Senior Director, Tax; Hybrid

Position: Senior Director, Tax (Hybrid)
The Opportunity:

At Avantor, people are the most important part of our success because they drive our global performance. That’s why our Operations, Lab Services, Sales, and many other Avantor teams rely on our talent acquisition initiatives to attract, engage and hire the right talent. Avantor’s Tax team is a crucial part of this mix, enabling all our internal teams worldwide to grow beyond their limits.

Under the direction of the SVP, Tax, responsible for developing and implementing value added corporate transactions and US/International tax planning projects aimed at optimizing the legal/operational structure while minimizing the worldwide effective tax rate. This will include changes in law, financing, transfer pricing, restructurings, M&A and other transitions in our operating environment and negotiating/settling world wild tax audits.

What we’re looking for:

Education:

Bachelor’s degree required. CPA/MBA/Masters in Taxation preferred

Experience:

15+ years corporate tax and/or public accounting experience in taxation

Who you are:

Highly specialized skills for problem solving, technical tax analysis, & extensive collaboration; must be able to interpret complex tax laws and at the same time develop practical applications of these laws.

Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications – Word;
Excel, & Power Point Excellent  problem solving, organizational and communication skills

Excellent written communications skills

Demonstrated leadership skills

How you will thrive and create and impact:

Collaborate with external tax and legal advisors, controllership, treasury, FP&A, finance leadership and business operation team to ensure the finance health of the Company by advising on business decisions, M&A, and other strategic actions of the business from a tax perspective. Act as primary contact for tax related questions/requests.

Leads the strategic development and implementation of corporate transactions (e.g. mergers, acquisitions, restructurings), assesses worldwide tax implications, teams with country managers/tax advisors/legal counsel/business owners in order to attain a successful synergy of operational objectives & tax benefits.

Partners with Treasury/Legal to create financing alternatives that optimize profits/cashflows while proactively managing risk, develops valuations of fair market value of entity’s equity (purchase price) for reorganizations, and creates/communicates step plan & updated legal structure to all interested parties.

Plans/develops/implements comprehensive transfer pricing programs involving  intercompany cross border transactions (i.e. interest, dividends, royalties, cost-sharing, transfer of products/services, etc.) as well as supervising the execution & maintenance of related documentation, including updates of annual U.S. contemporaneous documentation supporting transfer pricing programs, tracks annual global transfer pricing studies performed by third parties, and researches local income/withholding tax implications  under  worldwide  tax treaties/European Union Directives.  

Uses results to ensure global compliance and risk mitigation as well as leveraging for improving tax optimization

Analyzes a list of global tax exposures/uncertain tax positions (FIN 48) & related interest/penalty accruals and reviews proposed entries for the Company’s liability/footnote disclosures, and represents the Company in resolution/settlement of audit & appeal issues before federal/state/foreign tax authorities enabling the establishment or release of tax reserves .Monitors latest developments in proposed & enacted tax legislation/ regulations/court cases/disclosure requirements/tax treaties and author tax technical Memos analyzing the impact on relevant tax positions.

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