Senior Tax Analyst, US

INEOS Styrolution; League City (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

INEOS Styrolution is seeking a Sr Tax Analyst to manage US indirect and direct taxes across the Americas. The role includes oversight of income, franchise, excise taxes, and transfer pricing with emphasis on compliance, audits, and tax provision.

The candidate will back up the Americas regional tax director and collaborate with regional teams, ideally based in League City, TX or Naperville, IL. Responsibilities include handling sales and use tax, property tax, audits, and staying current with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation or related field; CPA preferred.
• Minimum 7+ years of experience, public accounting experience with manufacturing clients.
• Strong experience in corporate income, excise and franchise tax (BEAT, GILTI, subpart F).
• Experience with US transfer pricing and tax audit defense.
• Experience preparing analyses of data and supporting tax matters.

Responsibilities

• Manage US sales and use tax and property tax compliance including audits and optimizations.
• Support US Federal and state tax compliance, income/franchise/excise taxes, and tax provision.
• Ensure income tax payments are accurate and timely.
• Manage tax audits and respond to tax authority inquiries.
• Track tax law developments and communicate updates to stakeholders.
• Ensure SAP and IT tools comply with tax laws.
• Advise management on tax matters from daily operations to complex projects.
• Coordinate with internal departments on asset and valuation property tax information.

Skills

Tax analysis

Strategic tax planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Taxation

Tools

OneSource Tax Provision

SAP

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

The Position:

• The US Sr Tax Analyst is responsible for aspects of US indirect and direct taxes for the Americas Regional Headquarter. This includes support with US Federal, about 30 US State Taxes as well as plant specific property taxes, R&D tax credits and oversight of Americas Transfer Pricing aspects.
• This position needs to ensure that US and Canada income tax compliance, tax provision, audit defense, and strategic tax matters are properly managed and executed.
• The role is an integral part of the Americas tax team and function as the backup and potential successor for the Americas regional tax director. This role shall ideally be based out of League City, TX or Naperville, IL in order to connect with the regional teams.

What you will do:

• This position is responsible for all US sales and use tax compliance, property tax compliance including property tax audits and optimizations.
• This position will support the US Federal and state tax compliance, i.e., for ensuring that all aspects of US income, franchise and excise taxation are technically correct, performed on time and generate the best results for the Company.
• Ensures all income tax payments are calculated accurately and submitted in a timely manner.
• Manages various tax audits (Sales and use tax, property tax, but supports also federal and state income taxes).
• Timely tracks tax law developments on US federal, state and regional Americas level, implements required changes, and gives updates to stakeholders. Ensures compliance with all business process changes.
• Ensures SAP and other IT tools are compliant with US Federal and state tax laws.
• Mitigates tax risks by timely taking actions.and communicates with the tax office to prevent conflicts
• Work closely with Finance team to ensure statutory audits are correct from a tax accounting perspective (ASC 740).
• Advise all levels of management on tax matters from daily operations to complex projects
• Maintain compliance with state and local property tax laws and filing deadlines.
• Coordinate with internal departments to gather asset and valuation property tax information.
• Review property tax assessments for accuracy and reasonableness.
• Serves as a backup for the US tax team.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field
  CPA preferred
• Minimum 7+ years of experience, public accounting experience with manufacturing company clients.
• Strong experience in corporate income, excise and franchise tax, including BEAT, GILTI and subpart F
• Experience in/exposure to US transfer pricing and tax audit defense
• Experience preparing analyses of data and support for tax matters and presenting findings and challenges for evaluation.

Technical skills:

• Excellent technical understanding of US Federal and state income tax
• Competent user of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneSource Tax Provision Software
• Working knowledge of SAP.
• Knowledge of US GAAP & IFRS GAAP
• Proactive and a strong team player who promotes teamwork throughout the organization
• Ability to set priorities, well-organized, able to work to strict deadlines with a good attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong strategic and analytical skills; sees the big picture without losing eye for details
• Able to manage complexity and can cope with workload peaks
• Understands cross-functional/ cross-regional framework and business
• Strong business and financial acumen

Benefits package:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• A 401(k)-retirement plan with a 3% automatic company contribution and a 100% match on the first 6% of employee contributions.
• Paid time off and additional wellness, financial, and lifestyle benefits.

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge and skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. At INEOS Styrolution, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are carefully made based on the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

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