Tax Director Precision Recruitment

Overview

One of our clients, an international Audit Firm with operations in Zambia is looking for a TAX Director.

The ideal candidate must be – proficient in all the service lines and must have a strong bias and experience in income tax computation preparation and returns as well as skills in running a department.
Licensing or Certifications – CPA, CTA, EA, JD, LLM, CMA, MBA, MST, ZICA

Responsibilities

• Develop the client base from both a national and international perspective
• Review Forms 1065, 1120, 1120S and relevant state filings for a fast growing for-profit client base
• Responsible for tax analysis and research related to global tax planning initiatives, cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, and audit activities
• Responsible for managing outside advisors in connection with key strategic projects and tax planning initiatives  Responsibility for training and monitoring trainees, seniors and managers together with reviewing their work  Ensure all investor reporting deadlines are adhered to and all tax returns are timely filed
• Build key relationships with colleagues in financial accounting, tax and accounting transaction advisory, equity capital markets, and portfolio management teams to understand the global transactions executed and any other significant operating activity within the portfolio
• Assist in the determination of proper tax accounting treatment of the various real estate acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, lease transactions executed within the portfolio
• Review foreign and state withholding requirements oversee the preparation of Forms 1099’s
• Assist with establishing appropriate responses to issues raised and specific requests from third party investors  Contributing towards the delivery of high impact reports of IA’s contributions to executive management, regulators, and the company’s boards’ sub-committees, developing trend analyses and thematic reporting
• Managing multiple teams of professionals
• Developing talent, building effective teams, and managing a budget  Transferring Pricing Documentation
• Manage the day-to-day tax advisory while also growing the client base

Desired skills include:

• Ability to solve complex tax issues
• Tax software and technology understanding
• Federal and state tax laws and regulation
• Vertex
• CORPTAX
• Exceptional Client Relations
• Competition
• Good understanding of the Markets and products
• Ability expand services to current clients

Desired experience includes:

• Ensures that investor information is updated, maintained and organized properly
• Experience with Individual, Partnership, Trust/Estate, Corporate Tax and Nonprofit
• Knowledge of financial product taxation issues (e.g., taxation of futures, forwards, swaps, aggregate tax allocations)
• Analyze tax exposures, including the determination of appropriate tax reserves pursuant to Company policy, SFAS 109, FIN 48 and FAS 5
• Coordinate with Accounting and Business Planning to obtain and analyze legal entity pre-tax and forecasted P&L’s and evaluate the income tax accounting impact
• Research and implement new accounting pronouncements with tax accounting implications

Requirements

• Bachelor’s and master’s degree in accounting, Finance, Taxation, Business, Law, MBA, Public Accounting, Economics or any related field of study.
• 10+ years of corporate tax experience for domestic and international operations
• Preference will be given to individuals with a CPA license or CPA candidate and advanced degree
• Good understanding of Excel, Lotus, Word, FastTax, CCH Research Software
• This position requires a highly organized person with a high level of analysis on a daily basis
• Expertise in PRC corporate taxation
• Experience with overseeing Tax Agency, Projects, Transfer Pricing, Tax Advisory and Payroll