Manager, Tax

Fluor Corporation; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluor Corporation seeks a senior tax leader to plan and direct major tax functions, aligning strategies with corporate goals. The role coordinates with upper management on financial reporting, compliance, international tax, and audit defense to protect shareholder value.

Candidates should have CPA/JD credentials, 7+ years of tax experience, and 3+ years of managerial leadership, with strong communication and process-improvement skills.

Qualifications

• Accredited four-year degree in accounting or related field with eight years of work-related experience or twelve years if non-degreed
• CPA and/or JD certification or global equivalent required
• Seven years of recent tax experience in a public accounting firm, law firm or large multinational company
• Three years of managerial experience
• Intermediate computer skills including word processing and spreadsheets
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable tax statutes and guidelines

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision to assure company policies, procedures, and methods are followed
• Provide high-level technical expertise in tax functional areas
• Identify and research relevant tax issues from law changes and business decisions and make recommendations to executive management
• Manage significant tax projects as needed by executive Tax management
• Develop, establish, and improve processes and procedures
• Maintain close working relationship with controllers/finance managers and outside advisors
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Communication skills

Tax planning

Leadership

Financial reporting

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field

CPA or JD preferred

MS in Taxation or LLM preferred

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Job description

At Fluor Constructors, we are proud to design and build projects and careers. We are committed to fostering a welcoming and collaborative work environment that encourages big-picture thinking, brings out the best in our employees, and helps us develop innovative solutions that contribute to building a better world together. If this sounds like a culture you would like to work in, you’re invited to apply for this role.

Job Description

The purpose of this position has the overall objective of enhancing shareholder value by reducing taxes through effective tax planning strategies and defense of these strategies while ensuring the Company conducts its affairs with knowledge of and in conformity with applicable tax laws. This role plans and directs a major function in coordination with upper management within the tax department; functional areas may include: financial statement reporting, compliance reporting, international tax, and audit defense.

• Provide supervision to assure company policies, procedures, and methods are followed
• Provide high-level technical expertise in specialized tax functional area
• Identify and research relevant tax issues resulting from tax law changes and business decisions and makes recommendation to executive management
• Manage significant projects as needed by executive Tax management
• Regularly develop, establish, and continuously improve processes and procedures
• Maintain a close working relationship with controllers/finance managers as well as the company’s outside advisors to execute the duties
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Job Requirements

• Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study and eight (8) years of work-related experience or a combination of education and directly related experience equal to twelve (12) years if non-degreed; some locations may have additional or different qualifications in order to comply with local requirements
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and other stakeholders
• Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and/or Juris Doctor Law (JD) certification or global equivalent required
• Master of Science in Taxation (MST) and/or Master of Laws (LLM) degree or global equivalent
• Seven (7) years of recent tax experience in a public accounting firm, law firm and/or large multinational company
• Three (3) years of managerial experience
• Intermediate computer and software skills to include the use of word processing and email as well as the intermediate use of spreadsheets and electronic presentations
• Effective oral and written communication skills