities

  • Lead the preparation, review, and signing off on the global corporate income tax provision (ASC 740) for quarterly and annual financial statements
  • Oversee all tax-related disclosures in SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q), ensuring absolute compliance, transparency, and technical accuracy
  • Manage the company's consolidated Effective Tax Rate (ETR) and supervise the valuation and management of global deferred tax assets and liabilities
  • Lead the tax forecasting processes to provide senior executive leadership with predictable, data-driven insights into ETR, DTA, and credit capacity projections to optimize cash flow and enable balance sheet growth

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • People Management
  • Leadership
  • Collaboration
  • Team Building

About the company

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Discover is now part of the Capital One brand Discover is one of the most recognized brands in U.S. with the Discover® card, America's cash rewards pioneer, and offers personal loans, home loans, checking and savings accounts and certificates of deposit. The Discover Global Network® is comprised of Discover Network, with millions of merchants and cash access locations; PULSE®, one of the nation's leading ATM/debit networks; and Diners Club International®, a global payments network with acceptance around the world.

Company details

IndustryBanking
Company size10001

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Job description

Senior Director, Tax Accounting (Remote- Eligible)

The Position

The Senior Director, Tax Accounting is a senior leadership role which is responsible for steering the global tax provisioning, financial statement reporting, and forecasting operations of Capital One and its acquisitions and divestitures.


As a strategic advisor to the Chief Tax Officer and senior finance leadership, you will play a pivotal role in the Company's effective tax rate and capital planning, as well as partnering to evaluate the tax implications of strategic corporate acquisitions, and forecast tax credit capacities.


Key Responsibilities

Financial Statement & Regulatory Reporting, Forecasting, Capital Planning


Leading the team that is responsible for:


  • Global Tax Provision: Lead the preparation, review, and signing off on the globalcorporate income tax provision (ASC 740) for quarterly and annual financial statements.
  • SEC & Regulatory Compliance: Oversee all tax-related disclosures in SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q), ensuring absolute compliance, transparency, and technical accuracy.
  • Rate & Deferred Tax Management: Manage the company's consolidated Effective Tax Rate (ETR) and supervise the valuation and management of global deferred tax assets and liabilities.
  • Financial Outlooks: Lead the tax forecasting processes to provide senior executive leadership with predictable, data-driven insights into ETR, DTA, and credit capacity projections to optimize cash flow and enable balance sheet growth.
  • Capital Planning & Stress Testing: Direct the tax workstreams for corporate stress testing and capital adequacy assessments, including the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) process.
  • Strategic Advisory & Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and develop a team of 4 tax professionals, foster a collaborative and inclusive environment, develop team structures that meet future business needs, and invest in associate development beyond the day-to-day.
  • M&A Advisory: Partner with the Tax Planning team to evaluate the tax accounting and reporting impacts of potential business acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
  • Internal Controls: Maintain a well-managed internal control environment over financial reporting for income taxes, ensuring strict compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) standards and company policy.

Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity.


Basic Qualifications


  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other quantitative discipline, or military experience
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation currently active or previously achieved and currently inactive
  • At least 10 years of progressive corporate tax experience within a public corporation or an accounting firm
  • At least 5 years in a dedicated people-management capacity leading teams

Preferred Qualifications


  • Master’s degree in Taxation, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Juris Doctor (JD), or Master of Laws (LLM)
  • Mastery of ASC 740
  • Expert-level knowledge of accounting for income taxes under US GAAP and SEC reporting regulations. Familiarity with IFRS is a plus.
  • Strategic Tax Modeling: Exceptional quantitative skills to model complex financial outcomes, tax law shifts, and multi-year corporate outlooks.
  • M&A Tax Accounting: Strong foundation in the tax accounting nuances of business combinations, purchase price allocations, and post-merger integration.
  • Tax Technology Acumen: Familiarity with enterprise tax provisioning software (e.g.; Corptax, ONESOURCE) and data tools (e.g., Alteryx, Power BI) to support digital transformation.
  • Regulatory Frameworks: Proven experience navigating CCAR processes, capital planning, and highly regulated corporate financial environments (ideally within banking, financial services, or large multinational corporations).

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Remote (Regardless of Location): $217,000 - $247,700 for Sr. Director, TaxMcLean, VA: $238,700 - $272,400 for Sr. Director, Tax

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com

Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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