Senior Tax Leader

Senior Tax Leader

At a glance

Position:Senior Tax Leader

Primary Location:Freeport (TX, USA), Texas, United States of America

Schedule:Full time

Date Posted:04/30/2024

Job Number:R2050872

Position Type:Regular

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we're passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We're a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you're looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you're in the right place.

About you and this role

Provides comprehensive indirect tax services (i.e., compliance, accounting, and planning) to US subsidiaries with heavy manufacturing footprint in TX, LA, and MI. Provides technical leadership to Indirect Tax staff while providing operational and strategic oversight of all sales and use tax, excise tax, and unclaimed property tax compliance and audits and controversy. This position requires a sharp, analytical, and strategic thinker who is hands-on and can take charge of projects, resolve issues effectively and creatively while maintaining flexibility, professionalism, and integrity, and is able to develop relationships and collaborate cross-functionally to achieve the indirect tax value to the organization.

You will manage sales and use tax, excise tax, and unclaimed property accuracy and lead transformation efforts to improve efficiency and accuracy. Oversee account reconciliations for all indirect tax accounts within your scope, ensuring accuracy and compliance and providing commentary and variance analysis during close, and ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting. Manage Indirect Tax SOX reporting and maintain strong internal controls. Work closely with management to ensure the Company's FAS 5 reserves are adequate.

You will provide guidance on continuous improvements and streamlining processes toward establishing organizational best practices. Establish and maintain strong relationships with tax authorities and external advisors. Manage Indirect Tax audits and inquiries, negotiate with tax authorities, and resolve tax disputes. Support tax policy by monitoring changes to tax legislation and communicating implications to the organization. Support and advise on other matters as necessary, including on transactions, planning and other matters that may be examined on audit. Mentor and develop team members and identify opportunities for technical growth.

Responsibilities

• Applies in-depth knowledge of Regional Generally Accepted Account Principles (GAAP) in order to provide a complete, comprehensive, and accurate tax compliance or analysis position

• Coordinates the Team's completion of tax queries and facilitates a timely and professional completion of an audit

• Proposes legal restructuring and implements with project manager if accepted by management

• Maintains transfer pricing responsibility for any Regional transaction while making sure policy is being followed

• Identifies key risks in area and develops the framework to mitigate, and adapts plans of execution to address resource and operational challenges

• Acts accountable for internal controls in designated area by setting priorities and coordinating work for the Team

• Drafts or coordinates the company's responses to audit inquiries from tax authorities and facilitates the timely and professional completion of an audit

• Applies knowledge of the tax law, consulting with tax counsel and advisors as necessary, and in-depth knowledge of U.S. GAAP principles to solve problems and provide complete and accurate analysis of tax positions

• Supports and advises on other matters as necessary, including on transactions, planning and other matters that may be examined on audit

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other related discipline

• 10+ years' of indirect tax experience with increasing responsibilities in public accounting, large corporate tax department, or combination

• Expert knowledge of sales and use tax, excise tax, transaction tax, gross receipts tax, and technical concepts

• Experience managing state audits and controversy and direct interaction with tax auditors

• Experience managing 3rd party advisor relationships

• Proficiency in SAP, OneSource, Avelera, and other tax engines/products and experience implementing indirect tax technology solutions and best practice tools (i.e., dashboard, analytics, and reporting tools, etc.)

• Strong project management skills and specific experiences collaborating in a matrix environment

• Strong communication and critical, as well as economic, thinking skills

• Able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in the chemical manufacturing industry

Additional notes

• This position does not offer relocation assistance

Benefits - What Dow offers you

We invest in you.

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career.? You bring your background, talent and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.

• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.

• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.

• Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.

• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.

• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.

• Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:

• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).

• ?Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.

• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group's (ERG) participation.

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world's leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ????Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by ~~~.

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