Description:
Your Role at A Chemicals CompanyA Chemicals Company, a Fortune 1000, global specialty chemicals company, is seeking a Senior Tax Counsel to join the Tax organization at the Boston, MA headquarters location. This is a highly visible, key position within the tax team responsible for providing domestic and international tax research and planning for A Chemicals Company and its subsidiaries with the objective of minimizing the company's global tax liability and supporting other business objectives. The role includes extensive interaction with various A Chemicals Company teams and outside consultants. This position will participate in many tax department activities, such as tax planning and structuring, M&A, transfer pricing analysis and support, U.S. and non-U.S. tax audit support, SEC reporting, and tax return compliance support.
This individual will join a collaborative and tenured tax team supportive of work/life balance with a focus on challenging, cutting-edge topics. This role will have 2 reports.
This role is based at the Boston, MA, location, but is eligible to participate in A Chemicals Company's current Flexible Working Arrangement (hybrid) program.
How you will make an impact:
- Lead the development and implementation of sustainable strategies that operate to minimize the company's worldwide effective tax rate
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve Cabot's tax structure and help with other business objectives
- Conduct in-depth legal research and analysis of tax issues related to transactions, operations, transfer pricing and other areas with global tax consequences
- Support tax aspects of M&A projects
- Build relationships with senior management and other stakeholders, and thereby be in a position to serve as a trusted business advisor
- Provide the department with technical tax analysis in all areas of tax research and planning
- Prepare and review complex elements of U.S. tax filings
- Monitor and help the company react appropriately to changes in U.S. and non-U.S. tax laws
- Collaborate with other tax department personnel to develop and implement audit strategies, prepare supporting memoranda, responses, protests, and related documentationOversee and manage relationship with outside tax consultants
- Manage and develop direct and indirect reports and lead within the tax group
- Support ASC 740 processes and SEC reporting as needed
- 14+ years tax experience in relevant areas
- Experience preferably within the public accounting industry or publicly traded U.S. based multi-national companies
- Law degree with a concentration in tax preferred, but will consider candidates without a legal background
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical material to executives and business managers
- In-depth understanding of domestic and international tax concepts
- General understanding of tax accounting and its related impact on financial statement
- Ability to complete tax modeling and strong understanding of GILTI, BEAT and Pillar 2 concepts
- Ability to generate creative planning ideas and to apply technical and analytical skills to them to develop and implement tax minimizing strategies
- Professionalism and interpersonal skills necessary to interact with all levels of business units and management
- Ability to develop an understanding of global businesses and develop a network of contacts for information about changing business conditions and strategies
- CPA may be beneficial, but not required
How We'll Support Your Success:
- Provide a continuous learning environment where you will work on a variety of interesting projects to help you develop as a tax professional
- Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment – We are busy, collaborative, growing, and we are doing meaningful work
- Hybrid Work Environment – The autonomy to both work from home 2 days a week and develop/sustain colleague relationships in the office 3 days a week
- Benefits, Vacation, Etc. – We offer a competitive package of benefits
- Feedback – we are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion
- Support – you are part of a team and deserve to feel encouraged and supported. You will be part of a team that cares about you personally and professionally. Our success depends on your success