Global Director – General Ledger

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the global Tax and Audit function.

• Formulate and execute a comprehensive global tax strategy that encompasses corporate income tax, transfer pricing, VAT/GST, withholding taxes, intercompany arrangements, entity structuring, and plans for tax-efficient expansion.

• Create and manage global tax compliance and audit governance calendars.

• Supervise global tax advisors, audit partners, statutory audit firms, and local service providers.

• Collaborate with Accounting and FP&A on tax provisions, cash tax forecasting, deferred tax analysis, uncertain tax positions, tax accounting, and reporting for boards or investors.

• Take ownership of consolidated financial statement audits, country statutory audits, engagement with audit partners, audit scope, fees, milestones, escalations, and the issuance of audited financial statements.

• Coordinate statutory audits and ensure timely preparation, approval, filing, and issuance of local statutory accounts.

• Promote audit readiness across Finance, HR, Legal, IT, and local country teams.

• Oversee U.S. benefit plan audits and associated regulatory reporting.

• Monitor audit findings, control deficiencies, filing issues, recommendations, and commitments for remediation.

• Lead tax workstreams related to acquisitions, including diligence, inputs for purchase accounting, structure assessments, integration planning, and evaluations of inherited tax exposure.

• Design and oversee internal controls for financial reporting.

• Develop and justify global transfer pricing policies, intercompany agreements, service fee frameworks, and documentation requirements.

• Counsel business leaders on the tax implications related to entering new countries, contracts, cross-border deployments, permanent establishment risks, payroll taxes, and entity rationalization.

• Establish tax controls, documentation standards, escalation procedures, and governance processes suited for a larger multinational organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Tax, Finance, Business, or a related field is required.

• CPA, JD, LLM in Tax, Chartered Tax Advisor, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent qualifications are highly preferred.

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in tax, audit, controllership, statutory reporting, or financial compliance.

• Experience in multinational corporate tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, tax compliance, coordination of external audits, management of statutory audits, and oversight of external advisors.

• Previous experience in supporting acquisition integrations, global expansions, professional services, project-based business models, audit committee reporting, management letter remediation, U.S. benefit plan audits, and coordination with multi-country external auditors is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.