Counsel, Tax Controversy
Posted on: 15 Dec 2025
San Francisco, CA | Washington, DC
Job Description
About the Role
We are searching for a Counsel, Tax Controversy to join our Tax Team. This role will lead the management and resolution of U.S. and Canadian federal and state tax disputes, coordinate with global teams on significant non-U.S. controversies, and advise business and tax leaders on risk mitigation.
What You’ll Do
Manage, resolve, and support U.S. and Canadian federal and state income tax audits and appeals, including planning audit strategy, drafting responses and protests, and negotiating with tax authorities.
Support and manage tax litigation matters, including coordinating with outside counsel, developing factual and legal positions, and overseeing case preparation and fact discovery through administrative and judicial stages.
Partner with external advisors to evaluate risks, develop legal arguments, and drive favorable audit and litigation outcomes.
Provide legal support for global tax controversy matters, including transfer pricing and complex disputes.
Advise on legal privilege considerations and manage global implementation of privilege and document-protection policies.
Collaborate with the Tax Planning, Tax Business Advisory, and Business Product teams to proactively identify and mitigate tax risks in emerging products and complex transactions.
Coordinate closely with Tax Planning, Transfer Pricing, and Tax Compliance teams to ensure consistent and accurate tax positions and audit-ready documentation.
Collaborate with Finance, Legal, and Policy to ensure consistency in litigating positions and strategic alignment and communication of tax risks and opportunities.
Support the Tax Accounting and Provision teams by monitoring tax reserves, reviewing uncertain tax position analyses, and advising on risk associated with disclosures, amended filings, and compliance initiatives.
Basic Qualifications
Minimum of five (5) years of legal experience in private practice, in-house, or government.
J.D. and license to practice law in at least one U.S. state.
Experience managing corporate tax audits, appeals, and litigations.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong tax research and tax analytical skills working with multiple complex areas of the tax law and tax controversy administrative rules.
Experience in broad areas of tax advisory in a large law firm and large corporate environment or federal government.
Ability to clearly communicate recommendations based on risk analysis in a highly ambiguous environment.
Highly organized with a strong attention to detail, ensuring clear, accurate, and well-supported submissions to tax authorities.
Familiarity with U.S. GAAP and documentation of uncertain tax positions.
Uber Technologies, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and supports proprietary technology applications that enable independent providers of ridesharing, and meal preparation and delivery services to transact with end-users worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Core Platform and Other Bets. Its driver partners provide ridesharing services through a range of vehicles, such as cars, auto rickshaws, motorbikes, minibuses, or taxis, as well as based on the number of riders under the UberBLACK, UberX, UberPOOL, Express POOL, and Uber Bus names; and restaurant and delivery partners provide meal preparation and delivery services under the Uber Eats name.
The company also offers Uber Central, a tool that enables companies to request, manage, and pay for rides for their employees, customers, or partners; and Uber Health, which allows healthcare professionals to arrange rides for patients going to and from the care destinations. In addition, it provides freight transportation services to shippers in the freight industry under the Uber Freight name; leases vehicles to third-parties that use the vehicles to provide ridesharing or eats services through the platforms; and provides access to rides through personal mobility products, including dockless e-bikes and e-scooters under the JUMP name. The company was formerly known as Ubercab, Inc. and changed its name to Uber Technologies, Inc. in February 2011. Uber Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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