Manager, Federal Tax Audits

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Job description

Job Title- Manager, Federal Tax Audits

Work Location- Franklin, TN 37067 Must be in the office on Wednesdays + 1-2 addt'l days/wk - plan on 3 days in office with Wed as mandatory

Additional comments from the HM:

We would be interested in a candidate who advises/consults companies on IRS audits. The candidate does not need to come from a corporate environment. They could come from a law or accounting firm, for example. Both will have professionals who support clients in defending against IRS audits. For information, we've shared the job description with the Big 4 national accounting firms (Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and E&Y) and a handful of law firms.

We are a large corporate taxpayer under continuous IRS examination. The IRS maintains office space in our HQ building and we meet with them weekly in person. We also do Zoom/Teams calls, but the weekly face-to-face meetings are wanted by both sides. Goes a long way in relationship building and managing face-paced, complex audits.

Job Requirements

Lead and manage all stages of U.S. federal tax audits and controversy, including corporate income tax, employment tax, withholding tax, and excise tax audits, for the various industries in which Nissan operates (automotive, financing and insurance)

Develop and implement comprehensive audit defense plans in collaboration with federal tax compliance and tax planning teams, internal departments and external advisors

Prepare and present clear and concise explanations of tax positions to IRS auditors

Gather, review and deliver information to the IRS in response to information and document requests, including working with many internal information providers

Attend regular meetings with the IRS and be the main contact person with IRS agents

Assist with negotiating resolutions of tax controversies with IRS Appeals

Work with the federal tax compliance and planning teams to research and analyze complex tax issues

Work with the federal tax compliance and planning teams to build audit-ready files to support the company's tax positions

Work with the tax accounting team to ensure uncertain tax positions are correctly reported in the financial statements

Implement tools to organize and track progress of audits, deadlines, deliverables etc.

Keep management and other key stakeholders informed on federal tax audit matters

Keep the state income tax compliance and audit teams informed of federal tax audit topics that may have an impact on state tax positions

Build strong work relationships with key internal stakeholders (Accounting, Treasury, FP&A, IT, Legal, R&D, Purchasing, HR etc.)

Stay current on changes in federal tax laws and IRS audit procedures

Manage the performance and spend with external audit advisors

Maintain the highest ethical standards, encourage open and transparent communication, promote diversity and reward employees' initiatives that bring value to Nissan and the tax organization

Minimum Experience and Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Advanced degree or professional certification preferred (CPA, LLM, JD, MBA, MA, MS)

10+ years of related experience at professional level

Relevant experience working directly with the IRS

Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communication skills

Additional Notes
Rotational opportunities available, growth available, want a long term person
No Travel
No people management, but Advisors, IRS may give information request, will interact with every function in the company( Nissan).Have to go out to get information and ask them to make this request apriority.

Work with the different departments, manage other people's staff, will set deadlines for them
10+ years, manage IRS audits as full time job orsplit arrangement on Tax

Meet face to face with IRS each Wed onsite at Nissan - need to be able to control the room

Person needs to have a lot of finesse, a lot of people skills in addition to all the technical skills, have to calibrate a lot

Prior IRS Experience

Federal Audit experience, not state or local, not sales and use, or state returns

This job does purely federal tax audits before the IRS. Under the audit is income, employment tax, defend W'2s, 1099, etc.

Keys to Success

1 - Organizational skills. A lot of volatility - on any given day the schedule can change based on the IRS. Tight negotiated turn around time with IRS very deadline given, would love this person to create a dashboard for tracking.

2. Verbal and written skills are critical - primary drafter of responses to IRS, can read questions, and know how to short and sweet responses, writing and research skills They sit with the IRS every week - 20 agents, administrative calls, have to be able to manage the room, have a strong relationship

3 Manage conflict, manage tough conversations - about 2% of the time. They do a lot of bridge building with the IRS, make relationships, they have done well at this

4 - Will lead/drive organization for information.

5 - No fearful of automation