Senior Director, Tax

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Cologix is a leading North America network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company. Our platform gives customers access to 45+ digital edge and Scalelogix℠ hyperscale edge data centers in 13 markets across the United States and Canada along with a carrier-dense ecosystem of 710+ networks, 360+ cloud providers, 35+ onramps and seven Internet exchanges. We provide our nearly 2,000 customers with direct access to our local operations teams, resulting in strong partnerships enabled by exceptional operational support and unparalleled customer service. Backed by one of the largest North American infrastructure funds, Cologix's experienced leadership team, certified staff and commitment to ESG initiatives help form a culture that values our people, our environment and our clients.

About the Position:

As a Senior Director - Tax with Cologix you will partner with executive leadership to define and optimize the Company’s global tax strategy and provide thought leadership and expertise in support of a variety of growth strategies including the acquisition and/or construction of new data centers.  You will lead the continued development and scalability of the tax function to support rapid organizational growth. 

Operationally, you will lead a team of internal and external resources to ensure the timely, accurate, and complete tax filings of all US and Canadian federal, state, provincial returns, supporting workpapers and journal entries as well as any correspondence and/or audits with these jurisdictions.  You will be responsible for the preparation of the global income tax provision calculations, journal entries, footnote disclosures and any corresponding documentation.  You will lead or support a variety of efforts to optimize the Company’s tax position through tax planning, property tax valuation challenges, tax incentive pursuits, and others as possible. 

The ideal candidate will have solid knowledge of and experience with US and Canadian tax laws for all tax types, tax accounting under US GAAP, as well as strong system and communication skills. 

The Senior Director – Tax will lead efforts to ensure the following:

Provide thought leadership and effective communications of all tax areas, tax planning, compliance, incentive pursuits, and other activities to optimize the Cologix tax position

Timely, accurate and complete preparation, review and/or approval of all US and Canada federal, state, provincial tax compliance for all tax types including income, sales and use, property, payroll

Timely and accurate global income tax provision calculations, footnote disclosures with appropriate corresponding documentation and lead conversations with financial audit team with respect to the tax provision in support of financial reporting

Ensure compliance calendar is maintained and met, and preparatory steps are completed timely and accurately including depreciation calculations, provision workpapers, deferred tax schedules

Lead team in ensuring effective communications with tax jurisdictions on correspondence, audits, optimization efforts

Provide thought leadership on tax implications and strategies on Company strategic growth initiatives including business combinations, asset or stock acquisitions, large construction projects, joint ventures, executive compensation impacts, etc.

Continue the pursuit of policy, process and software options to develop and scale the tax function in support of ongoing growth

Essential:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting from an accredited university with a Master of Taxation Preferred
• Certified Public Accountant
• 10 or more years of US corporate income tax compliance / tax return experience, US partnership reporting, Canadian corporate income tax and/or partnership reporting experience
• 10 or more years of income tax provision preparation including journal entries and footnotes
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of all tax types including income, sales and use, Canadian VAT, property and payroll taxes
• Demonstrated experience with transfer pricing concepts, transactions, documentation
• Effective at leading people / teams to ensure objectives are met, including members of the tax team, other internal organizations such as accounting as well as a variety of external advisors
• Excellent communication skills to interact effectively with various internal departments and functions including executive team, legal, accounting, HR, sales, construction and operations
• Proven ability to effectively manage correspondence and/or audits with a variety of tax jurisdictions
• Strong understanding and effective management of software platforms for tax provision and compliance support, CCH / Wolters Kluwer preferred
• Strong supplementary system skills including ERP management, Netsuite experience preferred, and Excel
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills; must be able to recognize problems, think critically, and be proactive in finding solutions
• Highly organized with a strong drive and passion to meet objectives and ensure personal success and success of the company

Desirable: 

• Telecom, data center and/or real estate industry familiarity

***Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or transfer sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.***