Tax Director

The Tax Director will manage the ASC740 tax accounting and tax compliance functions for the company and ensure that all areas of the company’s taxation issues are adequately and timely addressed.

Responsibilities of the Tax Director include, but are not limited to:

• Manages the tax provision preparation, and separate company financial reporting requirements, including permanent and temporary differences, federal and state tax attributes, tax accounting for equity compensation.
• Responsible for balances in tax provision software for gross temporary differences.
• Supports the work of external tax, legal, and other advisors, reviewing their opinions and maintaining relationships with them.
• Manages the preparation of federal and state income tax returns, extensions and ES payments.
• Compute FIN 48 reserves and FIN 48 NOL valuation allowance overlap
• Recruits, manages, mentors and leads a team of junior tax professionals.
• Oversees calculation of return to provision and preparation of the journal entry(s).
• Interacts with federal governing authorities and external auditors. Provides timely responses to information requests and works through complex corporate tax issues.
• Performs tax research and analysis on numerous and diverse tax issues.
• Must stay current with federal and state tax legislation.
• Ensures compliance with SOX controls – update controls on an as needed basis.
• Responsible for purchase accounting.
• Participates on cross functional project teams working on key company initiatives.
• Adheres to internal standards, policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting required.
• 6 – 7+ years of experience in working with a corporate tax department and public accounting firm.
• Strong federal, state and local income tax experience.
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in taxation id preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification is preferred.

Competencies:

• Effective interpersonal skills needed for interaction with business executives, finance team, fellow tax professionals, outside auditors, tax authorities and others.
• Intellectual ability – is an adept thinker with the ability to recognize, interpret and solve complex issues together with the drive to see solutions through to implementation/resolution.
• Ability to manage and supervise multiple tasks and be able to adapt quickly to changing business and strategic priorities.
• Collaborative and interactive in style and action.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Results-oriented with a strong work ethic.
• Problem solving skills evidenced by demonstrated results in past positions.
• Self-starter who can work independently while supporting the needs of the team.
• Strong decision-making skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of organization.
• Ability to influence decisions throughout the organization.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities.

The SR Group (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.