Sr. Director, Tax

THE COMPANY:

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.

STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

THE POSITION:

The Sr. Director, Tax is an integral member of the Finance/Tax Department, with significant responsibility for STACK’s tax and REIT compliance, transaction and M&A support, and tax planning. You will be part of a highly technical and accomplished tax team that plays a critical role in STACK’s rapid growth and success.

You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external tax and legal advisors. The successful candidate will bring strong technical tax expertise, sound judgment, and the ability to manage complex workstreams and execute in a fast-paced, growing organization.

This role is well suited for a tax professional who enjoys both technical analysis and practical execution and wants broad exposure across a sophisticated real estate and digital infrastructure platform. Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Support STACK’s overall tax strategy, including REIT compliance, tax planning, transaction structuring, and risk management
• Manage day-to-day REIT compliance, including coordination with internal teams and external advisors, qualification testing, and escalation of potential issues
• Work with external tax and legal advisors on REIT structuring, acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions
• Partner with Legal, Treasury, Accounting, FP&A, Investment, and other teams to evaluate tax implications of transactions and structural changes
• Manage and enhance tax forecasting, including taxable income projections, REIT testing sensitivity analysis, and cash tax forecasts
• Oversee federal, state, and local income tax compliance and coordinate information gathering across internal teams and external providers
• Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual income tax provision processes and related tax accounting matters
• Oversee tax audits, notices, inquiries, and interactions with taxing authorities
• Monitor tax law and regulatory developments, assess their impact on STACK, and recommend appropriate actions
• Identify opportunities to improve tax compliance, reporting, forecasting, and data management through technology and process improvements
• Serve as a tax resource across the organization and translate complex tax concepts into practical business considerations

THE DETAILS

• Location: Denver, CO – In office
• Travel: Less than 10%
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening

MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field required; MS/Tax preferred
• CPA and/or JD preferred
• Approximately 8–12+ years of progressive tax experience, including a combination of public accounting and/or industry experience
• Working knowledge and experience with real estate and REITs required
• Experience supporting acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures, restructurings, or other complex transactions preferred
• Technical tax knowledge in REITs, U.S. corporate and partnership taxation, and state and local taxation
• Experience managing tax compliance processes and external service providers
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project-management skills
• Ability to research complex tax matters and communicate conclusions clearly to tax and non-tax audiences
• Ability to independently manage multiple workstreams, priorities, and deadlines
• Proven ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and collaborate effectively across the organization
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with tax technology, automation, or process improvement is a plus

THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

• You are a strong communicator who is persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
• You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
• You’re technically strong, business-minded, and comfortable taking ownership from analysis through execution.
• You’re curious, resourceful, and always looking for better ways to work as the business grows.

Compensation Range:

THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

• You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.

• You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.

• You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.

• You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

WHY STACK?

• We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.

• We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.

• Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.

• We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law 

Note to external agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure, Inc. will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of STACK Infrastructure, Inc.