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Tax Director, Business Advisory and Strategic Finance

OpenAI · San Francisco, California · Hybrid

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Pay$347k to $385k a year
LevelDirector · Tax
Work modeHybrid
CPA exam supportNot mentioned
CPA licenseNot mentioned
Experience12 years+
PostedAug 19, 2026
Found by usOct 7, 2026
Last checkedOct 10, 2026

Quick look

Provide senior tax advice on product, financing, commercial, and international initiatives for a technology company.

A few years in, CPA in progressPublic accountant moving to industry

Worth knowing: Role prefers a J.D. with 12+ years tax experience and structured finance expertise.

From the posting

About the Team OpenAI’s Tax and Trade team sits at the center of OpenAI’s global growth, shaping how cutting-edge AI products, partnerships, and infrastructure scale across borders while navigating complex tax, trade, and regulatory regimes. We operate as strategic operators, not just compliance experts, embedding early in product, finance, policy, and infrastructure decisions to manage risk, unlock incentives, and enable OpenAI to grow responsibly and competitively worldwide. About the Role We’re hiring a Tax Director to help shape some of OpenAI’s most important business, product, infrastructure, and financing initiatives. This role will sit at the intersection of tax, finance, technology, and commercial strategy, advising on the investments, products, partnerships, and operating decisions that enable OpenAI to scale. You will serve as a senior tax business partner to Finance, Legal, Infrastructure, Treasury, Accounting, Product, and commercial teams. Your work will span compute and infrastructure investments, structured financings, commercial contracting, product strategy, new business models, and international expansion. This is a broad, highly commercial role for someone who enjoys solving new problems and influencing business decisions. The ideal candidate combines strong tax judgment with financial acumen, intellectual curiosity, and an understanding of transaction economics, contractual risk allocation, and business operations. You will engage early in strategic initiatives, help teams evaluate possibilities, and develop practical structures that support OpenAI’s growth. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance. In this role, you will: Serve as a senior tax business partner across OpenAI, advising on strategic business decisions, product development, commercial models, infrastructure investments, financing initiatives, and international growth. Serve as the lead tax advisor on complex commercial, infrastructure, and financing arrangements. Evaluate tax and economic trade-offs and translate advice into practical structures and contractual positions.

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