Senior International Tax Analyst

TransUnion – Senior International Tax Analyst II

Company: TransUnion

Position: Senior International Tax Analyst II

Salary: $115,000 + 3% Annual Bonus (prorated based on start date)

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid – 2 days/week in office; Wednesdays required, second day flexible)

Duration: Permanent

Start Date: ASAP

Shift: Monday-Friday; standard business hours with occasional overtime during peak periods (typically 50-60 hours during close/compliance cycles)

Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship.

Exclusivity: Yes

Overview

Insight Global’s large technology client is looking for an International Tax Analyst II to join their Corporate Tax Department. This individual will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment to understand the company’s positions and work hard to improve processes that better the overall reporting to stakeholders- not just prepare and file tax returns. This team is responsible for reporting the accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, preparing and filing the annual consolidated Form 1120 income tax return and executing on strategic tax planning initiatives. The international tax team consists of three individuals, with this candidate reporting to the Senior. The Corporate Tax Department has 19 team members and administers advice and coordination on international taxes in over 40 countries. Other responsibilities include:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• CPA or CPA-eligible strongly preferred
• 2-4+ years of international tax experience
• Experience within:
• Big 4 or large public accounting international tax practice, OR
• Multinational corporate tax department, OR
• Combination of both
• Strong working knowledge of ASC 740 and Form 1120
• Experience preparing or reviewing international tax provisions
• Experience with U.S. international tax compliance
• Experience with international tax concepts including: (GILTI, BEAT, FDII, Foreign Tax Credits (FTC), Form 1118 Calculations)
• Tax technology experience
• Experience with tax research tools such as CCH or BNA
• Strong Excel skills including: (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, IF formulas, Pivot Tables, Index Match, Advanced Tax Modeling)
• Ability to understand and support Form 5471 reporting processes

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA certification
• Big 4 public accounting experience
• PeopleSoft experience
• Tax technology experience
• Experience supporting foreign tax credit calculations and international tax planning initiatives
• Experience managing or coordinating work with global shared service teams
• 1-2 years OneSource experience

Day to Day:

• Support and assist on the quarterly tax provision including the preparation or review of journal entries, working with the foreign units to send and receive local reporting packages, and recording return-to-provision journal entries. Key international tax provision workstreams include ASC 740-10-15 (FAS109) Accounting for Income Taxes, ASC 740-10-50 (FIN48) Uncertainty in Income Taxes, ASC 740-270 (FIN18) Interim Reporting, and ASC 740-30-25 Assertion (APB 23) on Unremitted Earnings.
• Support and prepare the international tax compliance disclosures that comprise the annual consolidated Form 1120 income tax return including Form 1042, 1118, 5471, 5472, 8858, 8865, 8990, 8991, 8992, 8993, and FBAR reporting.
• Over the past several years, the international tax team devised and implemented a highly complex international tax structure. An ideal candidate should have experience in tax research and the willingness to develop strong tax research skills to assist with cross border structuring, transfer pricing, due diligence on targeted acquisitions, and other related projects.
• Support and prepare models to forecast worldwide corporate income taxes using data inputs received from global controllers.

Compensation: $110,000-$115,000 plus bonus

Location: Hybrid in Chicago, IL (2 days in office per week)