Global Tax Planning Lead

About the role

The International Tax group at VF plays a vital role within the finance function, leading strategic efforts in planning, reporting, and managing controversies tied to VF’s international tax position. With operations spanning over 150 legal entities and 100+ countries, this team navigates a dynamic global tax landscape, ensuring compliance with evolving US international tax legislation—including GILTI, Subpart F, FDII, Foreign Tax Credits, and BEAT—as well as tax regulations in key jurisdictions worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Manage the strategic, value-driving international tax planning opportunities, as well as support the maintenance and enhancement of the company's international provision and compliance reporting.
• Lead global tax planning and implementation, international expansion plans, compliance of all U.S. and non-U.S. tax laws, ASC 740 reporting cross-border transaction requirements, and develop working relationships across cross-functional teams while reporting to the Senior Director of International Tax & Transfer Pricing.
• Provide taxation expertise, consultation, and deliverables for international acquisitions, divestitures, and integrations by overseeing legal agreements, coordinating with treasury and other key stakeholders, working with finance and systems, and ensuring US and local tax issues are understood, documented, and mitigated.
• Build and maintain relationships with business stakeholders to drive implementation of global business initiatives and international expansion plans while identifying and addressing tax issues.
• Lead Treasury and Finance functions for the International tax team, including cash repatriations, maintenance of cash pooling arrangements and intercompany financing, as well as direct coordination with director peers in Treasury and Financial Reporting.
• Coordinate with Accounting, Supply Chain, Legal, Treasury, and other functional groups within the company to ensure efficient ongoing operations across the company.
• Provide insight into and own specific components of the following: US GAAP quarterly and year-end tax provision processes including the US international tax calculations and impact of GILTI, Sub F, foreign tax credits, FDII, BEAT, APB 23, and any acquisitions, divestitures, integrations, or restructuring and legal entity level tax calculations; international tax compliance processes including, but not limited to, GILTI, Sub F, foreign tax credits, FDII, and BEAT, and any acquisitions, divestitures, integrations, or restructuring; and establish control-related standards and procedures for US International tax matters to ensure proper reporting and risk mitigation of the US tax provision.
• Manage international tax IRS exam issues as they arise, including development of strategy of responses and ultimately the response to provide.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to direct reports and interns, including goal setting, performance feedback, career development planning, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.

Requirements

• Specific knowledge of US international tax rules including but not limited to GILTI, Subpart F, foreign tax credits, FDII, and BEAT.
• Specific knowledge of US tax, M&A and reorganization rules.
• Experience in complex tax modeling and international tax planning.
• Experience independently managing various projects and teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent, CPA, or advanced degree.

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.

Skills

• MS Power Products (e.g., BI, Query, Apps, and Automate).
• MS Office.
• OneSource.

Benefits

Details of the benefits package will be provided during the hiring process.