Vice President, Tax

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award‑winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost‑effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience. STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

The Position The Vice President, Tax is an essential part of the Finance/Tax Department. You will be the tax and REIT subject matter expert responsible for overseeing tax & REIT compliance and planning for a complex structure involving many real estate investment trusts (REIT) vehicles. You will be part of a highly technical and accomplished Tax Team who play a critical role in STACK’s rapid growth and success.

You will foster a collaborative team environment that promotes professional development and high performance. In this role, you will have tremendous opportunities to grow professionally.

To be successful in this role, in addition to having strong technical tax/REIT knowledge, you will need to have excellent communications skills, strong attention to detail, be exceptionally organized, self‑motivated, and a master problem‑solver.

Responsibilities

Work with external tax accounting firms and legal counsel on REIT structuring, offerings and M&A activity, manage tax risk and ensure compliance with all relevant tax laws and regulations

Own and maintain REIT compliance process, including coordinating internal and external resources to complete quarterly testing, ongoing monitoring of financial information for REIT compliance, and communicating/rectifying any potential issues

Work with Legal, Treasury, Accounting, and FP&A to ensure transactions and structural changes are reviewed for REIT compliance implications

Partner with Investment team to provide direction on tax assumptions in all business case underwriting models

Partner with FP&A to prepare income tax expense budget and forecast

Oversee Big 4 accounting firm(s) to complete annual income tax filings. Coordinate information gathering across internal teams and external providers; ensure consistent data, audit‑ready support, and strong documentation

Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual tax provision preparation efforts

Oversee SOX compliance for REIT compliance and income tax function.

Identify and implement tax technology solutions to ensure tax reporting and REIT compliance efficiency

Monitor legislative, regulatory, and filing changes impacting REITs and data centers, assess applicability and implement process updates

Communicate tax strategy and implications to stakeholders and senior management

The Details

Location: Denver, CO – In office

Travel: less than 10%

Additional 25% Annual Discretionary Bonus

Must be eligible to work in the United States

Must pass comprehensive background screening

Must-have Qualifications

BS in accounting/finance/economics required, MS/Tax preferred

12 – 15+ years of work experience (public accounting and industry) with focus in REIT/income tax

Working knowledge and experience with real estate and REITs required

Technical tax knowledge in REITs, US corporate and partnership taxation, state & local taxation, and ASC 740.

CPA/JD preferred

NetSuite experience is a plus

Must be proficient with Microsoft Office product suite, particularly Excel and Power Point

Organized and detail-oriented

Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills

Ability to effectively communicate complex tax concepts to various stakeholder groups

Team player and enjoys collaborating and works well cross‑functionally with other teams

Ability to execute, process, and prioritize tasks with minimal to no supervision

Proven success in creating efficiencies in processes and procedures

Compensation Range $228,960.00 - $263,940.00

This Might Be Right For You If

You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision‑making.

You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.

You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long‑term plans for the growth and success of the team.

You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

WHY STACK?

We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.

We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer‑to‑peer recognition and rewards programs.

Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.

We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law

Note to external agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure, Inc. will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of STACK Infrastructure, Inc.

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