Head of Tax, North America

Aumovio•Auburn Hills, MI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Head of Tax, North America is responsible for leading the regional tax function across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The role is accountable for the effective management of tax compliance, tax reporting, audits, transfer pricing, tax risk, and governance. Equally important, the position is expected to establish and drive a proactive regional tax agenda focused on tax optimization, cash-tax management, risk reduction, process improvement, and support of significant business initiatives. The Head of Tax, North America serves as the principal tax leader for North America. The position directly reports to the CFO North America and functionally to the Global Head of Tax. The role must anticipate tax implications, independently identify risks and opportunities, develop clear recommendations and drive initiatives through implementation rather than operating solely as a reactive compliance function. The position is integral part of and works closely with the AUMOVIO Group Tax Function and to ensure that regional activities are aligned with global tax strategy, policies, governance standards, and reporting requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Tax, Finance, Law, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive tax experience, including at least 5 years in a tax leadership role within a complex multinational organization.
Strong technical knowledge of U.S. federal, state, international and transfer pricing matters.
Experience leading tax compliance, tax reporting, audits, and controversy matters.
Demonstrated experience identifying and implementing tax planning or optimization initiatives.
Experience leading cross-functional projects and advising executive leadership.
Strong business judgment, communication, and influencing skills.
Ability to balance tax optimization, compliance, governance, and commercial objectives.
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job posting.

Nice To Haves

CPA, JD, master’s degree in taxation or equivalent professional qualification.
Experience in manufacturing, automotive or another complex industrial environment.
Experience across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Experience working within a global matrix organization.
Experience managing internal teams and external-advisor networks.
Experience supporting restructurings, supply-chain changes, legal-entity optimization or other significant business transformations.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the North America tax strategy in alignment with regional business priorities and the global tax framework.
Establish and maintain a forward-looking tax agenda covering tax optimization, cash-tax improvement, risk reduction, and operational effectiveness.
Proactively identify tax risks and opportunities without relying on the CFO or other functions to initiate the review.
Develop business cases and actionable recommendations, including estimated financial impact, required resources, risks, and implementation steps.
Initiate and lead tax-related projects through completion, working across Finance, Treasury, Legal, Operations and other functions.
Identify opportunities related to legal entity structures, supply-chain arrangements, incentives, credits, transfer pricing, and other relevant areas.
Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and recommend appropriate actions.
Serve as the principal tax leader and strategic business partner to the North America CFO, regional leadership team, Global Head of Tax, and AUMOVIO Group Tax organization.
Provide clear, practical advice on significant business decisions, investments, restructurings, contracts, financing activities, supply-chain changes, and other transactions.
Translate complex tax matters into concise business recommendations that allow leadership to make informed decisions.
Participate early in significant initiatives so that tax implications are identified and managed before decisions are finalized.
Maintain effective relationships with the Global Head of Tax and Group Tax organization.
Oversee all significant direct and indirect tax compliance activities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Ensure accurate and timely tax provisions, forecasts, tax packages, statutory reporting, and other required submissions (e.g., Pillar II reporting).
Maintain appropriate oversight of uncertain tax positions, tax-related internal controls, supporting documentation, and compliance with Group Tax reporting requirements.
Ensure regional compliance with global tax policies, documentation standards, and governance requirements.
Improve tax processes, systems, automation, data quality, and operating efficiency.
Maintain clear ownership, backup coverage, and documentation for critical tax processes.
Own the identification, assessment and reporting of material tax risks across North America.
Lead the regional strategy for tax audits, assessments, disputes, appeals, and settlements.
Ensure significant matters are escalated promptly to the North America CFO and Global Head of Tax.
Coordinate with internal stakeholders, external advisors, and tax authorities.
Develop defensible positions that protect enterprise value while appropriately managing commercial and operational considerations.
Oversee regional execution of global transfer pricing policies and requirements.
Ensure appropriate documentation, implementation, and monitoring of intercompany arrangements.
Partner with Group Tax on transfer pricing strategy, audits, disputes, and changes to business models.
Identify and address transfer pricing risks arising from operational or organizational changes.
Lead, develop and retain a capable regional tax organization.
Set clear priorities, performance expectations, and accountability across the team.
Build succession plans and backup coverage for critical responsibilities.
Improve the team’s ability to operate as a proactive business partner rather than solely as a compliance function.
Ensure the organization has the right balance of internal capability and external support.
Establish an effective external-advisor strategy based on capability, responsiveness, cost, and business need.
Define clear scopes, deliverables, timelines, and accountability for external advisors.
Ensure external spending produces measurable value and does not replace appropriate internal ownership.
Maintain key relationships with accounting firms, legal counsel, and specialist tax advisors.