What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tax Specialist, Private Credit position at Point72?
A Career with Point72's Tax Team
Point72’s Tax team sits at the center of a sophisticated global investment platform, overseeing tax compliance and planning across hedge funds, private equity and management companies, high-net-worth individuals, and tax-exempt organizations.
The team partners closely with Big Four accounting firms and leading external advisors to manage the preparation and review of partnership, corporate, individual, international, and state tax filings. Beyond compliance, the group leads tax research, planning initiatives, and firmwide projects, collaborating across the organization to address complex tax issues in a dynamic investment environment.
What you’ll do
We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry's brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people's long-term growth. For more information, visit https://point72.com/.
Point72’s Tax team sits at the center of a sophisticated global investment platform, overseeing tax compliance and planning across hedge funds, private equity and management companies, high-net-worth individuals, and tax-exempt organizations.
The team partners closely with Big Four accounting firms and leading external advisors to manage the preparation and review of partnership, corporate, individual, international, and state tax filings. Beyond compliance, the group leads tax research, planning initiatives, and firmwide projects, collaborating across the organization to address complex tax issues in a dynamic investment environment.
What you’ll do
- Lead tax compliance and reporting for Point72’s private credit business, building scalable processes across partnerships, corporations, blockers, and feeders
- Manage and review federal and state tax returns, extensions, investor Schedule K-1s, tax estimates, workpapers, and supporting schedules
- Coordinate and drive cross-functional timelines, data requests, review comments, issue logs, documentation, and internal controls with investment, accounting, legal, investor relations, operations, tax technology teams, and external advisors
- Operationalize tax planning and structuring conclusions into compliance deliverables, reporting templates, data requirements, and review procedures
- Review and analyze book-to-tax adjustments, partnership allocations, capital account movements, withholding for non-U.S. investors, effectively connected income, unrelated business taxable income, original issue discount, market discount, and debt/equity characterization impacts
- Partner with external accounting firms and tax advisors to oversee return preparation, manage quality control, and resolve complex technical issues
- Lead process improvement and tax technology initiatives to automate data gathering, workflows, and compliance reporting
- Mentor and train junior tax staff and provide clear technical guidance on investment-level tax matters
- Communicate tax implications and timelines to senior stakeholders and investment teams, translating technical issues into actionable next steps
- 10 years of U.S. tax experience including significant alternative investment fund tax compliance experience
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field and an active CPA license
- Demonstrated experience with private credit, private equity, credit fund, or similar asset management tax matters
- Proven experience reviewing partnership and corporate fund tax compliance for blockers, feeders, tiered partnership structures, and complex investment structures
- Strong technical knowledge of partnership allocations, capital accounts, book-to-tax adjustments, investor reporting, Schedule K-1 preparation, tax estimates, and supporting workpapers
- Working knowledge of private credit tax issues including direct lending, loan origination, withholding for non-U.S. investors, effectively connected income, unrelated business taxable income, original issue discount, market discount, and debt/equity characterization impacts
- Experience managing engagements with external accounting firms and tax advisors, including coordination of deliverables and technical reviews
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite and demonstrable experience using tax technology or process automation tools to improve compliance workflows
- Excellent written and oral communication, strong attention to detail, ability to manage competing deadlines across multiple stakeholders, and sound technical judgment with a compliance-focused mindset
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards
We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
- Fully-paid health care benefits
- Generous parental and family leave policies
- Volunteer opportunities
- Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT community
- Mental and physical wellness programs
- Tuition assistance
- A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more
Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry's brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people's long-term growth. For more information, visit https://point72.com/.