Manager, Global Tax Strategy

Overview

The organization is seeking a Manager, Global Tax Strategy to partner with the global tax department, corporate functions, and operating company teams to support the development, execution, and documentation of the organization’s global tax strategy.

This is an individual contributor position reporting to the Senior Manager of Global Tax Strategy. The role primarily supports global tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border structuring, transfer pricing, cash management, and legal entity initiatives. It also involves building relationships across Corporate Development, Treasury, Controllership, Legal, FP&A, and operational teams.

The position works closely with global stakeholders and may be structured as remote. Preference is for candidates located in the Eastern or Central time zones, or hybrid with required presence at headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Responsibilities

• Strategy: Co-develop and assist global tax efforts in support of company global strategies while working directly with the Senior Director of Global Tax Strategy; initiate and facilitate rationalization efforts.
• Strategic business partnering: Serve as a trusted business partner to operating companies; interact regularly with designated individuals regarding tax compliance, tax benefits and risks, and the interrelationship between operational decisions/direction.
• M&A: Support M&A due diligence, pre- and post-transaction structuring, and financing.
• Transfer pricing: Support transfer pricing initiatives, operating model design, value chain transformation initiatives, and controversy matters while working directly with the Director of Global Transfer Pricing.
• Cash management: Support global cash management initiatives, including intercompany cash flows, cash repatriation, intercompany loans, and other transactions identified in partnership with the treasury team.
• International tax advisory: Interface with external business partners and tax advisors to execute due diligence and transaction planning; assess potential impacts and advise senior tax management on potential implications and countermeasures.
• Legal entity management: Manage establishment or elimination of legal entities, including maintenance plans and associated supporting documentation.
• Advisors and budget management: Manage external advisory support along with budgets and timely accruals.
• Process improvements: Expand the use of technology and automation by making proactive suggestions to eliminate waste and improve efficiency.
• Governance framework: Support compliance with and refinement of established tax policies and procedures as set forth in the company’s tax manual and other interacting policies like the business change management policy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Tax, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; CPA and/or JD
• At least 6 years of cross-border structuring experience involving U.S. and international tax rules and global tax planning concepts
• Experience operating in a complex global enterprise and/or advising complex global enterprises through a major accounting or law firm
• Working knowledge of U.S. tax principles and U.S. tax accounting (current and deferred tax) rules pursuant to ASC740
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally

Preferred Qualifications

• M&A tax experience, including due diligence and pre-acquisition or post-acquisition planning
• Transfer pricing, supply chain planning, or value chain transformation exposure
• Financing structuring or global cash management experience
• Master’s degree in Tax, an MBA, or another relevant advanced degree
• Experience with tax technology, automation, or transformation solutions such as Alteryx

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation range (US): $135,000 - $155,000 USD per year
• Bonus pay eligible
• Comprehensive benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the employer’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the employer’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Location

• Remote-friendly (preference for Eastern or Central time zones), or hybrid with required presence at headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts
• Periodic domestic and international travel expected, anticipated to be on a quarterly basis

Equal Opportunity

The organization is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities during the application or interview process.