Senior Global Tax Specialist

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About the Team

The Tax team partners across the business to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant tax reporting across our global operations. We play a critical role in managing tax obligations, maintaining controls for tax, and providing insights that inform financial and business decisions. Beyond compliance, we enable innovation by building scalable, efficient processes that support growth, evolving business models, and an increasingly complex global tax environment.

About the role

As a Global Tax Senior based in the Philippines, you will report to the Tax Director and take on a preparer role for tax compliance (income tax and indirect tax), tax provision support, reconciliations, R&D credit study support, and various ad-hoc tax projects.

What you’ll do

• Prepare corporate income tax, GST/HST, VAT, and sales and use tax return workpapers and supporting documentation.

• Prepare US indirect tax reconciliations

• Support preparation of US GAAP quarterly and year end tax provision

• Prepare Philippines local tax provision and tax return workpapers

• Support Canadian income tax compliance prepared by external providers.

• Prepare tax journal entries, reconcile global tax accounts, and maintain quarterly tax account rollforwards and supporting schedules.

• Prepare transfer pricing workpapers and data collection for studies; support annual tax projects, including R&D credits, taxability refreshes, and nexus reviews.

• Coordinate tax data collection for close, audits, and filings; maintain documentation and assist with the tax filing calendar.

• Research and document basic tax questions, monitor relevant tax updates with the Tax Director, and communicate exceptions or changes to stakeholders.

• Identify recurring inefficiencies and implement small improvements to tax workflows, including appropriate automation opportunities and support for tax tools.

In order to be successful, you must bring

• Ability to work a modified U.S. Monday–Friday schedule, typically aligned to 9 a.m.–5 p.m. U.S. working hours with limited flexibility as needed.

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or tax-focused advanced degree.

• 4–7 years of corporate tax experience in a multinational company or public accounting firm (must have multinational/US company experience).

• Experience with U.S. and Philippine tax compliance, including the ability to prepare and review tax workpapers and assess the reasonableness of tax positions.

• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and IFRS tax accounting concepts, including book-to-tax differences and tax account reconciliations.

• Strong Excel skills and experience working with tax software and accounting systems; familiarity with NetSuite, Avalara, Stripe, or OneSource Tax is useful.

• Working AI knowledge and strong desire to use AI for process improvement.

• Ability to independently deliver accurate, timely work, investigate issues, coordinate with cross-functional partners, and escalate complex questions appropriately.

Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as calibrated job level, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

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