Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 743,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com . About the roleThe U.S. Tax Planning Senior Manager will support the U.S. tax planning team in advising on income tax matters related to business and tax initiatives impacting our global legal and business structure. The primary focus areas include supporting U.S. tax issues centered around Accenture’s U.S. M&A activity, supporting U.S. tax compliance and controversy processes, and performing required tax research and documentation. This person must have a well-rounded strong technical foundation in U.S. corporate and international tax, combined with good business sense and quantitative skills. Key Responsibilities
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Post-Merger Integration (PMI)
Consult with the M&A Tax Leads and deal teams to assess U.S. tax implications of potential acquisitions.
Determine, document, and implement tax-efficient acquisition and integration strategies.
Support post-acquisition compliance and controversy activity, including managing targets’ existing tax preparers.
US tax compliance and controversy
Collaborate with the Tax Compliance team to ensure tax positions are reported accurately, particularly on M&A, PMI, and international activity (transaction reporting, Forms 5471 and 8858).
Collaborate with the Tax Controversy team and assist with reviewing responses to requests from tax authorities.
Tax research and documentation:
Tax technical research and documentation relating to tax planning efforts, new business ventures and new tax legislation.
Prepare or review material U.S. tax calculations/quantify U.S. tax positions.
Desired Outcomes
Establish credibility and build relationships across the organization;
Develop or improve tax processes, policies and procedures to align with and support the scale and complexity of Accenture. Improve processes to drive greater efficiency through automation, leveraging technology;
Maintain a high level of technical expertise and current knowledge of US taxation;
Identify, resolve and document tax positions and create procedures to drive value and efficiencies within the organization;
Work cross-functionally to ensure proper tax consequences of significant U.S. transactions and events, continuous monitoring and evaluating of tax positions;
The ideal candidate is an accomplished tax professional with unquestionable integrity, a positive reputation, and demonstrated success in previous roles. The Senior Manager – U.S. Tax Planning must have the ability to drive an agenda, lead at a rapid pace, and collaborate well within the company.Basic Qualifications
Minimum 7 years of Tax Planning experience in a public accounting or corporate multinational role
Preferred Qualifications
JD or CPA
A strong broad knowledge base of U.S. tax
U.S. M&A and international tax experience in a multinational company or professional services firm
Familiarity/experience with tax modelling
Professional Qualifications:
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Strong organizational and project management skills
Self-starter with the ability and confidence to work well in an unstructured, dynamic environment
Proficient in Microsoft applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
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