Senior Director of Tax

As the leader in automotive preventive maintenance, Valvoline has a proven track record of growth. We continue to invest in our people, processes, and technology to strengthen our ability to efficiently deliver Quick, Easy, Trusted service across all our stores – every day. We're not just in the car business; we're in the people business. And we're looking for humble, hungry, and smart people to help us shape the future of mobility.

If you're hungry to drive change and seek a dynamic, collaborative environment that fuels both personal and professional growth, you've found your place with us.

Our highest priority is creating a welcoming workplace with team members from a wide variety of diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Valvoline has a rewarding opportunity as a Senior Director of Tax. As the Senior Director of Tax, you will oversee all aspects of Valvoline Inc.’s tax organization and execution, including compliance, accounting and reporting, and strategic planning and forecasting for income and non‑income (e.g., property, sales and use) taxes.

This position will lead a team of internal and external professionals in a role with high visibility to executive management and the audit committee of the Board of Directors. This position will proactively collaborate across the organization to provide guidance on the tax implications of business decisions and transactions, collaborate across internal and external teams, and remain current on tax laws and regulations to optimize the organization’s tax profile.

This role reports to the VP of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer, and serves as the senior leader of the tax function.

• Provide leadership and direction to execute the enterprise tax strategy in partnership with Finance leadership
• Collaborate with key leadership on strategy to optimize for an efficient tax structure.
• Prepare materials and support communication to senior management and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors on tax matters, risks, and opportunities.
• Manage a team of internal professionals and outside advisors to ensure an adequate complement of expertise and resources supporting the organization’s tax needs.
• Oversee continuous improvement to leverage technology and streamline processes for improved efficiency and effectiveness.
• Manage the tax department budget within established financial parameters.

• Serve as a subject matter expert across the organization and collaborate with key stakeholders to share timely perspectives on tax matters. This is a hands‑on leadership role.
• Serve as an escalation point for decision making on complex and judgemental tax matters.
• Remain current on key developments in tax and proactively update leadership on key emerging topics and issues, including implications of significant regulatory changes, transactions and other matters with meaningful tax effects.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to tax team to support growth and professional development.
• Provide consistency and oversight across all areas of tax organization to ensure key assumptions and judgments are consistently and timely applied (e.g., compliance and accounting implications and judgments).

• Provide leadership and oversight for all tax accounting and reporting matters, including the interim and annual income tax provision processes, tax indemnification matters between predecessor and legacy organizations, review and oversight of financial disclosures, and the execution of key controls over financial reporting to produce timely financial statements with accurate tax balances, activity, and disclosures in accordance with US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements.
• Establish, communicate, and maintain policies to drive compliance with US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements, including ensuring changes are monitored, evaluated, communicated, and adopted in a timely manner.
• Oversee effectiveness of internal controls of end‑to‑end financial processes and reporting to ensure compliance with US GAAP, notably ASC 740.
• Provide guidance and oversee the completion of research to develop and document…