Tax Director

AppleOne Employment Services; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services in Seattle is seeking a Director, Direct Taxes to set long-term tax strategy and oversee direct tax compliance, including state and federal filings and SEC reporting. You will lead a team of tax professionals and partner with finance and other leaders.

The ideal candidate has extensive tax experience, strong leadership, and excellent communication skills to influence strategy, improve processes, and manage external providers.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in a tax function, with public accounting preferred.
• 5 years of leadership experience, with at least 2 years directly leading people.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field, or equivalent training/experience.
• Skilled at developing productive internal relationships within finance and cross-divisionally.
• Knowledge of federal and state income taxes and accounting for income taxes.
• Outstanding communication skills (verbal, written, and listening) and presentation skills.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Establish long-term direct tax strategy and oversee compliance.
• Lead tax team and manage performance and development.
• Oversee federal and state income tax filings and audit readiness.
• Ensure GAAP reporting, SOX controls, and tax accounting.
• Coordinate with VP of Tax and cross-functional partners.
• Engage with tax authorities and external service providers.
• Forecast tax and cash-flow models and related analyses.

Skills

Tax leadership

People management

Direct taxes

GAAP & SOX

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

The Director, Direct Taxes, sets the long-term direct tax strategy and oversees the company's direct tax compliance, state and federal audits, cash performance and the accounting for income taxes and related financial reporting at the client. As a people leader, this role establishes strategic goals and direction for a team of tax professionals to maintain accurate direct tax records, and to ensure timely preparation and filing of tax returns and SEC reporting.

Key Duties

• Establish long-term strategic goals and direction for the direct tax team
• Develop people through effective performance management and ongoing feedback, focusing on fostering strategic and systems thinking, development of talent, and succession planning across teams and disciplines
• Shape culture of the team through action, presence, and reinforcement of behaviors
• Influences in Tax strategies and provides strategic recommendations to the VP of Tax and other leaders.
• Oversee the completion of direct tax projects, including analysis of proposed projects, contracts and initiatives for tax impact, analysis of accounting treatment of transactions and related tax treatment.
• Review of federal and state income tax filings to ensure accurate and timely reporting and payments, ensuring proper documentation of files to ensure that all issues have been researched and documented for audit purposes.
• Review of financial accounting and reporting of taxes to ensure proper documentation and compliance with GAAP, upkeep of SOX documentation, and oversight of maintenance of controls for assigned areas.
• Lead team and establish priorities of tax professionals to deliver on business objectives.
• Partner with other leaders to ensure the workloads of the team are balanced and each team member is both challenged and supported
• Establish and implement opportunities for process improvements in company tax procedures, including technology enhancements.
• Direct the team in preparation of new routes, including international destinations
• Lead efforts with taxing authorities to support and maintain our filings.
• Consult on payroll issues, including travel privileges, state withholding and other payroll issues
• Manage a wide variety of projects simultaneously, including managing outside service providers
• Oversee and provide input on forecasting models (EPS, cash, etc)

Job-Specific Skills, Experience & Education Required

• 8 years of experience in a tax function with three years in public accounting preferred
• 5 years of leadership experience, with at least 2 of those years directly leading people.
• Bachelor's degree accounting or a business-related discipline, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree
• Skilled at developing productive internal relationships within finance and cross-divisionally, as well as relationships with various tax authorities, other airline personnel, lobbyists and consultants
• Knowledge of federal and state income taxes and accounting for income taxes.
• Outstanding communication skills (e. g . , verbal, written, and listening) and presentation skills
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age of 1 8.
• Must be authorized to work in the U. S.

Preferred

• Master's degree in related field

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations

• Emb our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind -hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable.
• Create a culture where all employees feel safe and they belong.