Senior Manager - DirectTax

Reporting to the Director Tax, is responsible for a team preparing and filing Tax Returns, preparing and posting USGAAP direct tax balances and supporting the direct Tax Audits.

Major Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 2 Supervisors and 6 Tax Accountants responsible for:
  • Preparing Corporate Income Tax (CIT), Trade Tax (TT), and Secondary Tax filings in multiple countries in Europe in partnership with external tax advisors, ensuring compliance with domestic and international regulations.
  • Preparing Return to Provision (RTP) summaries to ensure true-up entries proposed are accurate.
  • Posting authorized RTP entries.
  • Feedback to future USGAAP entries based on RTP adjustments identified to improving accuracy of the USGAAP entries and minimizing RTP adjustment entries.
  • Prepare USGAAP Provision Tax entries as required ensuring accuracy and adherence to US regulations.
  • Collaborate with the Avantor Corporate Tax in US.
  • Act as a liaison with Statutory Accountants regarding external audit tax requirements.
  • Reconcile Tax Payable Tax Receivable positions with tax department statements.
  • Communicate directly with Tax Authorities on all notices to and from the company.
  • Collaborate closely with other departments within the broader Finance and Tax teams.
  • Onesource tax upload file preparation.
  • Supporting Direct Tax Audits
• Oversee direct tax compliance, filings, audits and reporting across all jurisdictions, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.
• Manage Tiered Daily Management system to track performance of the team.
• Effective escalation of tax issues with Tax leaders.
• Organizing continuous training for the team to ensure that the team stays up to date with changes in Tax legislation.
• Manage Internal Control Environment ensuring Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) standard.
• Onesource tax review.
• Effective management of compliance work performed by external tax advisors ensuring that the costs align with expectations.
• Other tax related tasks as needed
• Ensuring that the business complies with the Global and Local Delegation of Authorities (DOA)

Qualifications

• CA/US CPA required.
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in taxation, economics, finance, law, or a related field.
• Minimum 8-10 years of professional experience in a tax accounting environment.
• Experience in a multinational group environment is preferred.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Strong technical knowledge of tax laws, compliance, and advisory practices.
• Analytical mindset with a structured and detail-oriented approach.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English.
• Fluency in English
• Collaborative and solution-driven working style with a proactive mindset.
• Open and adaptable attitude, embracing diverse challenges in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Environmental Working Conditions & Physical Effort

• Typically works in an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation and a normal range of temperature and noise level.
• Work assignments are diversified. Examples of past precedent are used to resolve work problems. New alternatives may be developed to resolve problems.
• A regular volume of work and deadlines impose reasonable strain on a routine basis.
• Minimal physical effort is required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting, or carrying objects that typically weigh less than 10 lbs.
• Ability to travel a few times per year but no more than 10%. Expected to be minimal in terms of required travel.