State & Local Tax Director recruitment
Headquartered in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, UBS has offices in more than 50 countries, including all major financial centers, and employs approximately 65,000 people. Under Swiss company law, UBS is organized as an Aktiengesellschaft, a corporation that has issued shares of common stock to investors. UBS AG is the parent company of the UBS Group (Group).
The operational structure of the Group comprises the Corporate Center and four business divisions: Wealth Management Swiss Bank, Wealth Management Americas, Global Asset Management and the Investment Bank.
We are currently looking for an experienced tax professional whose responsibilites will include, but not be limited to:
- Manage a team of internal US tax professionals responsible for state local income tax compliance.
- Manage a team of external tax consultants and advisors responsible for the preparation of state and local corporate income and franchise tax returns. Coordinate with the consultants with respect to technical positions taken on the returns.
- Responsible for the review of all state and local income and franchise tax returns prepared by external consultants, including the timely filing of all returns and timely payment of all liabilities.
- Manage the state and local components of the quarterly IFRS and annual US GAAP tax accounting process, including state local current and deferred tax balances, monitoring the Group and separate company effective state tax rates and monitoring the state and local tax risk position. Coordinate with financial statement auditors on
- Provide technical advice with respect to the tax risk disclosure requirements at the state and local level.
- Responsible for the sales use and property tax functions. Review of and documentation of the current processes to create efficiencies.
- Provide audit assistance with respect to income, franchise, sales use and property tax examinations. Coordinate with Head of Controversy on technical and analytical responses to Information Document requests.
- Provide technical guidance on income, franchise, sales use and property tax matters to the Head of Group Tax and US Tax Controller.
- Responsible for the tracking of and timely response to Notices received from various state local taxing authorities.
- Coordinate with the Head of Tax Processes and Software on automation and documentation of state and local tax processes.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting. Master’s degree in taxation a plus.
- 8+ years of experience in state and local taxation.
- Extensive knowledge of income, franchise, sales use and property tax requirements of multiple state local jurisdictions.
- Extensive knowledge of the financial services industry.
- Working knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP including the accounting for deferred taxes and tax risk positions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Working knowledge of OneSource Tax Provision and Corp Tax preferable.
May 3, 2012
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