Tax Director

Gate Gourmet, a gategroup company, is the world's largest independent provider of catering and provisioning services for the airline industry. For the past 70 years, we have served over 250 carriers in more than 30 countries. Gate Gourmet combines culinary expertise with the highest standards of food safety and production to deliver delicious, healthy, and affordable meals to over 270 million travelers around the globe.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director, Corporate Controller, Director of Tax is responsible for leading and managing overall tax matters for the US and Canadian entities, including tax accounting, planning, compliance, and audits. Provide technical tax support to the Global Tax group for global transactions and structure changes with US/Canadian tax implications, and US/Canadian tax filings for non-US entities, as required. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Demonstrates expertise in a variety of tax areas. Ensures the US and Canadian entities are compliant with all income, sales & use, property, and business license tax filing obligations. Ensures that expense is minimized through available tax planning opportunities, and the income, sales & use, and property tax expense is properly recorded in the companies’ general ledgers. These tasks will be accomplished by leading, coaching and developing a blend of internal and external tax resources.

Annual Hiring Range/Hourly Rate:

• $185,000- $195,000 /Per Year
• This position is eligible for incentive pay of 20% of the annual base salary, dependent upon successful attainment of company, team, and individual goals.
• Paid time off
• 401k, with company match
• Company sponsored life insurance
• Voluntary short-term/long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary life, accident, and hospital plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discounts

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership on all aspects of income tax accounting matters for the US and Canadian entities in accordance with IAS 12.
• Maintain internal communication with Accounting and Global Tax groups to ensure consistent tax accounting reporting.
• Ensure tax account analysis is maintained for income tax, property tax, sales & use tax accounts.
• Complete full-cycle of tax provisions from budget and re-forecasts, to quarterly and annual provisions.
• Maintain deferred tax account analysis, including DTA realization assessment under IAS 12.
• Researches federal and state tax law and develop strategies for tax planning, compliance, and audits.
• Manages US and Canadian tax compliance, including all federal and state & local income tax returns, extensions, estimated payments, sales and use tax, property tax, gross receipts tax, ensuring timely and accurate filings and payments.
• Manages and negotiates settlement of tax audits.
• Provides US and Canadian tax support to Global Tax group for global transactions and structure changes with US tax implications.
• Provides technical assistance with US and Canadian entity structure changes including reviewing tax sections of purchase/sale agreements, performing tax due diligence on potential acquisition targets, advising on optimal tax structure and modeling/forecasting potential tax consequences.
• Provides technical tax assistance with sales tax, property tax, gross receipts tax, business license tax, employee benefits, payroll tax, and Form 1099 reporting issues as required including completing research and analysis.
• Must be proficient in performing tax research, in analyzing results and in writing clear concise filing position documents.
• Supervises and mentors tax department.
• Manages relationships with outside consultants and business partners.
• Proactive tax planning for utilization of tax loss carried forward.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting required.
• Master’s Degree in taxation or advanced Degree required.

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 12 years of corporate tax experience required.
• Minimum of 8 years of supervisory and management experience required.
• 8 -12 years managerial experience relating to US and Canadian federal and state corporate income tax, sales and use tax, and property issues, and tax audits.

Technical Skills:

• Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.)

Language / Communication Skills:

• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills
• Must have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with intern

Job Dimensions

Geographic Responsibility: USA and Canada

Type of Employment: Full-time

Travel %: 5%

Exemption Classification: Exempt

Internal Relationships: Employees at all levels of the organization

External Relationships: N/A

Work Environment / Requirements of the Job:

• Hybrid work arrangement (combination of in-office and remote work) based on business needs.
• Technical expertise relating federal and state tax, sales and use tax, property tax, and tax audits.
• Ability to manage a team and provide exceptional service in a complex and fast paced operations environment.
• Strong customer relationship building skills with both internal and external customers.
• Working knowledge of SAP and HFM.
• Dedication and an exceptional work ethic

Gategroup Competencies Required to be Successful in the Job:

• Thinking – Information Search and analysis & problem resolution skills
• Engaging – Understanding others, Team Leadership and Developing People
• Inspiring – Influencing and building relationships, Motivating and Inspiring, Communicating effectively
• Achieving – Delivering business results under pressure, Championing Performance Improvement and Customer Focus

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

gategroup is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status or other category under applicable law.