The Company
PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.This job will initiate and review federal and state income tax returns and supporting calculations, gathering data from various departments to ensure accuracy. You will conduct research on federal and state income tax matters and consult on tax notices and audit information requests. Your role includes initiating process improvement initiatives to enhance tax compliance efficiency, participating in transfer pricing audits, and providing project management support. Additionally, you will conduct asset valuations, review intercompany transactions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the accuracy of financial analyses.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Initiate and review federal and state income tax returns and supporting calculations
- Gather data from various departments to support income tax returns and calculations
- Execute research on federal and state income tax matters
- Consult with federal and state income tax notices and audit information requests
- Initiate process improvement initiatives to increase tax compliance efficiency
- Participate in transfer pricing audits and provide project management support
- Conduct valuations of various assets and review intercompany transactions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accuracy of financial analyses
- Prepare clear and concise transfer pricing documentation
- Stay up to date with transfer pricing regulations and assist with TP function oversight
- Manage the preparation of TP reports and review intercompany cross-charges
- Manage audit document preparation
Expected Qualifications:
- 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Responsibilities And Preferred Qualifications
Responsibilities:
- Using local Gaap TB's & the tax Prov template, the Tax Accountant Manager will assist in the calculation of the local tax provision charge
- Tax Accounting Manager will provide leadership and guidance to all team members ensuring timelines are adhered to in a timely manner
- Where the Tax Provision calculation is outsourced (EY/Deloitte), work with BPO to provide all deliverables and conduct first review.
- Build models to calculate the US tax charge for following year.
- Tax accounting manager will provide guidance and training to the tax accountant to ensure adequate and timely recording of all Quarterly accruals in SAP.
- Tax Accountant will manage the tax compliance accounting of a portfolio of entities and work with the internal tax compliance team and the outsourced tax advisory team to provide Corporate Income Tax Return calculation (CIT) support.
- Provide a linked file for the PayPal tax advisory team's review.
- Perform first review & approve CIT return, prior to handover to tax team.
- Record final CIT true ups in SAP.
- Manage and reconcile SAP tax ledgers to local Gaap TBs (P&L and BS)
- Provide support to the tax advisory team as required.
- Provide local Tax Audit Support and general data sourcing for tax requests.
- Assist Controllership with tax audit deliverables for both Financial Statements and Audits.
- Prepare tax statistical returns across all markets.
- Review and approve tax statistical returns.
- Pillar II support, facilitation and accounting.
- Leveraging a solid understanding of accounting rules to provide timely, accurate, and standardized local GAAP - Financial Statement or Local GAAP TB for Branches
- Oversee accounting processes and work with internal teams and external providers on the GAAP-to-GAAP conversion, Tax returns etc
- Maintain local GAAP ledgers, S4H extension ledgers
- Meet statutory requirements for and participate on the preparation and filling of Tax Returns and other tax related returns as necessary
- Prepare reconciliations between local GAAP and IFRS
- Works independently to research, track and timely resolve outstanding queries related to GAAP conversion and tax calculations
- Liaises across various functions to effectively communicate inquiries
- Responding to audit inquiries (external auditors and tax authorities)
- Support the organization to meet local and global corporate tax obligations
- Support US Tax reporting team on tax provisioning
- Work with internal teams and external advisors on the Pillar 2 legislation and the impacts of this on our global entities
- Build out the accounting support for Pillar 2 globally
- Work with teams on the collection of data points for input into calculation
- Work with project team on the implementation of S4Hana extension ledgers
What Do You Need To Bring
You are a detail-oriented and analytically strong finance professional who combines deep technical knowledge with strong business acumen. You thrive in collaborative environments, enjoy solving complex problems, and are confident managing high-stakes financial processes. You bring energy, meticulous attention to detail, and a collaborative spirit.
