Experienced Manager, Global Tax Planning

GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries enables technologies and systems that transform industries and empower customers to shape their markets.

About the role

The experienced Global International Tax Manager will be a strategic leader responsible for managing the global tax planning process for all international operations, while establishing and maintaining strong internal controls. This role involves leading the company’s international tax planning, non-US tax structuring, mergers, acquisitions, local country tax minimization strategies, and divestitures for tax.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and lead federal, state, local, and international research and tax planning strategies.
• Monitor federal, state, international, and OECD legislative and statutory tax changes and evaluate the potential impact to the Company.
• Support tax-related mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and create standard processes to streamline operations.
• Assist with local country tax minimization strategies, structures, and entity rationalization.
• Identify and mitigate risks, working with the global tax team to develop strategic countermeasures.
• Partner with transfer pricing, income tax accounting, and reporting teams to ensure sound financial statement reporting, including uncertain tax positions, global income tax account roll forward, and reconciliation.
• Lead interface with business partners regarding tax planning and address federal, state, local, and international income tax-related issues as needed.
• Monitor, analyze, and advocate on tax legislative and regulatory developments.
• Manage and coordinate with outside tax advisors to drive tax planning, structuring, and compliance agendas.
• Manage relationships with outside tax advisors (accounting and tax counsel) and other professionals related to tax matters.
• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Juris Doctor (JD).
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant international tax operations experience.
• Ideal background includes experience in public accounting or a blend of public accounting and a publicly traded global corporation.
• Experience in US taxation of international operations.
• Experience or working knowledge of global tax accounting and reporting or compliance.
• Strong technical acumen, analytical, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Collaborative nature: Builds positive, healthy, and effective relationships with team members.
• Anticipatory leadership: Is planful and can “look around the corner.”
• Communication skills: Possesses excellent verbal, written, and listening skills, and effectively collaborates with colleagues at all levels.
• Business savvy: Strong business acumen with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Tenacity: Drives solutions to improve processes and enhance performance.
• Strong work ethic: A roll-up-the-sleeves, get-it-done mentality; self-starter with a sense of urgency and bias for action.
• Highly principled: Professional of unquestionable integrity, credibility, and character with demonstrated high moral and ethical behavior.

Pay

Expected salary range: $105,000.00 - $189,000.00. The exact salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience, and location.