Assistant Director, Tax Advisory

Trane Italia•Davidson, NC

3d•$168,340 - $256,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As Assistant Director, Tax Advisory, you will advise the company on its most important tax-related decisions. You’ll work on a variety of different projects alongside your colleagues within and outside the Tax and Finance organizations. You’ll support several key areas of the Tax function, including M&A, tax planning, and tax audits.

Requirements

MS in Taxation or JD
BA/BS in Accounting
15+ years combined experience at a law firm, accounting firm, or F1000 company

Responsibilities

Represent Tax in the cross-functional team handling all aspects of acquisitions and dispositions. From diligence to negotiating and drafting key contractual terms, choosing the acquiring entity and form of the transaction, modeling the cost-benefit of different structuring options, to financing and implementing the post-acquisition integration, advise company leadership regarding the tax aspects of M&A transactions.
Identify tax risks and opportunities. Evaluate the technical merits and model the tax and accounting impacts of transactions, and present conclusions, opinions and recommendations.
Leverage and enhance tax technology tools and processes in the Tax department.
Work closely with outside advisors, US and international colleagues in various disciplines, including technical accounting, transfer pricing, international tax, and others.
Stay current on the latest developments in tax legislation, regulations, cases and administrative practice.
Research and draft memos to document the positions taken.
Work with your Tax colleagues to answer IRS (or other tax authority) inquiries, write and deliver position papers and talking points in support of positions taken on Federal tax returns.
Evaluate the technical merits and model the tax and accounting impacts of proposed adjustments, and present conclusions and recommendations.