Senior Director, Tax Reporting and US Compliance

About the role

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. 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.

Responsibilities

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.

• Build and own the US tax reporting and compliance operating model
• 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

Key Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on US ASC 740 tax reporting, including quarterly and annual global ASC 740 tax provision process
• Manage US federal income tax compliance, including management of external advisors and internal stakeholders involved in return preparation, estimates, extensions, payments, and related filings
• Lead advisor, outsourcing, and co-sourcing management, including budgeting, timeline management, deliverable review, issue escalation, and performance assessment
• Own audits, controversy, notices, and tax risk management, including US federal income tax audit support and management of tax notices, correspondence, audit inquiries, and controversy matters
• Strengthen SOX controls, process documentation, and audit readiness, including SOX tax control execution and documentation for US tax reporting and compliance processes
• Improve technology, data flows, and reporting efficiency, including assessment of current tax provision and compliance processes, and data workflows, and recommendation of improvements

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
• CPA 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