Tax Manager

This is a Hybrid role and consists of a combination of WFH In Person work

1131 SW Klickitat Way, Seattle , Washington 98134 , United States

SSA Marine’s growing and evolving global operations create a dynamic tax environment with exposure to complex multinational tax matters and meaningful opportunities for professional growth and expanded responsibility. We are seeking an Income Tax Manager with strong technical expertise in U.S. federal income tax and ASC 740. This position will play a key role in the Company’s income tax provision and reporting processes while also supporting income tax compliance, planning, transactions, and other technical tax matters.

The role will work closely with Tax leadership and cross-functional business partners providing broad exposure across the tax function.

Income Tax Provision/ASC 740

• Manage key aspects of the quarterly and annual income tax provision process under ASC 740, including review of the Company's current and deferred income tax provision, tax basis balance sheet analysis and reconciliation of deferred taxes using Bloomberg Tax Provision.
• Prepare and review effective tax rate reconciliations and analyze significant drivers of the Company's forecasted and actual effective tax rate.
• Analyze and document uncertain tax positions and other technical tax accounting matters.
• Evaluate the need for and appropriate measurement of valuation allowances.
• Support preparation and review of income tax financial statement disclosures and footnotes.
• Manage and review tax account reconciliations, return-to-provision adjustments, and other controls supporting the integrity of income tax balances reported in the financial statements.
• Manage relationships with external auditors and advisors supporting provision, technical tax, compliance, and special projects.

Income Tax Compliance

• Serve as an integral member of the income tax compliance team, providing technical review and support for U.S. federal corporate, partnership, and state income tax compliance.
• Support the review, research, and resolution of federal income tax calculations, positions, and IRS notices.
• Evaluate significant partnership tax matters and ensure appropriate and consistent treatment in income tax returns and the ASC 740 provision.
• Provide technical review and support for state income tax compliance, including the research and resolution of state tax notices.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and development to tax staff and effectively communicate significant tax matters to tax leadership.

Planning, Transactions, & Technical Tax

• Serve as a technical resource for U.S. income tax matters, researching complex issues and applying tax law to the Company's operations and transactions.
• Evaluate the income tax and ASC 740 implications of acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, investments, and other significant business transactions
• Support tax planning initiatives by modeling financial statement and cash tax consequences
• Manage federal income tax audits and controversy matters, including preparation and review of responses, supporting calculations, and documentation.
• Monitor changes in business activity, transactions, forecasts, and tax law and evaluate their impact on the Company's income tax provision and effective tax rate.
• Partner with Accounting, Treasury, Legal, and operational teams to identify and resolve tax issues

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation or equivalent.
• Active CPA and/or LLM, Masters in Taxation preferred.
• 7 + years progressively responsible U.S. tax experience with Big 4 and/or large corporate tax department.
• Strong organization, analytical, data-management, inter-personal and communications skills.
• Comfortable working in deadline driven environments…