Senior International Tax Manager

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Job description

The Senior International Tax Manager role is located in Atlanta, GA, reporting to the VP of Tax, and will manage all aspects of international income taxation, including federal reporting (Forms 5471), transfer pricing, FBAR, VAT, GILTI, and Pillar 2 reporting. This position will be expected to fulfill the compliance and lead continuous process improvements. The Senior International Tax Manager: manages all international tax activities for the organization; examines accounts and records; reviews computations of taxes owed according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations; and selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function. The Senior International Tax Manager works with the VP of Tax in the development of tax planning initiatives and the identification of potential tax issues and recommends solutions to ensure key tax objectives are met and are appropriately aligned with operational concerns. The candidate should be highly motivated, a strategic thinker, and possess strong analytic, organizational, and project management skills.

Primary responsibilities

Manage and be responsible for the compliance requirements related to US and foreign, FBAR, Pillar 2, and any other Non-US income taxes, including transfer pricing.

Review the Company's international tax compliance to identify opportunities for tax minimization, process efficiencies, and reduction of costs related to income tax compliance.

Manage outside tax return service providers, reviewing and understanding tax return filings, working directly with the businesses to establish the proper compliance processes, and monitor activity to reduce risk and ultimate tax costs.

Support and partner with the VP of Tax to successfully defend filing positions and to negotiate favorable resolutions of proposed deficiencies.

Provide tax research for all international tax questions.

Monitor new tax literature and assess the relevance to our business.

Actively participate in the development of audit defense strategies.

Ensure appropriate application of Company-wide tax laws to minimize risks and exposures.

Assist with other special projects as requested by the VP of Tax.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Tax.

CPA license preferred.

Minimum 12 years of progressive international tax experience with a Big 4 public accounting firm and/or large multinational company.

Significant experience in partnerships and flow-through entities.

Strong knowledge of international tax regulations and reporting requirements.

Critical thinking, technical and tax accounting/technology skills.

Willingness to challenge current processes and procedures with an emphasis on developing process improvements to gain overall efficiencies.

Change oriented: open to change (positive or negative) in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations.

Must be discreet, detail-oriented, analytical, and dependable with ability to solve problems, function independently and work under pressure with deadlines.

Unquestionable integrity, objectivity, and independence; accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others.

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