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The Director, Americas Tax directs and leads the tax policies and procedures for the Americas. This role oversees reporting and planning to ensure compliance with applicable local, state, and federal state statutes. The role creates and implements a strategic tax plan for the organization. This position\'s responsibility includes but not limited to income tax, sales and use tax, property tax, unclaimed property tax, transfer pricing, tax research, tax planning, etc. Collaboration, partnership, and active stakeholder management are foundational to success in the role.
This is a highly visible and important role while leading and directing a team of 5 employees (2 direct reports).
Duties and Responsibilities
U.S. Tax Oversight
Analyze tax implications and recommend solution to reduce/mitigate tax obligations for organization
Develop and implement all tax strategies that meet the tax and business needs
Collaborate heavily with various departments (Accounting, Finance, Legal, IT, HR, etc.) and analyze all business issues to provide leadership with proper tax implications for transactions/initiatives
Drive and analyze transfer pricing strategy for Americas to ensure proper disclosure on returns
Act as the subject matter expert for all local, state, and federal tax audits
Own compliance, reporting and payment of all corporate taxes
Review and approve all tax documents and returns to ensure all reporting obligations are satisfied accurately and timely
Manage US tax compliance including state and local compliance, country by country reporting and US considerations for foreign entities
Prepare, communicate, and educate business and team on changes in policies and practices within the organization
Drives continuous improvement efforts of team to maximize efficiency and scalability for functional operations
Own all aspects of quarterly and annual tax accounting and reporting process including managing the tax components of the close (tax journal entries and reconciliations)
Identify and mitigate company risks and communicate areas of potential exposure to management
Ensure tax accounting processes, documentation and related systems are compliant with internal control requirements
Independently research tax related topics that impact the organization
Manage outside tax consultants and advisors
Subsidiaries Tax Oversight
Oversee tax matters of subsidiaries (US and foreign) including consolidated tax provision, income tax compliance and withholding tax matters
Own all aspects of quarterly and annual tax accounting and reporting process including managing the tax components of the close (tax journal entries and reconciliations)
Monitor legislative changes in US, Canada and international tax laws that may impact the company and provide proactive guidance on the consequences of such changes
Independently research tax related topics that impact each subsidiary and recommend solutions to subsidiary Presidents to address/mitigate issues
Manage outside tax consultants and advisors, where appropriate
Leadership
Provide day-to-day leadership to the staff
Inspire the continued development of the team ensuring appropriate growth of each team member while fostering a spirit of continuous improvement
Provide timely, candid, and specific feedback to drive motivation and results
Manage tax department staffing, hiring, performance management and terminations
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor\'s Degree Accounting, Finance, or other related fields
Experience
Minimum 10 years
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