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What we can offer:
A crafted employee experience designed to foster professional growth, a focus on health & well-being and an internal community that will set you up for success
We offer an environment that enables colleagues to demonstrate their capabilities, focus on their work and create value. At LG, you're encouraged to take a creative and individual approach to challenges with strong emphasis placed on performance and skill—and equal, merit-based opportunities across the board. We want our colleagues to grow with our global business. That's why we deliver sure rewards for exceptional performance and offer industry-leading benefits. Come join the team!
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a highly strategic, organized, and results-driven North America Tax Team Leader (NATT) to provide business tax compliance oversight of Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and State & Local Tax (SALT) Teams and serve as subject matter expert for audit and business tax support.
1. Corporate Income Tax Compliance
- Review quarterly and annual tax calculations, workpapers, returns, and payments prepared by the CIT team
- CIT Provision
- CIT Estimated/Extension Payments
- CIT Returns
- Withholding Tax Returns
- FBAR Reporting
- Support annual R&E and TP analysis and review annual studies prepared by external consulting firms
- R&E Tax Credit
- Transfer Pricing
2. State & Local Tax Compliance
- Review monthly, quarterly, and annual tax calculations, workpapers, returns, and payments prepared by the SALT team
- Sales and Use Tax Returns
- Business Property Tax Returns
- Unclaimed Property Returns
- Gross Receipts Tax Returns
- Business License and Other Tax Filings
- Form 1099
3. Audit
- Manage federal and state audit inventory
- Schedule status meetings/calls with external auditors as warranted
- Prepare and submit written responses and supporting documentation to auditors in response to information document requests (IDRs)
- Estimate the tax and interest impact of proposed adjustments
- Work with auditors and appeals officers to resolve disputes
- Coordinate execution of audit closing documents
- Revise compliance processes as necessary in response to audit adjustment
4. Business Support
- Provide Guidance on New or Expanding Business Transactions
- Review product sales, service, and purchase contracts related to new and changing operational scenarios
- Provide advice to ensure proper tax compliance
- Cultivate relationships across functional areas to discuss tax implications of contemplated transactions to reach consensus on action plans
- Government Tax Incentives
- Meet with business unit management and other internal stakeholders to understand new or expanding business operations
- Determine if there are federal and state economic incentives that may apply to contemplated investment
- Prepare project profiles and meet with government agencies to review
- Coordinate the preparation and submission of any required applications for incentives and work with government agencies to implement incentive agreements
- Ensure the Company claims all incentives that were granted
- Dispositions/Acquisitions
- Provide tax support for dispositions/acquisitions of Company subsidiaries or other equity interests in partnerships or joint ventures
- Affiliated Entity Support
- Provide general tax guidance and support of specific tax matters on an as-needed basis
- Tax Research
- Perform tax research on and pro-active, reactive, and as-directed basis
- External Support
- Serve as the lead tax representative with consulting firms in sourcing external support for tax engagements and in negotiating terms and fee arrangements of work performed
5. Administrative Support
- Recruitment/Training
- Maintain detailed job descriptions of NATT levels and positions
- Draft job descriptions for open positions
- Conduct interviews of prospective candidates and work with the NAHR team during the hiring process
- Present professional and personal development opportunities for NATT members
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business Management
- 10+ years of tax experience is required
- 3+ years experience in a “Big 4” CPA firm
- Fluency in Accounting for income taxes and significant experience in U.S. Consolidated tax return preparation
- Working knowledge of international taxes and transfer pricing principles; especially Canadian and Mexican markets
- Broad exposure to state and local taxes
- Comfortable with working with a diverse group of people (outside of the tax area) to achieve common objectives
- Well-developed interpersonal skills along with a demonstrated ability to be a team player and team builder
- Strong oral presentation skills when dealing with Senior Management
- Ability to present technical tax issues in an easy to understand manner
- Ability to travel for business less than 25% of the time
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Recruiting Range
$210,000—$230,000 USD
Benefits Offered Full-Time Employees:
- No-cost employee premiums for you and your eligible dependents for competitive medical, dental, vision and prescription benefits.
- Auto enrollment with immediate vesting of competitive company matching contributions in a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with several investment options.
- Generous Paid Time Off program that includes company holidays and a combined bank of paid sick and vacation time.
- Performance based Short-Term Incentives (varies by role).
- Access to confidential mental health resources to help you and your loved ones improve your quality of life. Personal fitness goal incentives.
- Family orientated benefits such as paid parental leave and support for families raising children with learning, social, behavioral challenges, or developmental disabilities.
- Group Rate Life and Disability Insurance.
Benefits Offered Temporary/Contractors:
- Eligible for the relevant benefit programs offered through our partner agencies.
Privacy Notice to California Applicants
Applicants who need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may contact our team by phone at: 973-477-7090 or [email protected]. This email and phone number will only reply to accommodation requests and is not intended for general employment inquiries.
All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
In addition to the above, LG believes that pay transparency is a key part of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our salary ranges take into account many factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skillset, experience, licensure, certifications, internal equity, and other business needs. While we consider geographic pay differentials in final offers, because we operate in many geographies where applicable, the salary range listed may not reflect all geographic differentials applied.
