[Hiring] Senior Director, Tax Accounting @Capital One

Role Description

The Senior Director, Tax Accounting is a senior leadership role 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
  • 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.
  • 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, fostering 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.

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.
• Exceptional quantitative skills to model complex financial outcomes, tax law shifts, and multi-year corporate outlooks.
• Strong foundation in the tax accounting nuances of business combinations, purchase price allocations, and post-merger integration.
• Familiarity with enterprise tax provisioning software (e.g.; Corptax, ONESOURCE) and data tools (e.g., Alteryx, Power BI) to support digital transformation.
• Proven experience navigating CCAR processes, capital planning, and highly regulated corporate financial environments (ideally within banking, financial services, or large multinational corporations).

Salary Information

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

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.