Director of Multinational Tax

Director of Multinational Tax

The Director of Multinational Tax reports to the VP Tax

Director of Multinational Tax Job Grade

The Director of Multinational Tax is a job grade 11.

Director of Multinational Tax Responsibilities

• Plans for, models, and operationalizes our economic ownership of IP
• Maintains CFC tax basis, earnings and profits and Subpart F calculations
• Maintains BEAT, GILTI and FDII calculations
• Engages and supervises our transfer pricing contemporaneous documentation and country by country reporting
• Engages and supervises our tax preparers for international income tax compliance, both locally and from a U.S. perspective
• Maintains all digital service taxes and similar taxes
• Manages tax and transfer pricing audits
• Maintains per-country effective tax rates for US GAAP purposes
• Maintains cumulative book/tax differences for local and US GAAP purposes. Works with our Accounting team to understand GAAP to statutory book differences.
• VAT/GST compliance and audits
• Holds the lead role in new entity setup, working with our legal, finance, and human resources teams
• Works with our stock-based comp and payroll teams regarding per-country stock based compensation issues
• Works with our legal and finance teams to hold subsidiary directors’ meetings
• Works with our finance and treasury teams to fund international operations
• Outlines and drafts intercompany agreements

Director of Multinational Tax Requirements

• The candidate will have Big-4 or comparable US-based multinational company experience. Specifically, the candidate will have demonstrable, progressive experience in:
• Transfer pricing and functional analysis
• CBC reporting
• Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
• Permanent establishment issues
• New entity setup and maintenance
• US international tax compliance supervision
• Local international tax compliance supervision
• International funding, contributions and distributions
• Identification of issues and project management (knowledge of GitLab merge requests is a plus)
• Initiating and settling intercompany transactions
• Maintaining capital preservation, minimizing any excess cash held by international subsidiaries
• Supervising managers and creating leaders
• The Director of International Tax will have a BS/BA in Accounting or Finance with an MST, MBT, or LLM in taxation. A CPA is preferred.

 

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