Responsibilities:

• Under broad direction, manages a tax technical field of responsibility within tax advisory, accounting, compliance and/or indirect taxes. May manage multiple functions with a focus on geographical reporting.
• May actively manage personnel, activities and deadlines in support of financial close process, account reconciliations and supporting financial pronouncements and tax technical research, as applicable.
• Acts as company advocate and advisor in one or more substantive areas of tax law, whether by subject matter or geography.
• Manages audit defense of tax positions taken, in addition to considering planning opportunities to optimize company’s effective tax rate and/or cash tax position.
• Manages compliance with internal controls in their respective area.
• Manages functions and responsibilities of staff and prepares/reviews technical memoranda in support of tax technical positions taken in financial statements and statutory tax filings.
• Responsible for career development and coaching of personnel.

Requirements:

• Requires an undergraduate degree in Accounting or related field and 7 years related experience and/or equivalent combination of education and competency.
• Applicable professional certification preferred.
• Must have thorough comprehension of prevailing statutory authority and its applicability to financial (general ledger) data.
• Excellent personal communications skills and ability to work in team environment a must.