Vice President - IFRS Tax Accounting

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Vice President in the Tax department to manage all aspects of IFRS tax provision preparation and review, serve as a subject matter expert for IAS 12 tax matters, and partner closely with controllers, auditors, and global tax teams to ensure high quality, accurate, and compliant reporting.

In the Finance division, we act as a partner to business units around the globe by providing management, review, analysis and advisory services of the Firm’s financial and capital resources. This is a Vice President level position within the Tax & Advisory job family which ensures compliance with income and indirect tax filings, reports tax information for the Firm’s regulatory filings, manages the Firm’s global tax authority relationships, including tax controversy, and monitors relevant tax regulations and legislation.

Additional responsibilities include managing the Firm’s domestic and international tax strategies, determining the Firm’s transfer pricing policies and advising Senior Management and BUs on business products, strategic transactions and restructuring objectives.

Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, always evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

• Lead end-to-end IFRS income tax accounting development and implementation, with a focus on automation, data integrity, and reporting efficiency
• Manage interim and annual income tax provision preparation and review of consolidated IFRS tax reporting, including conversion from U.S. GAAP
• Oversee analysis of U.S. GAAP to IFRS income tax differences, including tracking adjustments, documenting differences in tax accounting, and communicating impacts to stakeholders
• Manage reconciliation and validation of IFRS income tax accounts, including IFRS income supporting tax data and documentation
• Partner with global stakeholders on income tax accounting matters, supporting effective data hand offs with local tax teams and legal entity controllers
• Ensure strong internal controls, ensuring alignment with SOX and global regulatory expectations
• Effectively communicate with external and internal stakeholders, including tax leadership
• Act as point of contact for external tax accountants; evaluate and manage relationships with tax advisors and preparers
• Evaluate and document the IFRS tax accounting implications of new transactions, restructurings, and other Firm initiatives
• Tax analysis, planning and analytics
• Special projects
• Manage, attract, develop and retain talent for the team within Finance while creating an inclusive environment; translate Firmwide goals into actionable goals for department/function
• Act as a role model and culture carrier; embody and set an example of the Firm's values and hold yourself and others accountable to Firm standards

• Advanced understanding of the Finance functional area, product and/or client segment and technical skills, as well as of industry and competitive environment
• Ability to provide positive and constructive feedback and acknowledge efforts of team members
• Ability to articulate risk and impact to various audiences, and create plans to mitigate those risks
• Minimum 8+ years of tax accounting experience, both public and private
• Experience covering complex tax issues in a real-time environment
• Strong working knowledge of Accounting for Income Tax rules under both ASC 740 and IAS 12 as well as solid general knowledge of GAAP and IFRS rules; IFRS/IAS 12 and ASC 740 experience is required
• Bachelor's in Accounting or Master’s in Tax
• CPA certification preferred
• Strong managerial skills, with a hands on approach
• Strong organizational, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
• A solid team player who is also an independent thinker with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Experience with Corp Tax, Alteryx, and Power Query preferable but not required
• Financial services industry experience preferable but not required

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