AGENCY: Senior Director, Tax

Position Summary

Applies advanced expertise in tax transfer pricing to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by serving as subject matter expert on tax policies and guidelines or transfer pricing issues, monitoring changes and developments in tax laws, providing tax advice on a broad range of company initiatives, providing guidance on the creation of audit plans and negotiation strategies by reviewing plans and recommending ideas, working with senior leadership to understand plans, advising senior leadership regarding situations that impact current plans and strategies and providing recommendations on plan adjustments.

Directs strategic initiatives for example treasury audit business strategies by collaborating with senior leadership and key stakeholders to establish, develop and prioritize requirements and goals, creating complex strategies to manage tax risks by providing subject matter expertise guiding positions with respect to tax audits for items affecting the company’s tax provisions, communicating and presenting the tax strategy to ensure understanding, alignment and acceptance across multiple business areas and senior leadership, streamlining processes and leveraging efficiencies to ensure continuous improvement, overseeing audit and negotiation strategies by advocating for the company in tax return audits, appeals, mediation and litigation when necessary, monitoring legislative and administrative developments as it relates to government agency policies and procedures, assessing the impact of changes in government agency personnel and positions on tax issues and assisting in the development and implementation of policies and procedures regarding documentation.

Directs the preparation of federal, state, local and franchise tax returns and other United States reporting of operations by developing and executing plans to analyze data and presenting insights, problems and solutions to leadership. Manages compliance process for assigned tax area by reviewing existing Sarbanes‑Oxley documentation and controls ensuring consistency with key process changes, meeting with internal audit and external auditors to discuss tax compliance processes ensuring internal control processes are in place and up to date and ensuring process control implementation and operation aligning compliance policies with tax laws and regulations, attending meetings on behalf of the tax department and representing areas of interest, managing compliance processes for the department, developing policies with respect to new legislation, working with media to engage in legislative process and developing and maintaining internal and external relationships with tax administrators.

Serves as a tax expert and representative to tax and non‑tax organizations by speaking at conferences and symposia, establishing professional relationships with tax coalition members, government officials and company officials, providing tax input for new business opportunities and changes to existing businesses and providing guidance to senior management for optimizing financial results. Develops initiatives aligned to the strategy to minimize the company’s global tax burden by advising on tax policies and guidelines or transfer pricing tax issues for the company, assessing the impact of changes of international and domestic tax laws on company operations, developing relationships with industry leaders and tax professionals outside company to share best practices advising team and Washington DC based government relations group on international and domestic tax policy and identifying and capitalizing on short, medium and long‑term legislative opportunities to minimize the company’s global tax burden, directing teams and leads translating taxation business accounting and financial expertise into company tax saving strategies and reviewing system enhancement needs and guiding development unique solutions in partnership with technology.

Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs, developing communicating building support for and implementing business strategies plans and practices, analyzing…