Tax Partner

US Tax Partner – Digital Assets

Location: United States (New York / San Francisco preferred)

Firm: Confidential – Digital Assets-Native Practice

 

The Opportunity

RecruitBlock the executive search firm for digital assets, crypto and Web3 leadership appointments is advising on the appointment of a Tax Partner in the United States for a specialist digital assets-native professional services firm, currently scaling its presence across key global markets.

Following recent investment, the business is building out a founding US team within its established international firm.

The mandate is clear:

Build a market-leading, globally integrated digital assets practice across audit, tax, and advisory — starting with a founding US team.

This is not a traditional lateral Partner move.

This is an opportunity to:

·      Join a pure-play digital assets practice

·      Be part of the founding US tax leadership team

·      Help define how crypto-native tax services are delivered at scale

Role Scope

There are three defining elements to this opportunity:

1. Pure-Play Digital Assets Practice

Unlike traditional firms where digital assets sits within a broader tax or financial services offering:

·      The firm is 100% focused on digital assets

·      Clients are crypto-native businesses, funds, protocols and emerging financial infrastructure

·      The practice is built around on-chain, Web3 and digital asset ecosystems

 

2. Founding US Team Build-Out

This is a foundational hire, not a replacement or incremental addition.

·       Opportunity to shape the US tax offering from the ground up

·       Work alongside newly hired senior audit leadership

·       Define:

service lines go-to-market strategy team structure

Build something meaningful — without starting from zero.

 

3. Backed Growth & Commercial Upside

The practice has:

·       Significant external investment

·       A clear mandate for international expansion in regulated / regulating jurisdictions

·       Ambition to become a market leader in digital assets professional services

For Partners, this translates into:

·       Real influence over what is built

·       A direct link between contribution and reward

·       The ability to scale a practice within a high-growth sector

 

The Role

As a US Tax Partner, you will play a central role in building and scaling the firm’s digital assets tax capability.

This will include:

Client Leadership & Delivery

·       Advising crypto-native clients across:

exchanges funds protocols fintech and digital asset businesses

·       Leading on complex areas such as:

token classification cross-border structuring fund and entity structuring evolving regulatory frameworks

 

Practice Build & Strategy

·       Designing and scaling a digital assets tax offering in the US

·       Defining:

service lines pricing models delivery frameworks

·       Contributing to broader audit and advisory integration

 

Commercial Growth

·       Originating and developing client relationships

·       Leveraging existing networks across:

crypto-native businesses funds / asset managers financial services entering digital assets

·       Playing a visible role in market positioning and thought leadership

 

Team Development

·       Hiring and developing high-performing teams

·       Helping shape a culture aligned to digital assets innovation and growth

 

Executive Profile

We are seeking senior individuals with a strong combination of technical credibility, market presence, and commercial capability.

Core Requirements

·       Partner (or Director / Senior Manager ready to step up) within:

Top 10 practices already specialising in digital asset / crypto tax Crypto-native accounting/tax firms

·       Deep experience in:

digital assets / crypto tax

 

Technical Expertise

·       Strong understanding of:

digital asset taxation frameworks cross-border structuring fund / entity structures evolving regulatory environments

 

Commercial & Leadership Capability

·       Demonstrated ability to:

build and grow client relationships contribute to revenue generation

·       Experience (or clear ambition) to:

build teams shape service offerings

 

Mindset

·       Entrepreneurial

·       Comfortable operating in a build environment

·       Motivated by:

impact growth ownership

 

Why Consider This Opportunity

·       Are already working in digital assets, but feel:

constrained by traditional firm structures limited in how far they can scale their offering

·       Want to:

operate within a pure-play digital assets practice build something market-leading be part of a high-growth, investment-backed environment

 

Process

All conversations are conducted on a strictly confidential basis.

RecruitBlock advises founders, CEOs, boards and investors on senior leadership appointments across digital assets, crypto and Web3. Our work in the US market includes audit, assurance, financial reporting, compliance and governance roles where institutional credibility, reporting quality and control architecture matter.