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About the Role

Create Music Group is seeking a strategic Vice President of Tax to lead tax strategy and execution alongside its M&A and investment teams, driving tax structuring, diligence, and execution across a high volume of global acquisitions, catalog investments, and strategic transactions. This is a high-impact leadership role partnering closely with executive leadership, M&A, finance, legal, and external advisors to support the company’s continued global growth. This role will be instrumental in evaluating and structuring acquisitions, joint ventures, catalog transactions, and international expansion initiatives while ensuring overall tax efficiency, compliance, and alignment with business objectives for the existing Create business.

Responsibilities

• Lead all tax aspects of domestic and international M&A transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, refinancings, and strategic investments.
• Partner with M&A and legal teams on transaction modeling, due diligence, structuring, and post-transaction integration.
• Analyze and advise on international tax implications related to global operations, intellectual property, royalty flows, transfer pricing, and cross-border licensing arrangements.
• Develop and implement tax-efficient structures for international expansion, entity optimization, and global business operations.
• Provide strategic tax guidance on complex commercial transactions and evolving business initiatives.
• Evaluate tax risks and opportunities associated with proposed deals and operational structures.
• Oversee and manage external tax advisors, auditors, and legal counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
• Monitor changes in U.S. and international tax laws and assess impact on the business.
• Support executive leadership with tax forecasts, scenario analysis, and strategic recommendations.
• Collaborate with accounting and finance teams on tax reporting implications tied to acquisitions and restructuring activities.
• Assist in developing scalable tax processes, governance, and internal controls to support continued growth.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or related field; CPA, JD, and/or Master’s in Taxation strongly preferred.
• 12-15 years of progressive tax experience, including substantial experience in M&A tax and international tax structuring.
• Prior experience as a senior tax leader at a PE-backed portfolio company strongly preferred.
• Background in transaction tax, international tax, or a combination of public accounting and in-house corporate tax leadership preferred.
• Strong technical knowledge of U.S. federal and international tax principles.
• Experience supporting acquisitions and investments across multiple jurisdictions.
• Ability to translate complex tax concepts into practical business recommendations.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and transaction execution skills.
• Experience in entertainment, music, media, technology, digital content, IP-heavy businesses is a plus.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Exceptional communication and executive stakeholder management skills.

Skills

• M&A tax
• International tax planning
• Transaction structuring
• Tax analysis
• Cross-border structuring
• Transfer pricing
• Entity planning
• Financial modeling
• Executive stakeholder management

Experience Level

• 12-15 years of progressive tax experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
• CPA
• JD
• Master's in Taxation

Salary/Compensations

• $220,000 - $250,000 per year

About the Company

• Create Music Group is seeking a strategic Vice President of Tax to lead tax strategy and execution alongside its M&A and investment teams, driving tax structuring, diligence, and execution across a high volume of global acquisitions, catalog investments, and strategic transactions.
• This is a high-impact leadership role partnering closely with executive leadership, M&A, finance, legal, and external advisors to support the company’s continued global growth.
• The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in M&A tax, international tax planning, transaction structuring, and tax analysis within dynamic, fast-scaling environments.
• Experience advising music, media, entertainment, technology, or intellectual property-driven businesses is highly valued.
• This role will be instrumental in evaluating and structuring acquisitions, joint ventures, catalog transactions, and international expansion initiatives while ensuring overall tax efficiency, compliance, and alignment with business objectives for the existing Create business.

Equal Opportunity

• In accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with criminal histories.
• We evaluate candidates based on their qualifications and the nature of the offense in relation to the job for which they are applying.