Associate Director, Taxation

Associate Director, Taxation

Strivector Corp is a National Staffing and Recruiting agency established in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. We are a preferred partner for several Fortune 500 companies nationwide. Strivector has been consistently rated a rare 4.6/5 on Google, Indeed and Glassdoor by our candidates, customers, employees and contractors. Elevate your professional journey with us. Strivector's premier client (a well-known market leader in their space) is hiring for the following full-time direct hire position.

POSITION OVERVIEW

• Provide tax leadership and technical advice associated with business development integration activities, including collaboration with and oversight of external service providers
• Understand the business development transaction in sufficient detail to identify and support post-close obligations, including collaboration and communication with Federal, State, US International, Transfer Pricing, International, and ETR teams
• Review and sign-off on required workstreams associated with the acquired entity's pre-acquisition stub period, including, but not limited to, the 382/383 study, transaction cost analysis, federal income tax return, state income tax return(s), and R&D tax credit analysis
• Attend pre-close integration planning meetings and provide tax support to integration design
• Liaise with external service providers regarding completeness of the acquired entity's historical indirect tax filings
• Work with acquired entity's finance personnel to obtain financial information for post-acquisition income tax forecasting, compliance, and accounting, in addition to financial information to support indirect taxes (sales, use, and property taxes)
• Lead acquisition tax accounting process to detail tax reporting requirements and to determine opening tax account balances
• Develop business partner relationships with internal teams to support tax integration activities, including, but not limited to, requests for tax general ledger accounts to be established on local ledgers and accurately mapped to.
• SAP, coordination with internal departments to initiate training for newly onboarded employees to utilize the time-tracking tool for R&D tax credit purposes, communication with shared services center regarding withholding tax filings, collaboration with Corporate Accounting to establish separate SAP trial balances when more than one legal entity is acquired, and review historical accounting system to ensure the company can retain data as the need arises by law for tax audit purposes.
• (If) As operations are folded into Parent, advise/coordinate with Corporate Financial Reporting with respect to corresponding accounting (e.g., transfer of fixed assets, other assets/liabilities)
• Support divestiture activities as the need arises

International Tax

• Review Pillar 2 provision dry run and year-end close provision and work with tax teams, affiliates, Corporate Accounting, and others on entries
• Review and interpret new law and guidance related to BEPS
• Sox Controls implementation and review with external auditors
• Align with Corporate Accounting on process optimization and integrate with tax teams for seamless Pillar 2 operations
• Document key Pillar 2 positions
• Lead preparation for future Pillar 2 compliance and model Pillar 1
• Evaluate and prepare public country-by-country filings
• Identify and implement efficiency efforts related to BEPS initiatives and Pillar 2 implementation

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree
• CPA or CPA Eligible
• 8+ years tax experience
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in leading and working in a cross-functional team-oriented environment
• Ability to multitask and prioritize multiple projects

Compensation: Based on Experience. One of the best in the industry Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree Minimum Experience: 8+ years tax experience Type of position: Full-time Permanent position with benefits Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Relocation accepted: Yes, Full relocation benefits are provided Remote / Hybrid: Hybrid