Tax Advisor Job Description
Tax advisor
provides consultation to tax personnel and businesses about value added tax and withholding taxation process and outputs.
Tax Advisor Duties & Responsibilities
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Monitor the application of ASC 740 and other accounting pronouncements
Experience with SAP, OneSource
Lead Projects requiring technical and analytic advice for cross-business or functional matters
Assisting with meeting requests for information by the ATO risk reviews and audits, section 264 notices
Management of overseas tax compliance for various branches and subsidiaries
Review and prepare accurate quarterly tax provision work papers in a timely and efficient manner
Ensure accurate and complete income tax disclosures for quarterly interim and year-end financial statements
Coordinate financial statement audit of tax provision with PwC
Prepare analytical and tax modeling work papers
Establish and document global tax accounting policies
Tax Advisor Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Tax Advisor
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, FATCA
Education for Tax Advisor
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the tax advisor job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Taxation, Education, Economics, Law, Communications, Business/Administration, Public Accounting
Skills for Tax Advisor
Desired skills for tax advisor include:
Order to progress to tax advisory position
Tax laws
Skills and abilities towards work products
Alternatives areas that BlackRock offers
US withholding
International inbound taxation compliance and analysis
SAP
U.S. tax laws
ASC 740
Commercial activities in relevant businesses
Desired experience for tax advisor includes:
High level of commitment and attention to detail
Ability to work well in a team and also independently
Ability to analyse and resolve moderately complex problems
ATT, CTA qualified, or equivalent
Prepare selected UK corporate tax returns and coordinate preparation of other selected UK tax filings
Assist with the data collection and preparation of transfer pricing reports under the direction of the Transfer Pricing Manager, assist with transfer pricing valuation and other transactional support on an ad-hoc basis
Tax Advisor Examples
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Tax Advisor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a tax advisor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for tax advisor
- Increasing tax certification and expertise
- Mentoring and supporting teammates
- Australia and/or Singapore GST experience
- US indirect tax experience
- Preparation and maintenance of financial models
- May work with tax law and accounting provisions, assist with preparation of statutory filings and/or tax returns, and provide support to Tax Managers in audits and response to various taxing authority notices
- May focus on compliance or provision activities, provide guidance on indirect taxation issues, and/or advise on best practices when preparing and submission of documents to Internal Revenue Service
- Assists with preparation of domestic tax provisions and federal and state tax filings, and provide support in audits and response to various taxing authority notices
- Focus on tax provision and compliance activities
- Coordinate, supervise and challenge the external advisors work related to tax implications of the corporate structure and restructuring schemes, transactions and on-going issues, on transfer pricing policy and other tax issues
Qualifications for tax advisor
- Be able to demonstrate critical thinking to solve problems
- Tax law degree/ Master 2 in (International) Taxation or equivalent
- Fluent English (+ other foreign language(s))
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in cross-border tax planning
- Experience required in planning and understanding the various issues involved when planning for complex, cross-border value chains including some knowledge of withholding tax, indirect tax, income tax, IT systems, accounting requirements, business operations and trade compliance
- Required education includes a Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Accounting or Finance, and a preference for candidates with a CPA and MST, JD, and/or MBA degrees
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Tax Advisor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of tax advisor. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for tax advisor
- Liaise closely with members of the global Alternatives Product Tax Group responsible for covering the Alternatives areas above in their respective region (based in the US, EMEA and Asia Pac)
- Oversee the European investor tax reporting compliance work relating to the above areas , German CFC reporting, PFIC reporting
- Assist in managing International tax issues across Europe and Developing Markets
- Provide advice on tax efficient financing for, and repatriation from, overseas locations
- Identify and assist in implementing appropriate tax planning projects
- Offering group support to local finance directors on local tax audits and negotiations
- Review and feedback on tax reporting
- Assist in training local finance directors on tax reporting
- Work effectively with other parts of the tax department function ensuring full support is provided to countries on matters of transfer pricing
- Preparation of the Country by Country Reporting and supporting schedules (Tables 1, 2 and 3 per guidelines)
Qualifications for tax advisor
- Finance education background is required
- Team player, and be the leader to address critical issues
- Drive to achieve the common objections
- Review calculations of US foreign tax credits and limitations, subpart F inclusions the E&P for significant non-US subsidiaries
- Anticipate client needs and match with relevant expertise and products
- Build trusted and personalized client relationships year round
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Tax Advisor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a tax advisor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for tax advisor
- Support COP Corporate tax in the resolution of multi-jurisdictional tax issues
- Communication of tax with non-tax stakeholders
- Ensuring global tax strategy is followed and consistently applied
- Managing outside service providers to ensure timely filing of complete and accurate tax returns
- Preparing quarterly and annual tax forecast calculations
- Ensuring that local transfer pricing documentation is maintained to a high standard
- Tax research and strategy for the US, Canada and Latin America
- Manage federal, state income and franchise, property, and sales & use tax audits in USA and Canada
- Research corporate income tax and employee benefit issues
- Maintain professional tax knowledge and monitor current tax developments
Qualifications for tax advisor
- Tax litigation experience for at least 5 years
- Extensive network in government and industry
- Effective communicator of complex tax issues
- Effective client/project management and task prioritization skills
- Demonstrates imagination and creativity in the evaluation of issues and development of possible solutions
- Effective team player on Tax and cross-functional/cross-sector teams
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Tax Advisor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of tax advisor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for tax advisor
- Member of Singapore Country Tax Team
- Responsible for coordinating regional tax advice in Asia Pacific
- Participate in special projects on other reporting and compliance matters assigned where value and priorities dictate
- Function as a focal point for tax reporting matters, managing the interface with finance operations and closely monitoring and improving tax compliance processes in line with legislation and group requirements
- Manage tax compliance, tax assessments and queries by the tax authorities
- Establish and maintain good working relations with relevant government /tax authorities
- Conduct training and internal workshops to raise tax awareness
- Role operates at senior levels in the Businesses and Functions
- Provide tax planning advice and research on major projects, corporate reorganizations, acquisitions and divestments (interpret, analyze, advise
- Oversees a team
Qualifications for tax advisor
- This role has no direct accountability for team budgets and no line management responsibilities
- Strong knowledge of technical US tax aspects of corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), investments, divestments, partnerships, financing and monetary repatriation, from tax planning through implementation
- Ability to explain US tax regulations to non-tax experts tax experts without US tax background
- Insight and experience to provide tax advice through each stage of M&A or divestment
- 8 to 10 years of Corporate Tax and Mergers and Acquisitions experience
- Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Accounting required
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Tax Advisor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a tax advisor. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for tax advisor
- Review quarterly tax provision ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP reporting
- Manage tax inquiries and tax audits conducted by the tax authorities
- Monitor and analyze proposed and newly enacted tax legislation, regulations and judicial decisions that impact the company’s operations and financial positions
- Accurate and timely filing of income and sales tax returns
- Supporting quarterly income tax provision process
- Preparing working papers for annual corporate tax returns
- Providing technical guidance on complex corporate, sales and compensation tax matters
- Identifying and mitigating tax risks
- Prepare tax related journal entries and reconcile tax account balances on general ledger
- Supporting SRE&D claims and sales tax recovery projects
Qualifications for tax advisor
- Advanced knowledge of Partnership taxation
- Advanced level of business acumen in Tax within the business operations, industry practices and emerging trends
- Responsible and accountable for highly complex tasks and/or projects
- Excellent knowledge of Russian tax legislation, in particular, related to upstream oil and gas taxation, principles of application of international tax legislation
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in Accounting or related field and 1+ years related experience required or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job
- Possession of a professional certification preferred