Job Description
Are you an experienced Sr. Tax Associate - Federal Income Tax with a desire to excel? If so, then Talent Software Services may have the job for you! Our client is seeking an experienced Sr. Tax Associate - Federal Income Tax to work at their office in Stamford, CT.
Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Assist Tax Director with executing the following:
- Management and coordination of all aspects of consolidated provision.
- Work with fed, state & international teams to compile and analyze results.
- Maintain executive summary deliverables, including the CFO presentation.
- Coordinate with FP&A and the transfer pricing team quarterly to rationalize full-year pretax projections by region.
- Compile documentation for Sarbanes Oxley testing of the consolidated process.
- Draft tax-related financial disclosure.
- Consider financial reporting developments, changes in financial accounting standards, and changes in the business and/or tax laws.
- Research tax technical accounting questions as necessary.
- Identify items for discussion and draft disclosure committee talking points.
- Cash tax and rate guidance*** Work with FP&A, TP, fed, state & int'l teams to compile.
- Prepare scenario analyses and develop guidance ranges on a quarterly basis.
- Continually assess YTD performance against guidance; raise potential risks.
- Develop an annual tax department budget.
- Track YTD spend vs budget and report progress to the GVP of tax.
- Ensure audit committee approval for all spending with external auditors.
- Selected research/special projects (e.g., maintain global equity comp summary, research US tax treatment on synthetic debt instruments, research and propose tax accounting policy for GILTI, etc.
Qualifications:
- Ideally, 5 Years of Tax experience, including Global Provision and Financial Reporting
- Should be hands-on experienced preparers of US 1120s
- Should be both experienced in and capable of preparing returns with minimal guidance
- Must be able to use and function with CorpTax (the software system) upon starting
- Super-user/advanced Excel skills required
- Should have practical tax preparation skills and interest
- Public Accounting or a mix of public and private is preferred
- Good communication skills - ability to identify & effectively communicate status and issues
- Sense of ownership – understand purpose of assigned tasks and evaluate progress towards the goal as work is being executed
- Good project management skills - proactively execute against the project plan and raise roadblocks early
- Motivated, high-potential performer with demonstrated ability to influence and lead
- Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to solve complex problems and successfully manage ambiguity and unexpected change
- Teachable and embracing of best practices and feedback as a means of continuous improvement
- Consistently high achiever marked by perseverance, humility and a positive outlook in the face of challenges.
- MST, CPA, or JD a plus
- BS in Accounting, Business, Finance, minimum requirement