Lightning AI

Lightning AI

Global Tax Lead

San Francisco, California, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$185k-$200kDetected 30 days ago
PyTorchA/B TestingAccountingForecastingM&AFP&ATaxResearchLeadershipCommunicationGAAPTax Provision

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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role

  • Through our merger with Voltage Park, a neocloud and AI Factory, Lightning AI combines developer-first software with cost-efficient, large-scale compute.
  • We serve solo researchers, startups, and large enterprises.

Responsibilities

  • Build and own the tax function
  • Establish tax policies, documentation, controls, and procedures from the ground up to support internal governance and audit readiness
  • Develop the multi-year tax operating roadmap, including process design, automation priorities, and the consultant-to-FTE transition plan
  • Lead U.S. federal and state corporate income tax compliance, including the first consolidated federal return
  • Manage California mandatory combined reporting and multi-state nexus exposure across the group, including separate-filing and addback jurisdictions
  • Tax accounting and audit support
  • Partner with the external auditors and the Corporate Accounting team to deliver tax workstreams supporting the first-year audit
  • Build tax forecasts and reporting cadences that support Finance, FP&A, and leadership decision-making
  • Support technical accounting workstreams for recent acquisitions, including ASC 805 purchase accounting tax implications, opening balance sheet tax positions, and carryforward analysis
  • Lead the tax workstream on future M&A, financing, and restructuring transactions

Requirements

  • This is a high-impact role for someone who combines deep technical tax expertise with an operational mindset.
  • 8+ years of progressive corporate tax experience, with a mix of Big 4 public accounting and in-house experience
  • Working knowledge of California combined reporting and multi-state apportionment, including separate-filing state exposure and addback rules
  • Demonstrated experience with ASC 740, tax provisions, deferred tax accounting, and effective tax rate analysis
  • Hands-on experience with M&A tax - purchase accounting, opening balance sheet, carryforward analysis, and post-merger integration
  • Comfort with the technical accounting demands of an infrastructure or cloud business - capex-heavy fixed assets, complex revenue arrangements, and leases under ASC 842
  • Track record of partnering effectively with Accounting, Finance, Legal, FP&A, auditors, and external advisors
  • Experience with tax provision and compliance tools such as OneSource, Corptax, or similar
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to brief executives and translate tax for non-tax audiences

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
  • CPA or MST strongly preferred
  • Experience standing up or significantly rebuilding a tax function
  • start-up, post-merger integration, or carve-out experience strongly preferred

Skills

  • Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning.
  • Teams get the tools they need for experimentation, training, and production inference, with security, observability, and control built in.
  • The Way We Work
  • Here's what that looks like in practice:
  • Move with Urgency:
  • Take Ownership:

Compensation

  • $185,000 - $200,000 USD
  • Annual learning and development allowance to support your professional growth.
  • Own quarterly and annual income tax provision work under U.S. GAAP and ASC 740, including effective tax rate analyses, deferred tax positions, and uncertain tax position documentation

Benefits

  • We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support our employees' health, well-being, and long-term success:
  • Comprehensive Health Coverage:
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
  • 401(k) matching (U.S.) and pension contributions (U.K.).
  • Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and floating holidays to support work-life balance.
  • Paid Parental & Family Leave:
  • Paid leave to support you and your family through life's important moments.
  • Annual learning and development allowance to support your professional growth.

Company info

  • Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning. Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems-designed to take ideas from research to production with less friction.
  • Through our merger with Voltage Park, a neocloud and AI Factory, Lightning AI combines developer-first software with cost-efficient, large-scale compute. Teams get the tools they need for experimentation, training, and production inference, with security, observability, and control built in.
  • We serve solo researchers, startups, and large enterprises. Lightning AI operates globally with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and London, and is backed by Coatue, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Firstminute.
  • Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems-designed to take ideas from research to production with less friction.
  • Lightning AI operates globally with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and London, and is backed by Coatue, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Firstminute.
  • The people who thrive here are builders who move fast, communicate openly, take ownership, and continuously improve themselves, their teams, and our company.
  • Move with Urgency: We move quickly, make thoughtful decisions, and keep momentum. We value action over perfection and learn by shipping.
  • Take Ownership: We own outcomes, not just our individual work. We make decisions that move the company forward and follow through.
  • Communicate Openly: We communicate directly, seek to understand, and create clarity for others. Honest conversations help us move faster together.
  • Build Great Teams: We lead by example, empower others, and create healthy teams where people can do their best work.
  • Raise the Bar: We're always improving ourselves. We learn from feedback, consistently challenge ourselves to grow, and focus on the work that matters most.
  • Think Long-Term: We design for what's next. We create scalable systems, simplify complexity, and use AI and automation to amplify our impact.
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