Tax Director

Tax Director

The Tax Director serves as RXR's senior internal tax executive and primary relationship manager for external tax providers. Operating within a highly outsourced tax model, the role is responsible for tax compliance oversight, identifying tax issues, coordinating external advisors, evaluating recommendations, and ensuring tax considerations support business objectives. The Tax Director partners closely with Investments, Legal, Finance, and executive leadership on transactions, fund formations, restructurings, and strategic initiatives while overseeing tax governance, risk management, and advisor performance. The role is also responsible for developing and maintaining tax forecasts and planning strategies for RXR and its owners to support financial planning, capital allocation, and executive decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Compliance Oversight

• Oversee the outsourced tax compliance process, including scope, timelines, deliverables, issue escalation, and coordination among internal stakeholders.
• Apply an exception-based review approach focused on material transactions, special allocations, significant tax positions, and other identified risks rather than detailed review of each return.

Strategic Tax Advisory

• Advise Investments, Legal, Asset Management, and Finance on material tax considerations related to acquisitions, dispositions, financings, developments, fund formations, and joint ventures.
• Identify tax risks early, frame issues for external advisors, evaluate their recommendations, and translate the implications for business decisions.

Transaction & Advisor Management

• Coordinate and oversee external advisors responsible for transaction structuring, tax analyses, and due diligence.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders to deliver timely, practical, and commercially aligned recommendations.
• Oversee advisor performance, work quality, responsiveness, scope, and cost-effectiveness.

Corporate Tax Planning & Forecasting

• Lead tax planning and forecasting for RXR's parent company and its owners, including projected taxable income, effective tax rate, and cash taxes.
• Partner with Finance and executive leadership to incorporate tax considerations into budgeting, long-range planning, capital allocation, and strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate with external tax advisors to evaluate planning opportunities and update tax forecasts as the business evolves.

Fund & Entity Strategy

• Support fund launches, investment vehicles, REITs, joint ventures, and other entity structures.
• Coordinate tax diligence and maintain institutional knowledge of the firm's fund, investment, and legal entity structures.

Tax Governance & Risk

• Monitor relevant tax developments; assess and escalate material risks; oversee tax audits and regulatory matters; and maintain governance over significant transactions and tax positions.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the central tax liaison across Investments, Legal, Accounting, Finance, Investor Relations, and executive leadership.
• Participate in investment and transaction discussions and communicate material tax considerations and advisor recommendations to stakeholders.

Qualifications

Experience

• 15+ years of tax experience in real estate, private equity, asset management, public accounting, law, or a combination thereof.
• CPA
• Strong knowledge of partnership taxation, real estate funds, REITs, joint ventures, and investment structures.
• Experience managing external advisors and complex transaction processes.

Leadership

• Strong commercial judgment and project management skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate complex tax issues into practical business advice.
• Effective collaborator who thrives in a cross-functional, advisor-led environment.