Global Tax Reporting Manager

As an innovation leader, we look for ambitious, forward thinking, open-minded and well-rounded individuals to join our global team. Gates is looking for a Tax Manager who will be located in our downtown Denver global headquarters. In this role, you will gain broad exposure to global income tax matters as it relates to the Gates consolidated group (US CFCs and Other foreign affiliates). This role requires significant analytical skills to transform data into information that can be distributed to management.

• Manage the quarterly and annual ASC 740 tax provision process for foreign affiliates included in the Gates consolidated financial statements.
• Review and analyze US GAAP income tax provisions for foreign affiliates, analyzing deferred tax positions, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions and current tax account balances.
• Assist in importing data into Corptax Provision software and providing provision support for local country controllers.
• Prepare analyses and explanations of quarterly and annual effective tax rate fluctuations with well documented understandings on material rate reconciling items.
• Assist in researching and proving the impacts of any new items running through the foreign affiliates tax provision (tax rate changes, changes in local tax laws, material transactions, etc.).
• Support process improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency, accuracy and scalability of the foreign affiliate tax provision process.
• Coordinate globally with local controllers of foreign affiliates to ensure timely filing of local tax returns and relevant transfer pricing documentation, support local tax audits, and provide technical guidance.
• Contribute to the improvement and documentation of processes for SOX compliance.
• Stay informed on facts and tax laws so that impacts are timely accounted for under ASC 740.
• Support local country team members with both financial statement audit and governmental income tax audit questions. Provide detailed understanding of the issues at risk.
• Support Global Tax Reporting function with country-by-country reporting, Master File, and generally support in maintaining global transfer pricing documentation.
• Support the global implementation and ongoing compliance requirements associated with OECD Pillar Two, including collection and validation of jurisdictional data, GloBE calculations, and related reporting obligations.
• Support in building processes to better understand and track intercompany transactions, including goods transactions, interest, royalties, and management/service charges.
• Identify opportunities to leverage automation and technology solutions to improve tax reporting processes, data gathering, and analytics.
• As needed, assist with the in-house domestic compliance preparation (US Federal and State), special projects, disclosure analytics, tax planning etc.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 8+ years of progressive experience in corporate tax, tax accounting, and/or international tax at a multinational company or public accounting firm.
• Ability to dissect and simplify complex tax accounting items to provide meaningful output to management
• Experience preparing or reviewing quarterly and annual income tax provisions under ASC 740, with a strong understanding of income tax accounting principles.
• Ability to form expectations and if the result differs be able to understand and reconcile why the difference makes sense
• An understanding of US GAAP and SEC Reporting requirements
• An understanding of corporate tax compliance and book to tax reconciliations
• An understanding of interim tax accounting principles (AETR vs discrete)
• Willingness to accommodate colleagues in international time zones as needed
• Problem-solving skills and an ability to work with minimal supervision
• Knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley, including control processes
• Attention to detail in workpapers, exhibiting rigor in supporting calculated values using tools such as referencing and indexing
• Exceptional accounting, tax compliance, project management, and analytical skills
• Ability to learn technical tax and accounting issues, including assessing the impact of and applying the new tax law
• Very minimal travel is required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in Tax or Accounting
• CPA strongly preferred
• Experience with multinational manufacturing companies
• Experience with SEC reporting and Form 10-K/10-Q tax disclosures
• Knowledge of OECD Pillar Two requirements
• Experience with a tax accounting software (Corptax preferred)
• Experience coordinating foreign tax audits
• Experience with transfer pricing documentation and country-by-country reporting
• Experience preparing or reviewing US GAAP interim and annual income tax provisions
• Advanced Excel skills, including experience working with large data sets, complex formulas, and data analytics