Senior Director, Tax Reporting and US Compliance

Flex•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Director US Tax Reporting and Compliance will lead the build-out and operation of the Company’s US tax reporting and income tax compliance function. This is a hands-on build-from-scratch role that will initially operate without direct reports, leveraging external advisors and internal cross-functional support to establish a scalable, well-controlled operating model. The successful candidate will be expected to personally execute and own critical aspects of the US ASC 740 tax provision, US federal income tax compliance oversight, tax reporting controls, advisor management, and tax close process, while designing a scalable operating model and future team structure. The role will serve as the retained in-house owner for US ASC 740 tax reporting and US federal income tax compliance, working closely with external advisors, corporate accounting, regional tax, regional finance teams, and external auditors. External advisors and co-source providers will support execution, but the role will retain internal ownership for technical judgment, process quality, documentation, review of deliverables, issue resolution, and leadership reporting. This role is based from our Austin, TX headquarters.

Requirements

Position requires an individual who is a self-starter with the ability to work independently, who handles multiple tasks and projects simultaneously in a changing environment, effectively prioritizing and completing assignments.
Deep hands-on ASC 740 experience, including quarterly and annual provision, current / deferred tax expense, ETR analytics, valuation allowance, uncertain tax positions, tax footnote disclosures, and audit support.
Proven experience managing outsourced or co-sourced tax compliance and provision processes and demonstrated ability to operate independently in a senior individual-contributor leadership role with no initial direct reports.
Strong US federal consolidated income tax compliance experience.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field and a Master’s in Tax preferred.
Minimum experience of 8 years in US tax reporting and compliance, preferably in a public multinational company or Big 4 environment.
Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills

Nice To Haves

CPA preferred

Responsibilities

Build and own the US tax reporting and compliance operating model, including roles/responsibilities, use of outside advisors, process ownership, workpaper standards, and related control processes.
Establish a practical roadmap for stabilizing the function, cooperating with external advisor, improving documentation, strengthening controls, evaluating tools and software solutions, and building future internal capabilities.
Develop and maintain a US tax reporting and compliance calendar covering quarterly provision milestones, annual provision deliverables, federal compliance deadlines, return-to-provision work, audit deliverables, SOX deadlines, and advisor timelines.
Serve as the primary US tax reporting and compliance business partner to Head of Tax and key internal stakeholders.
Evaluate future staffing needs and build the business case for team expansion over time.
Own the quarterly and annual global ASC 740 tax provision process, including current and deferred tax expense, tax account reconciliations, effective tax rate analysis, return-to-provision adjustments, valuation allowance analysis, uncertain tax positions, and related supporting documentation.
Work closely with external advisor and cooperate with finance, corporate accounting, regional tax teams to gather, validate, and analyze data required for the US tax provision.
Prepare, review, and analyze global consolidated tax provision workpapers and ensure timely delivery of audit-ready support.
Support preparation and review of income tax footnote disclosures, SEC reporting inputs, rate reconciliation, cash taxes paid, uncertain tax benefit disclosures, and other income tax reporting requirements.
Evaluate ASC 740 impacts of acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, intercompany transactions, legal entity changes, tax law changes, and significant business events.
Coordinate with external auditors to ensure tax provision accuracy and internal compliance.
Lead the US federal income tax compliance process, including management of external advisors and internal stakeholders involved in return preparation, estimates, extensions, payments, and related filings.
Work closely and partner with the Director US State and Local Tax.
Own the review of US federal consolidated return inputs and compliance deliverables.
Ensure return-to-provision adjustments are identified, documented, communicated, and incorporated into the tax provision process.
Establish robust data collection, validation, and documentation processes to support timely and accurate compliance.
Coordinate tax payment processes, compliance sign-offs, and filing status tracking.
Manage external tax advisors and co-source providers supporting US tax provision and compliance, including budgeting, timeline management, deliverable review, issue escalation, and performance assessment.
Retain internal ownership of technical positions, judgments, workpaper quality, and final deliverables, even where work is prepared by external providers.
Maintain a clear tracker of advisor deliverables, open items, review comments, technical issues, and management decisions.
Continuously assess which activities should remain outsourced, co-sourced, automated, or built internally over time.
Lead US federal income tax audit support, including management of information document requests, advisor coordination, factual development, technical position support, and response preparation.
Manage tax notices, correspondence, audit inquiries, and controversy matters in coordination with external advisors, legal, and regional tax teams.
Ensure uncertain tax positions and audit exposures are appropriately identified, evaluated, documented, and reflected in the ASC 740 process.
Own SOX tax control execution and documentation for US tax reporting and compliance processes.
Coordinate with internal controls and external auditors to ensure tax controls are appropriately designed, evidenced, and tested.
Identify and remediate process gaps, control deficiencies, and recurring audit comments.
Assess current tax provision and compliance processes, and data workflows, and recommend improvements to increase accuracy, repeatability, and scalability.
Partner with IT, corporate accounting, and external advisors to improve data extraction, mapping, reconciliation, and automation.
Evaluate tax provision and compliance tools, AI and software solutions, including integration with ERP/consolidation systems and advisor platforms.