About the position
At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible. At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole. We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands. We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future. Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.
Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with transfer pricing policies and monitor legal entity results including Country by Country reporting.
- Reviewing Transfer Pricing Documentation.
- Prepare and review the calculation of the quarterly and annual income tax provision.
- Prepare GAAP income tax accounting models including deferred accounting, payable accounting, tax account roll-forwards, APB23, and stock-based compensation.
- Prepare tax reserves (FIN 48 & FAS 5) and related disclosures.
- Prepare and review U.S. federal and state tax compliance.
- Prepare quarterly federal and state estimated tax payments and year-end extension requests.
- Manage and review fixed assets.
- Prepare R&D credit analysis.
- Provide support for tax examinations.
- Planning and research in connection with the above responsibilities.
- Ensure compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of Sarbanes Oxley.
- Support tax transformation initiatives to automate tax processes, enhance data analytics and re-imagine how the tax function operates.
- Keep up to date with tax legislation, SEC Regulations, and GAAP changes, practice and global developments.
- Build and foster strong cross-functional relationships within and outside of the tax department.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting.
- CPA license required.
- MST or MBT (Master of Science in Taxation or Master in Business Taxation) degree preferred, but not required.
- Ideal candidate will have 4-6 years of combined tax experience which includes some mix of experience in a major CPA firm and in a corporate tax department.
- Working knowledge of U.S. tax laws and regulations and capability of application in new situations.
- Working knowledge of transfer pricing rules and regulations.
- Experience with ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Alteryx is a plus.
Benefits
- Paid vacation time.
- Paid sick leave.
- Medical/dental/vision insurance.
- Life, accident and disability insurance.
- Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts.
- Employee assistance program.
- Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Transit benefits.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
