Tax Mangager

Job Duties

• Responsible for all tax matters within USA & CAD, additionally provide support for tax matters in IFCO’s LATAM entities.
• Ensure tax compliance within USA & CAD including design, develop, and implement tax policies and processes.
• Provide corporate tax administration and oversight for US and Canada, manage the tax issues across the companies (USA & CAD) and oversee the day-to-day tax accounting, planning, and compliance.
• Cook up with external tax consultants on corporate, Federal, and State income, sales/use, and property tax returns.
• Cook up with federal/state tax payments, registrations, and communications.
• Develop and maintain budget for tax activities, focus on tax planning and strategies.
• Document, calculate, and advise affiliate transactions according to the transfer pricing regulations.
• Manage financial and tax audits in USA & CAD.
• Tax advice on current business, review of local contracts to mitigate tax risks, optimize the design of tax efficient structures (in cooperation with external tax advisers).
• Participate in all major decisions with respect to taxation impact, including new product development, acquisitions, divestitures, transfer pricing, financing, and major contracts.
• Manage data compilation and filing of state sales/use and property tax returns.
• Investigate, interpret, and organize sales tax programs by state.
• Maintain and review fixed asset systems for tax specific elements.
• Audit internal operating processes, document potential process improvements to ensure compliance and optimization of tax compliance/opportunities.
• Support in other finance department activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Tax, Accounting, Finance, or closely related field plus 2 years of experience in U.S. federal, state, and Canadian federal and provincial tax filings.
• Demonstrated experience with: Excel including Advanced Formula, Pivot Tables and Data Analysis, Data Reconciliation & Validation;
• Tax research using CCH IntelliConnect, Bloomberg Tax, or RIA Checkpoint;
• Tax audit defense;
• Tax law and treaty interpretation;
• Tax risk management.
• CPA in the US and Canada.