This position reports directory to the VP of Corporate Taxation and as Tax Director, Global Tax Reporting is responsible for oversight and preparation of the global consolidate income tax provision in accordance with US GAAP accounting principles, manage the SOX 404 controls process as it relates to the global consolidated income tax provision, partner with Univar’s financial statement auditor and Financial Reporting & Analysis team as a key stakeholder in global EBT data delivery and contribute to special projects within the Global Tax Department as needed.
This position oversees and resolves highly complex tax reporting and strategic planning issues with high impact to the organization. On a day-to-day basis, this position will be expected to fulfill the financial income tax reporting obligations of the enterprise and lead continuous process improvements within the global consolidated income tax provision process. Duties Include:
• Prepares Executive Analysis and presents quarterly and annual results to the Vice President – Global Tax, as well the Company’s CFO, Controller and other stakeholders such as the Audit Committee. The global consolidated income tax provision reporting results have high visibility to internal leaders and external shareholders
. • Directs the timely and accurate financial reporting and disclosure for income taxes in Form 10K, Forms 10Q, earnings releases, supporting websites schedules, and other SEC filings, including the effective tax rate as well as current and deferred tax provisions, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, and disclosure of tax risks. Be highly proficient with the Regulation S-X reporting rules.
• Analyzes the consolidation of the tax provision for the quarterly and annual interim reporting periods. This includes calculating annual and quarterly effective tax rates; documenting quarterly income tax provision processes which satisfy SOX-404 control requirements and directing the preparation of the quarterly and year-end tax provision entries at a consolidated level in conformity with US GAAP requirements and SEC disclosures.
• Must confidently lead through knowledge and expertise and direct global team of tax professionals on highly complicated, technical matters on highly visible and time sensitive projects
• Communicates clearly and timely with global Tax Department team, the global External Reporting team and senior management comprised of personnel with diverse backgrounds and based in multiple locations, on mid to highly complex matters for both technical tax and technical income tax accounting
.• Coordination and calculation of company-wide GAAP/tax basis deferred tax balances under ASC 740, quarterly income tax provisions, year-end income tax provision and annual tax rate forecast. Ensures proper recording of journal entries for income taxes and special transactions. Oversees the return to accrual reconciliation process on a global basis. Responsible for the development of analysis of income tax accounting requirements, drafting of white paper’s documenting key facts, regulations and technical analysis.
• Leads Tax Department compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley • 404 requirements and ensures best practices are followed at all levels • Oversees the income tax and accounting aspects of ASC 718 (f.k.a.FAS 123R) and preparation of the quarterly and year-end entries • Oversees and manages the international tax impacts of global non-share based compensation
• Coordinate and oversee ASC 450 analysis for non-income tax issues • Works directly with the Financial Planning & Analysis leadership team to review quarterly forecasts and ensure the US, Canada, EMEA and LATAM income tax provision teams have the appropriate data necessary to prepare the region tax provision
• Demonstrates strong working knowledge of SAP, HFM, SharePoint and OneSource Tax Provision and Workflow/FileRoom applications, as well as other financial reporting tools to analyze appropriate financial data • Demonstrates a deep technical understanding of ASC 740, including the impacts of items such as the intra-period income tax allocation, valuation allowances, permanent reinvestment of foreign earnings, currency impacts, uncertain tax positions, and inside and outside tax and financial basis exceptions.
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Kat Jennings, TaxConnections, CEO and Founder and Advisory Team provides three areas of services: 1) Internationally recognized, retained executive search services for multinational corporations, public accounting firms, and law firms; 2) Introductions of sellers to buyers of small and medium size accounting firms; and 3) Provide brand building and education services that support and prepare accounting firm owners to buy/sell an accounting practice. We focus on educating the journey to sell a practice and how to increase firm revenue prior to any sale. Our program ensures you start years prior to a sale by learning what is expected of you during the selling process, and introducing firm Partners to cross selling opportunities that are easy to implement and reduce your workload at the same time. We introduce you to value added connections to smartly grow revenue in your accounting practice.
Kat Jennings has been retained by organizations worldwide to locate tax professionals with highly specialized tax knowledge and expertise. She has a thorough understanding of the tax business community, with a proven record of stellar performances matching professionals with organizations. Bringing two parties together to work successfully is the art of understanding personalities, cultural fit, expectations by both parties, flexible or inflexible work environments, understanding what drives and motivates each party, and revolves around the personality and ethics of each executive team.
Kat is a widely recognized expert in high level, tax executive search, as well as connecting buyers and sellers of accounting firms. TaxConnections provides and educates small to medium size accounting firms owners and Partners how to prepare and sell their firms so they can build a succession plan for their retirement. With larger firms seeking to acquire smaller accounting practices, there is a real need to help firm owners prepare to be acquired. Most firm owners are unaware they are not ready to sell when they decide to retire. TaxConnections educates firm owners’ what they need to do years in advance of selling an accounting firm practice.
Senior tax executives expect the utmost privacy when being introduced to multinational organizations about a new tax opportunity under consideration. Having said that, companies searching for a new head of tax expecting tax executive candidates to submit their resume through a resume portal, will never see a full slate of outstanding tax executives available due to a candidates’ desire for greater privacy. This is why privacy focused Uber Tax Recruiters consistently outperform in-house recruiters on tax executive searches.
We offer our clients a Performance Retainer Agreement arrangement so their HR department can still recruit and compete with the tax candidates we present on Head of Tax searches. The client pays us a partial fee upfront, and if they find a candidate they deem better than we introduce to them, we forfeit the final fee. Most of the time, they love and prefer our private introductions to tax executive candidates better than what they source through their own resume portals.
When we represent selling/buying small to medium-sized firms, firm owners/partners also demand greater privacy when considering the sale of their practice. TaxConnections provides a safe place to discuss their business needs, elevate their practices’ online reputation, and increase revenue through new streams of business development by outsourcing work and partnering with other firms. Over three decades, we have worked tirelessly to build relationships between firm owners most organizations rarely have access to in the world of tax. There are numerous possibilities you may never have considered previously to bolster the value of your practice and service offerings.
As a globally recognized consultant to multinational organizations, accounting firms, and law firms searching for tax expertise, Kat has been retained by public accounting firms, law firms, and corporations worldwide including Apple Computer, AC Neilson, Accenture, Agilent Technologies, Allergan, Alza, American Express, American Media, Aon, Baker & McKenzie, Barclays Bank, Bechtel, Cargill, Carl Zieuss Vision, Century Aluminum, Chevron, Clorox, Citigroup, Commercials Metals, Constellation Energy, Countrywide, Del Monte, Deloitte Touche, DFS, DLA Piper, E&J Gallo Winery, Electronic Arts, Ernst &Young, Fox Entertainment, Fremont Investments, General Electric,General Motors, Herbalife, Hewlett Packard, Hyatt, Intel, Jones Lang LaSalle, Kimco Realty, KLA Tencor, Koch Industries, KPMG, Levi Strauss, Liberty Mutual, LKQ, Loews, Logitech, Lucas Film, Maersk, McKesson, Nalco, Newell Rubbermaid, Nissan, Oracle, Orbitax, Pacific Gas & Electric, PwC, QAD, SAIC, SanDisk, Sanmina, Sempra Energy, SONY, Synopsys, Ticketmaster, Trimble Navigation, Toyota, Univar, Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo, Vertex, Yahoo, Xilinx, and many more not listed here.
Contact Kat at 858,999.0053 Office/858.232.4415 Cell or kat@taxconnections.com to request a private consultation regarding the sale of your practice, adding top talent to your organization, or merging your practice with another firm owner with a book of business. The possibilities are endless; if you have a dream of a new vision for your professional life; we will scout opportunities throughout the market to make it happen.
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