Director- Income Tax Jobs

The Tax Director of Income Tax will be responsible for coordinating and supporting Tax Provision and Tax Compliance functions on behalf of the Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Subsidiaries’ North American Group (SEA) and will directly report to the North American Headquarters Head of Tax with focused efforts to achieve our Corporate Tax Strategy to take a sustainable approach to taxes which is commercially driven, responsible and transparent. Responsibilities also include various facets to support tax operations matters involving internal non-income tax compliance reporting, proactive business consultation and planning, tax strategy implementation, tax risk assessment and mitigation, optimizing tax incentives, and providing leadership to Tax Department senior management in order to accomplish these imperatives.
Also, this role will provide assistance and support with the development and supervision of assigned Tax Department tax managers and staff to ensure adherence to departmental timelines, maintain compliance procedures and controls. Continual interaction and collaboration with SEA finance, legal, HR, distribution, and other shared departments, Samsung affiliates, external financial auditors, tax providers and with Samsung’s South Korea Corporate Headquarters’ Tax Department. Experienced tax department professionals and outside advisors will support and report into this position. With inspiration from our Samsung corporate strategies and interactive organizational training, this role will foster Tax Director leadership to support ensuring best-in-class outcomes through continuous engagement with key stakeholders and developing self, team, and organization.

• Develop and implement strategic tax planning for all necessary federal and state taxes.
• Oversee and assure compliance with all outside of the U.S. tax return obligations and tax payments, ensuring all international entity tax compliance (US tax withholding and FBAR) is completed and filed timely.
• Assist with the co-sourcing and review of the Company’s federal, state, and local tax returns prepared by a public accounting firm and their assigned personnel.
• Plan for and develop an overall return calendar and coordinate timing and inputs with the tax team.
• Ensure accurate, timely filing of consolidated federal, state, and local income tax returns and other business-related filings.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory tax law developments, communicate the effects of these developments to management and the tax team and create strategies to capitalize on changes to taxation legislation.

• Ensure strong internal control environment around documentation and implementation of accounting policies.
• Works with outside tax advisors on key strategic projects and tax planning initiatives, as required
• Ensure all income tax information is adequately prepared and presented within regulatory filings, including financial statement disclosures.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors and provide support for special tax-related projects
• Review assumptions used and calculation of tax liability for all corporate entities on a consolidated and standalone basis.
• Manage and assess uncertain tax position and determine reserve requirements; draft memorandum substantiating any related financial statement impact in accordance with IAS 12
• Assist with the review of the quarterly and annual tax provisions which are prepared by a public accounting firm provider and their assigned team on an IFRS basis.

• Supervisory ResponsibilitiesWill supervise, train and mentor Tax Managers and Senior Tax professionals with their tax compliance and reporting responsibilities. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and correcting employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.Assist in the planning and budgeting process by providing assumptions and estimated tax amounts for the Company’s annual budget.

• Experience with tax research databases such as Checkpoint, CCH and BNA
• Experience required with OneSource Income Tax and Tax Provision
• Familiarity with Power BI, Tableau and Alteryx a plus
• Experience required with Microsoft Office Tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat

• Supervision and training practices and methods.
• Business English usage, spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• Pertinent federal, state and local tax laws, codes and regulations.
• Business and personal computer hardware and software applications.
• Financial audits, practices and applications.
• Principles of mathematical and statistical computations.
• Generally Accepted Accounting and Auditing Principles, practices and methods.
• Current Company policies, practices and procedures, including safety rules and regulations.

• Experience with corporate taxation and consolidations.
• Communicating clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Supervising, coordinating, delegating assignments and reviewing the work of assigned department personnel.
• Strong analytical, research and critical thinking skills.
• Building on technical competence by keeping up to date on trends, developments and technical authorities and apply them to complex situations.
• Able to work well in a team environment.
• In depth experience preparing tax provisions.
• Ability to think strategically and creatively about business goals and global tax planning initiatives and impacts.
• Demonstrate an understanding of increasingly complex tax concepts. Discuss moderately complex tax issues with the team. Keep informed of current tax developments and effectively apply tax knowledge to client situations.
• Developing and implementing goals, objectives and practices for effective, efficient and cost effective management of allocated resources.
• Researching, analyzing and evaluating new tax saving methods, procedures and programs.
• Responding to inquiries or complaints from federal and state regulatory agencies.
• Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with others.
• Train other team members.
• Reading, analyzing, interpreting and applying financial and tax manuals, accounting journals, financial reports, legal documents, and federal, state and local tax related laws, codes and regulations.
• Ability to effectively delegate work as needed.
• Knowledge of transfer pricing frameworks and methodologies a plus
• Demonstrating professionalism through a positive and cooperative attitude and by maintaining the confidential and proprietary nature of work products.

• Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and its subsidiaries are committed to employing a diverse workforce, and provide Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.