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Director, Global Tax Technology Architect
Everett, WA, United States(On-site)
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Director, Global Tax Technology Architect
Position Overview
The Director, Global Tax Technology Architect leads the execution of the global tax technology strategy, with a focus on maintaining and enhancing a centralized tax data environment and advancing AI-enabled capabilities across the tax function.
This high-impact role oversees a team responsible for delivering scalable, technology-driven solutions, combining data architecture, automation, and AI tools to modernize tax operations in a complex, decentralized global organization. With a diverse platform of companies, our business offers opportunities for continuous growth and new challenges. We are seeking a strong, motivated, and team-oriented leader to join us on this technology journey.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead global tax technology operations and partner across tax, finance, and IT to align data, automation, and AI capabilities with business objectives.
- Define and execute the tax technology roadmap, driving adoption of AI (including applications and agents) and modern data architecture.
- Architect and implement a centralized tax data lake/warehouse, integrating data from multiple ERP and financial systems.
- Design data models, ingestion pipelines, and frameworks to support scalable analytics, business intelligence, and AI-driven use cases (e.g., forecasting, predictive modeling).
- Enable integration of AI tools and automation platforms (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform, Alteryx) to enhance data extraction, analysis, and workflow efficiency.
- Drive transformation of core tax processes (compliance, provision, transfer pricing, reporting) through automation, standardization, and improved controls.
- Ensure solutions are SOX-compliant, auditable, and aligned with enterprise governance, security, and data quality standards.
- Lead and develop a high-performing team while building strong cross-functional partnerships to deliver scalable, forward-looking solutions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in accounting, finance, computer science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience, including progressive roles in tax and/or finance technology, leadership of transformative technology implementations, AI capability exploration, and system architecture design and execution within a large multinational organization.
- Hands-on experience with AI tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) and automation platforms (e.g., Power Platform, Alteryx).
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise data architecture (data lake/warehouse) in complex, multi-system environments.
- Strong understanding of ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and financial reporting tools (e.g., OneStream, Workiva).
Why Join Fortive
This is a high-impact leadership role at the center of our tax and technology transformation and offers the opportunity to build advanced data and AI capabilities and shape the future of the global tax function.
About Us
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About the Team
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 17,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
Ready to move your career forward? Find out more at careers.fortive.com.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@fortive.com.
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Job Info
- Job Identification10050
- Job CategoryTax
- Posting Date06/26/2026, 07:40 PM
- Job ScheduleFull time
- Locations6920 Seaway Blvd, Everett, WA, 98203, US(On-site)
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