Remote Director of Tax

Summary

Join Experian as Director of Tax -Americas and deliver first-class tax compliance across the Americas through a team of 4 people, working closely with Group Tax to ensure business insight for Compliance and Reporting processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field is required
• 10+ years of progressive experience in public accounting and corporate tax accounting
• CPA required
• Big 4 experience
• Experience leading a team of tax professionals
• Technical Skills: Experience Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Technical Skills: Experience with Oracle or any other large ERP system
• Technical Skills: Experience of tax accounting under IFRS
• Technical Skills: Experience with other financial or tax preparation software

Responsibilities

• Deliver first class, added value tax compliance across the Americas through a team of 4 people
• Work closely with the Group Tax (dotted line) who operates as a center of excellence within the Group Finance function reporting to the Group CFO
• Supervise the Corporate income tax teams and responsibility for the building and strengthening of relationships with other individuals and groups within the North American business to ensure business insight for our Compliance and Reporting processes
• Leadership of the preparation of appropriate tax provisions in accordance with IFRS for Group reporting purposes; associated with the following jurisdictions - USA, Canada and Mexico and directly liaising with local advisors regarding Group Operations in Costa Rica and Chile
• Work with the Group and local finance teams, payroll, HR, the legal department and others in the global organization to evaluate the tax operations impact of commercial transactions, including M&A work, and considering ways of mitigating tax exposures
• Completing the handover of any completed transactions into Tax processes
• Leadership of the review tax process control documentation, tax procedures, and disclosure controls to ensure they are effective, maintained, and updated in accordance with all legal requirements, Company and Group standards
• Delivery of consistent US ETR and cash tax, in line with budgets and expectations. No surprises and a regular dialogue on tax risk and opportunities
• Direct the review of information provided for the income tax provision and income tax return compliance
• Direct the management of federal, state and international tax audit process, including the management of the relationships with the external tax authorities and the evaluation of any proposed assessments
• Oversee the process for evaluating and pursuing various tax incentives and credits at the federal, state, and local levels

Benefits

• Great compensation package and bonus plan
• Core benefits including full medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K
• Flexible work environment, ability to work remote, hybrid or in-office
• Flexible time off including volunteer time off, vacation, sick and 12-paid holidays