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International Tax Director

Baker Tilly · IL · Remote available · $267,760–$351,450 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you found a significant international compliance error that your own team had filed. What did you do?

What they are checking: How they handle owning a mistake with a client, which tells the firm whether they protect trust or protect themselves.

Where have you found new international tax work inside an existing client relationship?

What they are checking: Whether a director can grow the practice by spotting needs, not just deliver work someone else sold.

How do you stay current when OECD Pillar Two guidance and U.S. regulations keep shifting?

What they are checking: Whether they have a real habit for keeping up, since stale advice in this area can cost clients a lot.

Tell me about a time you worked with a member firm or advisor in another country on a cross-border engagement.

What they are checking: Whether they can coordinate across time zones and networks without losing control of quality or deadlines.

What would you do

A client wants to move IP into an Irish entity. What questions do you ask before you say anything about the structure?

What they are checking: Whether they look at substance, transfer pricing and business purpose before jumping to a tax-driven answer.

You have three managers, a filing deadline next week and one of them is clearly behind. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can protect the deadline and still coach the person instead of quietly doing the work themselves.

A client asks you to sign off on a position you think is aggressive but defensible. How do you frame the risk for them?

What they are checking: Judgment about reporting standards and how clearly they put risk in writing for the client to own.

About the work

Walk me through how you would explain GILTI and the foreign tax credit limitation to a mid-market CFO who just opened their first subsidiary in Mexico.

What they are checking: Whether they can turn dense international rules into a plain business decision a client can act on.

How do you decide whether a foreign subsidiary should be treated as a disregarded entity through a check-the-box election?

What they are checking: Real working knowledge of entity classification and the downstream effects on income, credits and reporting.

How would you walk a client through the main exposure points on Forms 5471 and 8858 when they have never filed them before?

What they are checking: Whether they know where penalties hide in information returns and can prevent them before they happen.

How do you price and scope an international tax project so it does not turn into unbilled work?

What they are checking: Business sense about margins and scope creep, which matters a lot at the director level.

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The full job description

As published by Baker Tilly.

Overview Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. Please discuss the work location status with your Baker Tilly talent acquisition professional to understand the requirements for an opportunity you are exploring. Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state or local law. Any unsolicited resumes submitted through our website or to Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, employee e-mail accounts are considered property of Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorized recruitment agency ("search firm") for Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by Baker Tilly's Talent Attraction team, to submit candidates for review via our applicant tracking system. Job Description: Responsibilities Are you interested in joining one of the fastest growing public accounting firms? If yes, consider joining Baker Tilly (BT) as an International Tax Director . In this role you will be focused on the delivery of a full range of international tax services for multiple clients in a wide variety of industries. Your responsibilities will include interacting closely with clients to provide innovative international tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise; developing and managing staff; working closely with staff on client management, practice development and business development activities; and formulating and delivering innovative international tax planning and savings strategies. You will work side-by-side with firm leadership and our associates to serve clients and build the business, having a direct impact on the firm’s success. You will be a valued mentor and coach to a group of talented staff, utilizing your expertise to help develop their technical and professional skills. As one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, BT has the ability to provide you with an amazing ownership experience working with some of the most entrepreneurial partners in our field. Our International Tax Practice is a National Practice, with team members based out of many of our offices. It is highly preferred to have this Director in Chicago, IL or Dallas, TX. You will enjoy this role if: • You are able and excited to drive growth and able to market source new clients and new business and want to partner closely with Baker Tilly colleagues across all disciplines and help drive forward our strategy • You are excited about having a direct impact to grow the International Tax Practice • You want to work for a leading CPA advisory firm which is growing, growth means more opportunity • You are passionate about contributing to your team’s professional growth and your continued development, creating endless opportunities now, for tomorrow What You Will Do: • Oversee tax-planning responsibilities for clients, review complex tax research on a wide range of tax issues related to business transactions for a variety of entities and their affiliates. • Oversee the delivery of a full range of international tax services and advise U.S. and foreign multinational companies on the tax implications of their international operations as well as coordinating U.S. tax laws with foreign tax laws to develop an optimal worldwide tax strategy and develop tax planning strategies to minimize U.S. and foreign income taxes • Consult with clients on tax-efficient structuring of international transactions, effective use of tax treaties, planning related to offshore investments activities and repatriation programs to minimize US and foreign income taxes of our US-based multinational clients, minimizing worldwide tax burdens on business transactions and operations, and making effective foreign investments • Research and consult on various tax matters, respond to IRS and other tax authority inquiries when requested, make recommendations to the client for consideration • Actively participate in business development efforts to include working collaboratively with other partners and marketing professionals to target and build relationships with client prospects • Manage, supervise, train and lead the staff through counsel, guidance and coaching. Evaluate performance and work efforts; participate in performance review process Minimum Qualifications: • 4- year degree • CPA, Law License or Enrolled Agent (EA only for our Individual International Tax team( • Twelve (12) years of professional experience Preferred Qualifications: • Twelve (12) years of public accounting experience in International Tax issues; to include inbound and outbound transaction consulting, multi-national corporation experience, transfer pricing, foreign tax credit utilization, and tax minimization • Excellent leadership, organizational, interpersonal and communications skills, ability to effectively manage and mentor a staff • Experience with Pillar II would be highly desirable. • Demonstrated management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills • Ability to travel as needed for client engagements and team meetings The pay rate ranges for this position are listed below. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of relevant factors including but not limited to applicant’s skills, prior experience, qualifications, degrees, professional certifications, work arrangements and geographic location. Baker Tilly offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to eligible employees. In Dallas & Frisco, TX: pay rate range is $267,760 to $351,450 In Houston, TX: pay rate range is $279,400 to $368,180 In Chicago and Oakbrook, IL: pay rate range is $279,400 to $368,180 #LI-hybrid

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