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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · 1 week ago

SOX Compliance & Tax Accounting Manager

Akron, OH

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

6+ years exp

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is one of the world's largest tire companies, employing about 68,000 people globally. They are seeking a SOX Compliance and Tax Accounting Manager responsible for corporate income tax compliance, SOX testing, and supporting the Financial Reporting and Accounting teams.

Automotive

Responsibilities

Responsible for corporate income tax compliance and tax accounting for Goodyear Canada. Involves preparation of corporate income tax returns, estimated payments, corporate income tax provisions, all income tax accounts and United States (U.S.) reporting requirements (including effective tax rate, FIN48, expense and cash forecasting). Stay updated on tax legislation/accounting implications - Communicating accounting implications to appropriate management

Manage Corporate Tax department's SOX testing - Ensuring documentation is complete, gaps are identified, process owners remediate all deficiencies and testing results are summarized with characterization of deficiencies reported to management. Act as liaison for attest firm

Support the director of Tax Accounting with the global consolidation and review. This involves preparation of the annual effective tax rate (on a monthly basis), review of the global tax balance sheet accounts and working with legal entities and regional Finance teams on maintaining an appropriate control environment

Support the director International Tax with transfer pricing documentation. Support business unit with tax accounting on specific tax issues and special projects

Management – Build and improve self and team: (1) Gain knowledge/insight to be “emergency ready” for all Tax director positions (2) Mentor and develop Tax Analysts (3) Assist with identification, retention, training and development of a skilled workforce (4) Ensure individual objectives are aligned with business objectives

Qualification

Corporate tax complianceU.S. GAAP knowledgeSOX testing managementInternational tax rulesERP systems proficiencyCoachingTeam collaborationEffective communicationLeadership skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

6 or more years of experience encompassing: (1) Federal (domestic/international) tax compliance with large multi-national corporation (2) Working knowledge of U.S. Federal (domestic/international), state, Latin America, Asia and Canada tax laws, U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and international tax rules/practices (3) Extensive knowledge of U.S. GAAP deferred tax accounting rules

Experience working in a team environment (drawing upon collective ideas to develop meaningful strategies/plans)

Highly-skilled computer literacy (Enterprise Resource Planning [ERP] systems, Microsoft products, etc.)