Senior Global Director – Tax and Audit

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the Tax and Audit department along with the global tax strategy.

• Supervise tax compliance, transfer pricing, indirect tax, coordination of statutory audits, collaboration with external audit partners, audits of U.S. benefit plans, integration of acquisitions, and management of tax and audit risks.

• Establish scalable tax and audit governance to facilitate growth from 11 countries to over 20.

• Create and uphold global tax compliance and audit schedules.

• Manage 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 to boards or investors.

• Oversee global audit governance, coordinate statutory audits, and ensure the timely release of audited financial statements.

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

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

• Direct acquisition-related tax workstreams and design as well as supervise internal financial reporting controls.

• Develop and justify transfer pricing policies, intercompany agreements, service fee structures, and documentation demands.

• Provide guidance to leaders regarding tax implications related to entering new countries, contracts, cross-border resource deployment, permanent establishment risks, payroll taxes, and entity rationalization.

• Establish tax controls, documentation standards, escalation processes, and governance protocols.

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

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

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

• Previous experience in supporting acquisition integration, global expansion, 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 working arrangements and a supportive work environment.