Corporate Tax & Accounting Technical Manager (bilingual Korean)

Cesna Recruitment•Auburn Hills, MI

1d•$90,000

About The Position

The Corporate Tax & Accounting Technical Manager supports the Company’s U.S. tax compliance, tax accounting, external audit, and technical accounting activities. The role manages and supports federal, state, and local tax matters, including corporate income tax, income tax provisions, sales and use tax, property tax, and payroll-related tax matters. It also supports external financial statement audits and technical accounting matters, including revenue recognition and other complex accounting issues. The position calls for a hands-on professional who can independently research technical issues, work effectively with external tax and audit advisors, coordinate with internal business functions, and provide practical, well-supported recommendations to management. The successful candidate will combine a strong foundation in U.S. corporate taxation with the ability to work across accounting, audit, and financial reporting matters.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, Finance, or a related field.
At least 3 years of relevant U.S. tax experience, including meaningful hands-on experience in multiple areas of U.S. corporate taxation.
Strong working knowledge of U.S. federal and state corporate income taxation.
Practical experience with corporate income tax compliance and income tax provision / ASC 740.
Experience in at least one additional tax area, such as sales and use tax, property tax, payroll tax, or state and local tax.
Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and general accounting principles.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to independently research tax and accounting issues and document conclusions.
Strong Excel skills and ability to work with large amounts of financial data.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a corporate environment.
Ability to work effectively with external tax advisors, auditors, and internal cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

CPA license or CPA candidacy.
Master’s degree in Taxation, Accounting, or a related discipline.
Experience with a Big Four accounting firm or substantial hands-on experience at a reputable regional or boutique CPA firm.
Experience independently managing multiple corporate clients and complex tax or accounting matters.
Experience performing or supporting financial statement audits; a combination of tax and audit experience is especially desirable.
Experience researching and resolving technical accounting issues under U.S. GAAP.
Experience with ASC 606 revenue recognition.
Experience with ASC 740, ASC 842, inventory or cost accounting, or other complex accounting areas.
Experience preparing technical accounting or tax memoranda.
Experience responding to IRS and state tax audits or examinations.
Experience supporting external financial statement audits.
Experience in manufacturing, automotive, battery, energy, technology, or another capital-intensive industry.
Experience with multinational corporations and intercompany transactions.
Familiarity with transfer pricing and international tax matters.
Experience with ERP systems such as SAP and tax/accounting software.
SOX/internal controls experience.

Responsibilities

Manage and support U.S. federal, state, and local corporate income tax compliance, including returns, extensions, estimated payments, filing calendars, workpapers, book-to-tax adjustments, and tax calculations.
Coordinate with external tax advisors on timely and accurate tax return preparation and filing.
Research corporate tax issues, assess potential company impacts, and support tax audits, notices, information requests, and other tax authority inquiries.
Identify improvements to tax compliance processes, documentation, and internal controls.
Prepare and/or review quarterly and annual income tax provisions under ASC 740, including current and deferred tax calculations, effective tax rate analysis, reconciliations, valuation allowances, and uncertain tax position documentation as applicable.
Prepare tax provision workpapers and coordinate with external auditors and tax advisors on provision reviews and audit requirements.
Manage and support sales and use tax compliance, including transaction reviews, return filings, research into state and local rules, exemption certificate maintenance, and audit support.
Identify sales and use tax exposures, overpayments, refund opportunities, and process improvements.
Coordinate business personal property tax return preparation and filing, maintain records, review assessments, and support audits, inquiries, and assessment challenges.
Provide technical support for federal, state, and local payroll tax matters in coordination with Payroll, HR, Finance, and external payroll providers.
Research payroll tax requirements related to compensation, relocation, bonuses, benefits, and other compensation matters; assist with notices, discrepancies, jurisdictional issues, and audits.
Support annual and interim external financial statement audits by coordinating responses, preparing schedules and reconciliations, identifying issues in audit requests, and helping resolve audit questions.
Assist with financial statement and footnote support and maintain audit-ready documentation.
Research complex or non-routine U.S. GAAP accounting matters, including revenue recognition, contracts, variable consideration, customer incentives, inventory, fixed assets, leases, accruals, contingencies, impairment, intercompany transactions, and foreign currency matters.
Prepare technical accounting memoranda documenting facts, applicable guidance, analysis, conclusions, financial statement impact, and recommended accounting treatment.
Work with Accounting, Finance, Legal, Sales, Operations, and other functions to understand transactions and determine appropriate accounting treatment.
Support external auditors’ review of significant accounting positions and technical conclusions.
Support the design, documentation, and improvement of tax and accounting processes and internal controls, including SOX/internal control activities if applicable.
Identify control gaps, compliance risks, and process improvement opportunities; support policies, procedures, and technical accounting documentation.
Assist management with tax implications of business transactions and operational decisions, state and local tax planning and nexus analysis, tax due diligence, and identification of credits, incentives, exemptions, and other legitimate tax savings opportunities.
Monitor relevant federal and state tax law changes and communicate potential impacts to management.