Tax Provision Director

A global investment bank is looking for a Director of Tax Provision to manage all aspects of IFRS tax provision preparation and review, serve as a subject matter expert for IAS 12 tax matters, and partner closely with controllers, auditors, and global tax teams to ensure high quality, accurate, and compliant report.

Additional responsibilities include managing the Firm's domestic and international tax strategies, determining the Firm's transfer pricing policies and advising Senior Management and BUs on business products, strategic transactions and restructuring objectives.

What you'll do in the role:

• - Lead end-to-end IFRS income tax accounting development and implementation, with a focus on automation, data integrity, and reporting efficiency
• - Manage interim and annual income tax provision preparation and review of consolidated IFRS tax reporting, including conversion from U.S. GAAP
• - Oversee analysis of U.S. GAAP to IFRS income tax differences, including tracking adjustments, documenting differences in tax accounting, and communicating impacts to stakeholders
• - Manage reconciliation and validation of IFRS income tax accounts, including IFRS income supporting tax data and documentation
• - Partner with global stakeholders on income tax accounting matters, supporting effective data hand offs with local tax teams and legal entity controllers.
• - Ensure strong internal controls, ensuring alignment with SOX and global regulatory expectations.
• - Effectively communicate with external and internal stakeholders, including tax leadership
• - Act as point of contact for external tax accountants; evaluate and manage relationships with tax advisors and preparers
• - Evaluate and document the IFRS tax accounting implications of new transactions, restructurings, and other Firm initiatives.

What you'll bring to the role:

• - Strong working knowledge of Accounting for Income Tax rules under both ASC 740 and IAS 12 as well as solid general knowledge of GAAP and IFRS rules; IFRS/IAS 12 and ASC 740 experience is required
• - Bachelor's in accounting or Master's in Tax
• - CPA certification preferred
• - Experience with CorpTax, Alteryx, and Power Query preferable but not required
• - Financial services industry experience preferable but not required