Tax Director - Blockchain and Digital Assets - Cryptocurrency

Tax Director Blockchain and Digital Assets

Organizations across industries are rapidly integrating digital assets into their operations, finance, and technology strategies. As they do so, they confront a complex and evolving tax environment that requires multidisciplinary experience, sophisticated structuring, and ongoing technical guidance.

BPM’s Digital Assets practice offers an opportunity to engage directly with industry-defining companies while contributing to market insights, thought leadership, and the advancement of institutional adoption. This role is designed for a tax professional who is passionate about the blockchain and digital-asset ecosystem, thrives on technical depth, and wants responsibility for both client leadership and business development in a fast-moving sector.

The Team

BPM has been one of the earliest and most committed professional-services providers to the digital-asset industry, serving the ecosystem for more than a decade. Our team blends tax, accounting, advisory, operational, and industry expertise to support companies across the full digital-asset lifecycle. We advise global enterprises adopting blockchain solutions, Web3 protocols and developers, miners and validators, exchanges, custodians, stablecoin issuers, digital-asset funds, and institutional market participants evaluating tokenization, staking, yield strategies, and DeFi platforms. Our work extends well beyond tax compliance. We support clients with:

• Token economics and token-flow analysis
• Cross-border structuring and international tax planning
• Revenue recognition frameworks and digital-asset accounting
• Institutional adoption initiatives, including stablecoin use cases and RWA tokenization
• Governance, risk, and compliance programs
• Educational materials, research reports, and market insights that help clients and regulators navigate a fast-evolving landscape

This environment offers both substantive technical work and opportunities to shape the firm’s view of the market through research, publication, and external engagement.

What You’ll Do

As a Director, you will lead multidimensional tax engagements, drive marketplace eminence, and help scale BPM’s footprint across the digital-asset ecosystem.

Client and Technical Leadership

• Advise clients on entity structuring, tokenomics, sourcing rules, transaction characterization, revenue recognition, and cross-border tax implications.
• Conduct and review advanced tax research, agreements, models, and filings associated with digital-asset transactions and business models.
• Present complex concepts clearly to founders, executives, investment teams, and legal counsel.
• Translate industry developments, market structure considerations, and protocol mechanics into impactful tax strategies.

Research, Market Intelligence, and Thought Leadership

Consistent with leading global advisory practices, this role includes a meaningful contribution to the firm’s market perspective and external visibility:

• Stay attuned to market trends, regulatory shifts, developments in DeFi and stablecoin design, token-economics structures, and broader institutional adoption of blockchain technologies.
• Lead or co-author thought-leadership materials such as white papers, executive briefs, technical alerts, and market commentary that shape BPM’s public voice in the digital-asset ecosystem.
• Interpret industry developments and emerging technologies to inform client strategies, tax planning approaches, and internal guidance frameworks.
• Deliver presentations and educational content that clearly articulate complex digital-asset issues for clients, conferences, industry groups, and internal leadership.
• Partner with practice leaders to establish thematic priorities, publication pipelines, and coordinated external messaging across the digital-asset practice.

Engagement Management and Client Service

• Serve as the primary engagement manager for advisory and compliance projects.
• Oversee timelines, budgets, resourcing, staff development, and quality control.
• Ensure deliverables meet BPM’s standards across technical accuracy, documentation, and communication.

People Development

• Train and mentor staff on both tax fundamentals and digital-asset concepts.
• Support the development of internal technical frameworks and knowledge-management systems.
• Promote a learning culture through structured feedback and hands-on coaching.
• Champion sustainable workplace practices by supporting remote-first operations, promoting paperless workflows through digital collaboration tools, participating in recycling initiatives to minimize paper use, and consistently demonstrate alignment with BPM’s values.

Business Development and Marketplace Engagement

A major and intentional part of this role.

• Participate in client and engagement pursuits, including scoping, proposal development, and pitch meetings.
• Represent BPM through webinars, conference speaking engagements, podcasts, roundtables, and other industry events.
• Produce educational materials for enterprise clients, partner organizations, and industry groups.
• Support ecosystem relationships, including strategic alliances, technology partners, and regulatory or policy-education initiatives.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• CPA license, JD, or EA
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in corporate or partnership tax, M&A tax, international tax, financial instruments, controversy, or structured transaction analysis.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to convert technical complexity into actionable insights.
• Demonstrated experience managing engagements, budgets, and client workflows.
• Knowledge of digital-asset market structure, blockchain fundamentals, token mechanics, or on-chain analytics tools preferred but not required.
• Ability to work remotely or in a hybrid model and to travel up to approximately 20 percent.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a demonstrable interest in crypto, DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, or emerging financial technology.

BPM Offers:

• Balance & Flexibility: 14 firm holidays (including 2 floating), Flex PTO, paid family leave, winter break, summer hours, and remote work options.
• Total Rewards: personalized benefits, including 401(k) employer match; multiple medical, dental, vision offerings with up to 90% employer‑paid premiums; and pet insurance.
• Well‑Being: interactive wellness platform, progressive mental‑health resources, and Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs).
• Professional Development: performance‑based bonuses, dedicated coaching, and rich learning through BPM University.

Who is successful at BPM:

• Caring people who put others first
• Self-starters who embody the BPM entrepreneurial spirit
• Authentic individuals with a diverse point of view
• Lifelong learners with a drive to excel
• Resilient people who rise to the occasion

$115,000 - $215,000 a year

Compensation reflects multiple factors including experience, certifications, skills, and geographic differentials.

The salary range provided is intended for candidates in the San Francisco Bay Area who meet the minimum requirements of the position. Candidates who do not reside in the San Francisco Bay Area, do not meet the minimum requirements, or exceed the requirements are encouraged to apply and a recruiter will provide you with a range specific to your location and qualifications.

Wondering if you should apply?

At BPM we are people who value people. We are progressive and purposeful. We are a firm with flexibility. Our shared entrepreneurial spirit drives us to see and do things differently. And our passion for people makes BPM a place where everyone feels welcome, valued, and part of something bigger.

BPM provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Please note - this posting is for prospective candidates only. Unsolicited third-party resume submissions will be considered property of BPM and will not be acknowledged or returned.

This position is not eligible for third-party or agency submissions. We will not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or staffing agencies.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Key skills/competency

• Tax Law
• Blockchain
• Digital Assets
• Cryptocurrency
• Tax Director
• Financial Instruments
• M&A Tax
• International Tax
• Client Leadership
• Business Development