Tax Manager

TRS Staffing Solutions; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TRS Staffing Solutions seeks a senior tax professional to lead major tax functions and defense strategies in a Dallas-area setting. The role collaborates with upper management and finance teams to align with tax laws while focusing on reducing shareholder taxes.

Candidates should hold a CPA and/or JD, with strong management experience and a track record in multinational or large firm environments. This on-site role requires exceptional communication and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• Accredited four-year degree or global equivalent with 8+ years’ experience, or 12 years if no degree.
• CPA and/or JD certification required.
• MST/LLM or global equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision to ensure policies and procedures are followed.
• Provide high-level technical expertise in tax function areas.
• Identify and research tax issues from law changes and business decisions; advise executives.
• Manage significant tax projects as directed by tax leadership.
• Develop and improve tax processes and procedures.
• Coordinate with controllers/finance managers and outside advisors.

Skills

Communication

Detail orientation

Time management

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Education

Four-year degree or global equivalent

CPA and/or JD

MST/LLM or global equivalent

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Email

Job description

Our client is 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 personnel, and helps us develop innovative solutions that contribute to building a better world together.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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
• High critical thinking/reasoning ability