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Senior Tax Advisor - International Operations (Southern California)
The Senior Tax Advisor - International Tax Operations will support this service organization in the tax compliance and tax planning function and be responsible for the following: Ensure the completion of international aspects of the U.S. tax returns (e.g., forms 5471, 8865, 8858), and certain foreign income tax returns and estimated tax payments. Assist in maintaining earnings and profits and foreign tax pools. Provides the international tax inputs for the financial plans and international tax provisions. Assists with transfer pricing analysis. Identifies, quantifies and communicates tax planning strategies, including researching and developing the most tax efficient action plan and/or ownership structure. Prepares and reviews the company’s responses to auditor’s information data requests and notice of proposed adjustments to ensure accuracy and completeness. Analyzes and quantifies the impact to the company of current and proposed tax legislation. Ability to review the work of Tax Advisors or other Senior Tax Advisors.

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Tax Manager / Senior Tax Manager ASC 740 (FAS109) (Southern California)
This position will be part of a team of dedicated individuals responsible for overall GAAP reporting of income taxes. The Tax Manager / Senior Tax Manager of ASC 740 (FAS109) will be responsible for helping to maintain the corporate effective tax rate and all related financial reporting and disclosures, including Fin48, ASC 805 (FAS141R), and ASC 718 (FAS123R), as well as reviewing tax balance sheet account reconciliations and quarterly tax reporting packages received from international legal entities. This individual will also support the Domestic Tax Director in compliance with worldwide tax aspects of Sarbanes-Oxley, including oversight of the policies, procedures and global documentation. This position will interact with senior management and business leaders within the organization. This role can be either a tax manager or senior manager depending on the strength and experience of the candidate.This position requires an individual with a minimum of 7 years of combined public accounting and or corporate tax experience. A successful candidate will have strong analytical ability, excellent interpersonal skills, and be able to collaborate effectively with accounting, forecasting, and other tax team members. Interested candidates should feel comfortable in a fast paced complex multinational organization. Individual should be prepared to lead the process, but be willing to take a hands on approach to preparation of work product as needed. Position requires a BA/BS in accounting or finance as well as a masters degree in taxation or a CPA.

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Tax Partner (Chicago, IL)
Our client is one of the world’s largest law firms with operations throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. The firm is compromised of more than three thousand lawyers across twenty-two countries. They are organized to provide services to a wide range of clients throughout the world. The Tax Partner will focus principally on issues related to the US taxation of foreign operations. The Tax Partner will be responsible for advising clients on tax matters relating to the formulation, operation and disposition of international business operations. This individual will take a leading role in developing new international tax planning ideas for the firm’s clients with an emphasis on improving the firm’s existing client relationships. In addition, the individual will be responsible for the development and maintenance of new clients with high importance placed on adding value to their international operations. This position requires an individual with experience in a law firm or a public accounting firm, preferably with a client base. Additionally, this position requires an individual with effective marketing skills and the ability to manage and develop new clients. The Tax Partner must be technically competent in International corporate taxation. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required. The role requires that you have a law degree and have passed the state bar with an LLM and/or CPA preferred.

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Tax Director (Norcross, GA)
The primary objectives of this role will be overseeing the tax planning, compliance and research for both privately held S and C corporations. Responsibilities will include the following: Manage the compliance process both internally and externally, working with Corporate Tax Staff and Corporate Accounting providing financial statements and tax work papers to outside Tax Preparers to ensure early filing of returns; Manage and review FAS 109 work for corporate audits; Implement and manage FIN 48 process for all corporate entities; Manage tax planning and compliance related to new product development; Coordinate effective corporate tax planning to minimize taxes to owner; Manage and review quarterly estimated tax projections for corporate entities to ensure calculations signed off 2 weeks prior to deadline.This role requires a tax professional with a minimum of ten years of experience with five years in a managerial role. Strong knowledge of partnership and S corporations required. Must have experience with multi-state work. Individual must be a planner preferring to be proactive rather that reactive; Individual must have the ability to work independently and have the willingness to role up their sleeves to complete projects; Strong written and oral communication skills with the initiative to learn new areas of tax. This role requires an individual with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting, with an MST and CPA referred.

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Senior Tax Analyst/Manager (San Francisco, CA)
Our client is a Fortune 100 company with headquarters in San Francisco, California. They are the leading provider of supply, information and care management products and services. Our client’s solutions empower healthcare professionals with the tools they need to deliver care more effectively and efficiently. This highly visible position operates as Senior Tax Analyst/Manager. Primary responsibilities include: apply tax knowledge to ensure accurate and timely filing of federal tax returns; utilize tax systems to compile information for federal tax reporting; assist in the company in driving compliance process improvements and systems solutions; assist in the preparation and review of tax provisions and estimated tax payments; recommend ways to minimize corporate tax through use of tax laws and regulations; ability to administer international tax laws and regulations; review and provide recommendations regarding proposed corporate transactions and special projects as required. Position requires an individual with a minimum of five years of accounting experience and minimum two years of managerial experience. The individual must have strong accounting, analytical, research, and project management skills. Excellent communication and organizational skills required. This role requires a BA/BS in Accounting or related field with an MBA, MST and/or CPA preferred.

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Tax Attorney (Santa Clara, CA)
Our client is the world's premier measurement company. Our client provides core electronic and bio-analytical measurement tools to engineers, service providers, researchers and scientists in the electronics, communications, life science research, environmental and petrochemical industries. Our client has annual sales of over $7 billion, over nineteen thousand employees and thirty thousand customers worldwide. This highly visible position operates as Tax Attorney on the Tax Planning and Advising team. Primary responsibilities include: advise global businesses with respect to the U.S. tax consequences of international transactions and business operations, including the acquisition and integration of both U.S. and non-U.S. companies; research, recommend and implement international business plans and projects in a manner that minimizes the company’s domestic and international tax liability and/or effective tax rate; collaborate with treasury department on global cash management; provide technical tax support for domestic and international tax audit and compliance issues and remain abreast on U.S. and global international tax legislation, developments and practices. Position requires an individual with a minimum of five to seven years of experience, preferably with a combination of both international tax and mergers and acquisitions experience. Significant experience and expertise relating to Subpart F, dividend/repatriations and foreign tax credits is desired. An individual with the ability to proactively identify, research, and resolve tax issues and successfully work with other corporate functions in the implementation of international business plans and projects is preferred. This role requires a minimum of a JD degree or equivalent and a license to practice law. A LLM, MST or CPA designation is a plus.

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Senior Tax Manager (San Francisco, CA)
Our client is a Fortune 15 Company with annual revenues in excess of $100 billion and is the leading provider of supply, information, technology and care management products and services to the healthcare industry. Our client’s solutions empower healthcare professionals with the tools they need to deliver care more effectively and efficiently. This very visible position operates as Senior Tax Manager and will be responsible for all of our client’s purchase accounting as well as preparing portions of the federal and foreign income tax provision. This role will coordinate internally amongst the various business units and business development groups as well as externally amongst the various service providers. The Senior Tax Manager will have the opportunity to work with outside counsel as well as senior tax management to develop and grow in various areas of the tax department. Key responsibilities will include: manage integration work as part of purchase accounting (i.e. LIFO merger with our client, manage transaction cost studies with vendors, company code management with accounting, etc.); coordinate with the compliance group, controversy group, sales and use tax group, etc. to ensure that all the necessary information is provided by the sellers for the respective areas (e.g., the purchase accounting is correctly treated in the tax returns; FIN 48 information is assessed; sales and use information is gathered); responsible for portions of the quarterly and year-end tax provision process; responsible for reconciling tax accounts for certain jurisdictions; responsible for federal and/or foreign provision-to-tax return true-ups; manage foreign tax return preparation with vendors; help to develop and implement best-practice processes for accounting for income taxes; must have a strong command of general accounting concepts; must have a strong command of FAS 109 mechanics and strongly prefer someone with a broad tax background to identify potential acquisition issues (i.e., good tax generalist). This position requires an individual with ten to fifteen years of experience, with an emphasis on working knowledge of income tax provision and accounting requirements under GAAP (experience with FAS 141 is especially preferred) and SEC regulations. Individual should be experienced in calculating and reporting under FAS 109 and the SEC. This role requires strong communication, organization, accounting and tax technical skills as well as the ability to work well with team members. A BA/BS in Business, Accounting, Finance or Economics is required and a CPA and/or MS Taxation is strongly preferred.

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Tax Manager, Income Tax Accounting (San Jose, CA)
Our multibillion dollar manufacturing client seeks a Tax Manager – Income Tax Accounting. The Tax Manager – Income Tax Accounting will be responsible for managing income tax accounting for Europe and Mexico and will report directly to the Senior Tax Manager, Income Tax Accounting. This position will review monthly foreign reporting packages of tax accounting activity and ensure foreign site reporting compliance, including follow-up on necessary issues. This role will support the preparation of FAS109 tax provision and quarterly ETR calculations. The individual will also prepare tax footnote disclosures in accordance with FASB 109 for SEC filings. This position will ensure completion of disclosure checklist related to tax items for disclosure working with SEC Reporting Director. This role will review and document required tax reserves on a quarterly basis. The individual will work with Big 4 external tax consultants on implementation and documentation of FIN 48 as well as FAS 123R Options Expensing. This position will provide support in resolution of income tax audits. In addition, this role will supervise and mentor one tax staff. The position requires an individual with a minimum of seven plus years from Big 4 or industry experience with hands on FAS109 experience. This role also requires exposure and involvement in the international tax area. The individual must be a highly motivated, flexible and hands on manager who is able to work independently. BA/BS in Accounting, CPA and/or Master’s degree in taxation preferred.

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Tax Manager of FAS109 (Silicon Valley, CA)
Our client is a worldwide leader in the development of innovative technology-based products for a wide range of applications. The Tax Manager of FAS109 will be responsible for managing the corporate effective tax rate and all related FAS109 financial reporting. The individual will handle compliance with worldwide tax related aspects of Sarbanes-Oxley including oversight of the policy, process and documentation globally. This role will work closely with international controllers and external auditors to ensure successful compliance of tax internal controls. Position requires an individual with a minimum of ten to fifteen years of tax experience in a Big 4 CPA firm and/or in a high tech corporate tax department. The individual must be an in-house global FAS109 expert. This role must also be well versed in FAS and APB pronouncements. This will require an in-depth knowledge and understanding of a complex international organization (over 60 legal entities) with US and offshore manufacturing, distribution, holding companies and commission agencies. Strong accounting, analytical, communication and organizational skills required. Mergers and acquisition experience a plus. The person in this role must be a self-starter. Position must work well in managing and motivating team to be world class. The individual must have an excellent ability to interface and influence with all levels of personnel. This role must have great customer service skills. Good project management and decision making capabilities and ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced dynamic environment are required. Most important is the ability to maintain a happy work-life balance for you and your staff. Position requires a BA/BS in Accounting or Finance; MS and/or CPA preferred.

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Senior International Tax Manager/ Associate Director (Silicon Valley, CA)
Our client is a worldwide leader in the development of innovative technology-based products for a wide range of applications. Today, these advanced solutions combined with wireless communications and sophisticated software to meet demanding application environments ranging from agriculture and construction to asset management, automotive and timing. Our client has more than 3,600 employees in over eighteen countries and their products are used in over one hundred countries around the world. This highly visible position operates as Senior International Tax Manager/ Associate Director. Primary responsibilities include: Oversee international tax planning and strategically plan and implement tax structures to maximize the efficiency of the effective tax rate; coordinate and manage U.S. international compliance, which includes E&P and FTC calculations, Form 5471s and international disclosures; ensure direct and indirect tax compliance for international entities; oversee transfer pricing and FAS 109 for international entities; coordinate and manage SOX compliance for international tax issues; assist in enhancing in-house international tax accounting and analysis process; support in forecasting the company’s international effective tax rate; support international and U.S. tax audit defense; supervise and mentor staff of three professionals; provide tax advice to various business groups including HR, Treasury, Legal and Controller and execute and maintain inter-company agreements. Position requires an individual with a minimum of twelve to fifteen years of tax experience in a Big 4 CPA firm and/or in a high-tech corporate tax department. Extensive international tax planning experience, comprehensive knowledge of U.S. anti-deferral tax provisions, experience working with non-U.S. tax law, solid technical experience dealing with sub-part F and foreign tax credit issues and knowledge of U.S. GAAP or tax provision are required. Experience with mergers and acquisitions is preferred. An individual with strong technical and organizational skills and strategic decision-making skills are needed. Exceptional communication skills, collaborative teamwork, customer service skills and the ability to build relationships are essential. This role requires a minimum of a BS/BA in Accounting or Finance. A CPA, MST and/or LLM are preferred.

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Associate Director of FAS109 (Silicon Valley, CA)
Our client is a worldwide leader in the development of innovative technology-based products for a wide range of applications. The Associate Director of FAS109 will be responsible for managing the corporate effective tax rate and all related FAS109 financial reporting. The individual will handle compliance with worldwide tax related aspects of Sarbanes-Oxley including oversight of the policy, process and documentation globally. This role will work closely with international controllers and external auditors to ensure successful compliance of tax internal controls. Position requires an individual with a minimum of ten to fifteen years of tax experience in a Big 4 CPA firm and/or in a high tech corporate tax department. The individual must be an in-house global FAS109 expert. This role must also be well versed in FAS109 and APB pronouncements. This will require an in-depth knowledge and understanding of a complex international organization (over 60 legal entities) with US and offshore manufacturing, distribution, holding companies and commission agencies. Strong accounting, analytical, communication and organizational skills required. Mergers and acquisition experience a plus. The person in this role must be a self-starter. Position must work well in managing and motivating team to be world class. The individual must have an excellent ability to interface and influence with all levels of personnel. This role must have great customer service skills. Good project management and decision making capabilities and ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced dynamic environment are required. Most important is the ability to maintain a happy work-life balance for you and your staff. Position requires a BA/BS in Accounting or Finance; MS and/or CPA preferred.

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Director International Tax – Mergers & Acquisitions (Midwest/Southeast)
Our client, a multi-billion dollar international company with operations in 15 countries seeks a Director International Tax – Mergers & Acquisitions. The primary objectives for this role are all tax aspects of merger and acquisition activities to identify and drive value in support of such transactions. Responsibilities will include serving as a key member of a multi-disciplinary team on merger and acquisition projects; Provide tax support in due diligence activity on target companies; Formulate and implement tax-efficient acquisition structures including use of financing structures; Participate in business and finance planning processes to ensure tax impacts are accurately reflected in merger & acquisition transactions; Support post-acquisition tax integration projects including integration, restructuring of acquired targets; Manage services of tax advisors; Manage multiple projects and work cohesively as a team member in a matrix environment; Maintain strong technical skills in international tax with mergers and acquisitions. This role requires a tax professional with a minimum of ten years of tax experience with at least five years focused in complex tax matters with a concentration in international tax with mergers and acquisitions. Individual must have the availability to work in a dynamic, time sensitive environment and be available for international travel. This role requires a minimum of a Bachelor Degree in Accounting, a CPA, MST, JD or LLM is preferred.

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Senior Manager Tax Accounting (Atlanta, GA)
Our client is one of the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailers with reported sales of $71.3 billion in 2008. They operate in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, ten Canadian provinces, Mexico and China. Our client seeks a Senior Manager, Tax Accounting with responsibility for all aspects of FAS 109 income tax provisions, FIN 48 and maintenance of internal controls. This position also has a significant role in the coordination of the worldwide quarterly and annual tax provision process including calculation of the annual effective tax rate, preparation of the 10Q and 10K disclosures. The Senior Manager, Tax Accounting will manage the financial audit by outside accounting firms and will be responsible for reconciliation of all income tax related accounts including documentation of all cumulative temporary differences. The Senior Manager, Tax Accounting will be responsible for the analysis and documentation of all cumulative temporary differences and the analysis and documentation of uncertain tax provision (FIN 48). This individual will maintain compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley controls (SOX 404), and will be responsible for coaching and mentoring subordinates. This role requires an individual with a minimum of eight years of experience in either a “Big 4” or corporate setting. A Bachelors in Accounting and CPA is required with a MST preferred.

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Tax Partner (Lexington/Louisville, KY)
Our client is a regional law firm with more than 200 legal professionals in multiple offices throughout the South Central Region of the United States. For more than fifty years, our client has distinguished itself as a progressive business law firm committed to excellence in tax. The firm was built as a result of one of the most respected business, commercial and tax law practices in the region, breaking barriers to achieve client objectives and continues to experience significant growth. This highly visible position operates as Tax Partner. Primary responsibilities include: advise a well-established commercial client base on transactional tax matters, primarily domestic-driven, using outstanding sub-chapter K and C skills; manage transactional related matters, including partnership and flow-thru entity taxation; responsible for development of new clients and maintenance of current clients from top-tier private and public companies and an integral position in the Tax & Finance Practice Group. A detail-oriented, team-focused professional with multi-project organizational skills supported by strong analytical and motivational skills is required. Technical competency in international transactions is a plus. This role requires a JD with an LLM preferred; a CPA or MBA is a plus.

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Senior Vice President, Tax (New York, NY)
Our client is a multinational financial services company based in New York City. They have a presence in over 130 countries and is one of the world’s most respected service brands. The Senior Vice President, Tax will be responsible for ensuring that the company benefits from reduced world-wide tax costs while fully and timely complying with applicable tax laws. Responsibilities include the following: Provide effective and creative tax advice to management of specific transactions, products and proposals; Make technical and managerial decisions and have the ability to ensure that the most advantageous tax positions are taken on both domestic and foreign tax returns; Ability to provide domestic and foreign tax planning advice and business support as well as compliance and related services to the company’s foreign businesses; Assure preparation of agreements, ruling requests, tax protests and similar documents affecting the company’s operations; Assist in ensuring that global tax department activities are conducted in a cost effective, high quality manner and provide effective leadership by integrating and maximizing staff technical and leadership skills. This role requires a highly motivated individual with strong research, investigative, analytical, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills. This position requires a minimum of 25 years of experience with extensive financial services industry experience preferred. A Bachelors degree is required with a JD and CPA preferred.

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Sales & Use Tax Practice Leader (New York or Philadelphia)
The Sales & Use Practice Leader will focus primarily on issues related to identifying, planning, implementing and managing innovative programs to help minimize sales and use taxes. The Sales & Use Practice Leader will provide services to a wide range of clients and be responsible for advising clients on tax matters related to sales and use. This individual will take a leading role in developing new sales and use ideas for the firm’s existing clients with an emphasis on improving the firm’s client relationships. Additionally, the individual will be responsible for the development and maintenance of new clients with high importance placed on adding value to the client’s operations. This role requires an individual with experience in a public accounting firm, preferably with a client base. You must also have effective marketing skills including the ability to manage existing clients while developing new client relationships. The role requires strong technical competence in sales and use taxation, and the ability to analyze proposed and newly enacted tax legislation to ensure that adequate procedures are in place to minimize and accurately report sales and use taxes for clients. An individual with exemplary verbal and written communication skills is required. The role requires that you have an undergraduate degree in Accounting with a MST/MBA/JD/CPA preferred.

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Tax Planning Manager (Baltimore, MD)
Our client, a Fortune 200 company, is the nation’s leading supplier of competitive electricity to large commercial and industrial customers. They are a major generator of electricity with a diversified fleet of power plants strategically located throughout the United States. The Tax Planning Manager provides advice and assistance to management on the federal, state and local tax aspects of operations and provides advice to management on tax aspects of operations throughout the corporation. Primary responsibilities include: Develop and communicate corporate tax policy; Participate with other members of management in planning the company’s operations to minimize taxes consistent with overall corporate objectives; Review proposed major transactions in formative stages and advise or propose changes to achieve the best tax result; Advise management of the impact of new laws, decisions, regulations and rulings and of proposed legislation in taxes and related areas; Function as a change agent in advancing the capabilities of tax research and planning for the company; Assist in developing transfer pricing agreements on contracts between domestic as well as international subsidiaries; Tax structuring, agreement review and due diligence on selected merger, acquisition and divestiture projects; Directly supervise two principal or staff level tax professionals. This role requires an individual with between six to ten years of experience in either a “Big 4” public accounting or corporate environment. Individual must possess strong oral and written communication skills including PowerPoint presentations. Educational requirements include a BS/BA in Accounting with MST and CPA strongly preferred.

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