Senior Director, Global Tax Operations

About the role

The Senior Director of Global Tax Operations plays a pivotal role in the Accounting team at Avantor. This role is responsible for global tax accounting and tax reporting, as well as tax compliance. The ideal candidate will lead a team, interface with accounting and finance teams, and work closely with external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global tax provision and related SEC disclosures, ensuring compliance with ASC 740.
• Responsible for the global consolidated tax provision, quarterly filings, and preparation and review of the tax footnote and related disclosures.
• Drive continuous process improvements to streamline the global tax accounting process.
• Oversee controls and ensure processes, documentation, and related systems are in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements.
• Manage the US federal, state, and Canadian income tax compliance function and the global tax compliance and support function through a combination of managing in-house tax professionals and outsourced teams.
• Lead the global tax operations team with a growth mentality and mentor tax team members to promote a high-performance culture emphasizing collaboration, professional development, and strategic thinking.
• Collaborate with the Senior Director – Global Tax Planning on tax planning, global tax controversy, internal restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and new business initiatives to understand all impacts to and considerations for the Tax Operations function.
• Lead various cross-functional initiatives within the finance organization.
• Lead the global tax operations team with a growth mentality and mentor tax team members to promote a high-performance culture emphasizing collaboration, professional development, and strategic thinking.
• Collaborate in the leadership of the entire tax organization by advising and providing guidance and input on various organizational matters and strategic organization design.
• Utilize complex income tax concepts in both an Internal Revenue and FASB context including pensions, revenue & expense recognition, and purchase accounting to support SVP with other teams to provide tax technical input in the implementation of processes related to deployment of new tax strategies and initiatives.
• Lead various cross-functional initiatives within the finance organization.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting or a tax-related field. A master's in tax, LLM, or a comparable advanced degree is strongly preferred.

Experience: 15+ years of diverse tax experience in a fast-paced environment, with Big 4 accounting firm experience and corporate/in-house experience with US-based multinational public company.

Skills

• Strong commercial mindset and extensive experience with domestic income tax compliance, indirect taxes, and tax accounting and reporting under ASC 740 for public US-based multinational corporations.
• Strong understanding of accounting methods, stock compensation, FDII, GILTI and other US and state tax positions impacting US-based multinational corporations.
• Experience with managing automated processes and using tax technology effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to be hands-on, resourceful, detail-oriented, and results-oriented.
• Proven experience in leading, managing, developing, and motivating a high-performance, diverse teams.
• Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills to convey complex tax matters with simplicity and clarity to non-experts across the organization.

Benefits

This role is a hybrid role and MUST be onsite at our corporate headquarters in Radnor, PA THREE days per week.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

This role is a hybrid role and MUST be onsite at our corporate headquarters in Radnor, PA THREE days per week.