Senior Tax Specialist
Reports to: Senior Tax Manager
Experience: 4-7 years
The Opportunity
A global manufacturing and industrial organization is seeking a Senior Tax Specialist to join its corporate tax team. The position offers unusually broad exposure for this level, covering ASC 740, U.S. and international compliance, transfer pricing, OECD Pillar Two, tax planning, and strategic projects.
Reporting to the Senior Tax Manager, this individual will take meaningful ownership of complex tax workstreams while partnering with finance leaders, international teams, business stakeholders, and external advisers across multiple jurisdictions.
Key Responsibilities
ASC 740 & Tax Provision
- Support key elements of the quarterly and annual ASC 740 income tax provision.
- Prepare and review current and deferred tax calculations, including temporary differences, uncertain tax positions, and valuation allowances.
- Prepare effective tax rate reconciliations, tax account reconciliations, and forecasts.
- Develop audit-ready provision workpapers and technical documentation.
- Coordinate with external auditors on income tax matters and follow-up requests.
U.S. & International Tax Compliance
- Prepare and review complex federal, state, local, and international income tax filings.
- Coordinate with international finance teams and external advisers to gather and validate tax data.
- Support U.S. international tax reporting for foreign subsidiaries and cross-border transactions.
- Prepare tax payments, forecasts, estimated tax calculations, and filing calendars.
- Review returns and workpapers prepared by external advisers.
- Support domestic and international tax audits and tax authority inquiries.
International Tax & Pillar Two
- Perform and review OECD Pillar Two compliance, modeling, and reporting activities.
- Support Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) and other international reporting requirements.
- Coordinate and reconcile tax and financial data across global business units.
- Monitor international tax developments and communicate potential impacts to tax leadership.
- Maintain processes and documentation supporting global minimum tax requirements.
Transfer Pricing
- Coordinate global transfer pricing documentation and compliance.
- Support preparation of master files, local files, and country-specific documentation.
- Work with external transfer pricing advisers and international finance teams.
- Perform intercompany transaction analysis and support benchmarking activities.
- Assist with intercompany agreements and implementation of transfer pricing policies.
- Identify potential transfer pricing issues and coordinate their resolution.
Tax Planning & Strategic Projects
- Take ownership of defined workstreams within tax planning initiatives.
- Analyze the tax implications of acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, legal entity changes, and intercompany financing.
- Research complex technical tax matters and prepare supporting memoranda.
- Assess the impact of legislative and regulatory developments.
- Lead or support tax process improvement, automation, and data-management initiatives.
- Provide technical guidance to less-experienced team members where appropriate.
Candidate Profile
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related discipline.
- 4-7 years of corporate tax and/or public accounting experience.
- Strong ASC 740 experience, including preparation and review of tax provision calculations.
- Experience preparing and reviewing U.S. federal and state corporate income tax compliance.
- Strong understanding of U.S. corporate income tax principles.
- Advanced Excel capabilities with experience handling large and complex datasets.
- Ability to independently manage multiple workstreams and deadlines.
Preferred
- CPA or active pursuit of CPA certification.
- International or multinational corporate tax experience.
- Exposure to foreign tax compliance and transfer pricing.
- Experience with OneSource Tax Provision (OTP) or similar tax provision software.
- Experience with OECD Pillar Two and other evolving international reporting requirements.
Skills & Attributes
- Strong technical foundation across tax accounting and compliance.
- Comfortable taking ownership of complex assignments.
- Strong analytical and tax research capabilities.
- Ability to work effectively with international finance teams and external advisers.
- Detail-oriented with a focus on maintaining audit-ready documentation.
- Interest in expanding into international tax, transfer pricing, and strategic tax projects.
Why This Role
- Exceptionally broad exposure for a Senior-level position, spanning provision, compliance, international tax, transfer pricing, Pillar Two, and planning.
- Direct exposure to multinational tax issues and cross-border transactions.
- Opportunity to work on acquisitions, restructurings, and other strategic transactions.
- Hands-on involvement with emerging areas including OECD Pillar Two and CbCR.
- Opportunity to lead process improvement, automation, and data initiatives.
- Clear potential to develop technical and leadership capabilities beyond traditional Senior Tax Analyst responsibilities.
Compensation & Benefits
The organization offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, alongside ongoing training and career-development opportunities.
Equal Opportunity
The hiring organization is committed to providing an inclusive workplace and equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants.