Senior Tax Manager

Senior Tax Manager
Location: NORTHLAKE United States
Requisition ID:  54099

Job Description:

Compensation: $125K -$160K 

Summary of the role: 

This role serves as the primary tax business partner for the region, providing technical expertise and commercial guidance to finance, legal, treasury and business stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Tax Compliance & Reporting - Lead all corporate income tax compliance activities across the US, Canada and Mexico, including federal, state/provincial and local tax obligations
• Tax Accounting & Financial Reporting - Lead the monthly, quarterly and annual tax provision process under IFRS for US, Canadian and Mexican entities including all required corporate reporting, forecasting, budgeting and tax planning.
• Tax Advisory & Business Partnering - Act as the primary tax advisor to finance, legal, treasury and business stakeholders across the region.
• Tax Planning -   Identify and drive tax planning opportunities that support business objectives while maintaining compliance.
• Risk Management - Lead tax audits, examinations and tax authority inquiries, coordinating responses and supporting documentation.  Proactively identify, evaluate & mitigate tax risks.
• Controls, Processes & Continuous Improvement - Own and maintain tax-related internal controls and compliance with corporate governance frameworks. Strengthen tax processes, documentation, related retention guidelines and workflows to improve efficiency and transparency.
• Transfer Pricing & Global Collaboration -  Partner with the global transfer pricing team to ensure consistent implementation of transfer pricing policies and documentation requirements, including intercompany agreements.
• Leadership & Team Development -  Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing tax team.
   
   

You bring these skills, experience & education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation or a related field
• Professional qualification such as CPA, CA, CTA, JD, LLM (Tax) or equivalent.
• 10-15+ years of progressive corporate tax experience gained within a multinational corporation, public accounting firm or combination of both.
• Significant experience in US federal and state corporate income tax.
• Strong knowledge of Mexican and Canadian corporate income tax (Highly preferred)
• Extensive experience with IFRS tax accounting and income tax provision processes.
• Proven experience managing tax compliance, reporting, audits and tax advisory matters.
• Demonstrated success leading and developing teams.
• Experience managing external advisors and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to engage senior leadership

SIG competencies

We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful?

Our promise

SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.

About SIG

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it's the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.