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Senior International Tax Accountant

NEW YORK-10012, NY, US
09/10/2018

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Required Skills

CPA

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

3 to 5 Year(s)

Job Description

Senior Tax Accountant

Senior International Tax Accountant Summary

Broadly, this position will assist the Intn’l Tax Managers in facilitating global tax withholding and reporting compliance on the entity and individual tax level.

There is a need for administrative and technical assistance, as well as documentation of current procedures and recommendations for future improvements to the program.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Coordinate home and host tax compliance in 9 countries on both the individual and entity level

Work closely with Payroll to determine withholding obligations of foreign nationals and expatriates and finalize the monthly expatriate payroll, including review of additional payments, coordination of monthly withholding, tax set-up of new and returning assignees

Partner with the Accounting Department and/or external vendors to compile and verify required data for numerous recurring year end global compensation reporting, i.e. Fringe
Benefits Tax, PAYE Settlement Filings, etc.

Responsible for the preparation of the Form W-2 compensation breakdown and the delivery of United States Form W-2’s.

Liaise with foreign offices, vendors, internal customers and assignees on various expatriate and entity tax matters

Preparation of Cost Estimates, Stay at Home versus While on Assignment Tax Estimates,
Gross-up Calculations

Assist various departments in determining the most cost effective way to transfer an employee overseas

Act as a backup to Intn’l Assignment & Tax Manager in conducting pre-assignment consultations.

Keeps abreast of current tax laws and seeks counsel for global tax laws impacting global relocation and entity filings.

Assist in driving process design and improvements for global compensation and tax reporting

Facilitate projects assessing adequacy of operational controls, identifying efficiency and effectiveness opportunities to enhance business compliance and controllership.

Assist with the preparation of IRS and State correspondences in response to Notices issued to associates, partners and Payroll

In addition, responsibilities related to maintaining Firm and client information are to be adhered to by all employees.

This includes complying with the Firm’s information security policies, protecting Firm assets from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, destruction or interference, and reporting security events or potential events or other security risks to managemen
Senior International Tax Accountant Qualifications

An interest in international tax law

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Good interpersonal skills. Ability to establish and build partnerships with different departments, business partners and management.

Demonstrated project management, project leadership and resource management

Must be detail oriented with ability to handle multiple projects and priorities.

Problem solving and solutions development skills including the ability to proactively avoid problems that may develop with customer

Must be able to work independently and in a team environment.

Senior International Tax Accountant Education and/or Experience

Bachelor’s degree, CPA a plus

3-5 years of international and/or expatriate tax experience required. Expatriate tax administration experience a plus.

Experience with global payrolls, expatriate compensation reporting, foreign entity filings etc. desirable.

Strong understanding of various foreign taxation systems. Knowledge of law firm partners abroad and entity taxation a plus.

Experience with dealing with tax authorities.

Knowledge of PeopleSoft a plus