Organization: Corporate Functions/Finance

Location: Chicago (preferred) or Walnut Creek (San Francisco/Sacramento area)

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• Manage to completion all phases of the tax support process including deal review, planning, coordination and preparation of required deliverables.
  
• Assist Accenture in reaching its tax and business goals through identification and mitigation of tax risks/costs and implementation of strategic tax planning solutions, including business/finance operations and integration.
  

• Work collaboratively with other Accenture subject matter experts (SMEs including Corporate Development and Transaction Services, Finance, Legal, HR, Treasury and Internal Procurement), project leadership teams and outside advisors to co-develop business focused tax planning solutions.
  
• Build positive working relationships with Accenture leadership and serve as a key business advisor on all tax related matters associated with the deal.
  

• Support the team with research and assist in developing solutions to manage and mitigate the implications of tax law changes.
  
• Remain up to date on current tax laws and practices and support research, analysis, and development of internal Accenture communications strategies for any changes that may impact a deal to Accenture project leadership teams.
  

• Identify and assess multi-jurisdictional tax risk levels and costs of major deals.
  
• Develop workplans and staffing requirements for tax support to deals.
  
• Meet with client deal teams and client/vendor tax department personnel (primarily virtual) as appropriate to gather requisite information and negotiate tax aspects of major deals.
  
• Review all applicable information for major client engagement and ventures & acquisitions deals to determine applicable legal, indirect tax, employment tax, income tax, immigration and other tax related business issues.
  
• Coordinate with and co-develop tax planning solutions with federal, state and local, sales & use, and employment tax teams in the US.
  
• Coordinate with Accenture Area Tax Leads outside the US for input from a local tax perspective and support drafting of appropriate tax guidance in response to requests.
  
• Draft and negotiate tax efficient terms and conditions for Accenture's contracts/legal documents.
  
• Communicate tax planning solutions to internal and external stakeholders and implement risk mitigation/tax planning strategies to maximize Accenture profit/return on investment.
  
• Communicate and present tax findings, potential impact of such findings on structure and other related tax issues with senior leadership and project teams.
  
• Prepare appropriate tax documentation.
  
• Advocate and validate compliance with internal Accenture tax policies and procedures.
  
• Advocate and manage engagement level utilization of global tax tools and technology.
  
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with our outside counsel and accounting firms assisting on V&A deals.
  
• Analyze financial models to determine the impact of tax planning ideas on income taxes payable.
  
• Manage strategic tax projects, including projects with other parts of the Tax group as necessary.
  

• Based in Chicago (preferred) or Walnut Creek (San Francisco/Sacramento area).
  
• Writing sample may be requested.
  
• Minimal or no travel required.
  
• Flexible work arrangements.
  

• Minimum of 4 years of transactional tax experience in either US federal income tax technical or global indirect (transaction) tax planning ina legal, tax or accounting services firmand/orlarge multinational corporate environment.
  
• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or equivalent course of study is required.
  

• Tax planning experience in either (1) mergers & acquisitions or (2) large global client service agreements in a multinational company or professional services (legal, tax, or accounting) firm environment.
  
• Law degree, Master of Science in Taxation (MST) or CPA preferred.
  
• Working knowledge of global indirect (transaction) taxes such as US sales & use, goods and services (GST), and value-added (VAT) taxes.
  
• Tax planning experience with both V&A and large client service agreements is preferred but is not required.
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams), advanced Excel skills preferred.
  

• Outstanding teaming and English language communication skills (verbal and written).
  
• Self-starter with the ability and confidence to work well in an unstructured, dynamic environment and ability to manage multiple ongoing tasks to completion.
  
• Has led a team.
  
• Ability to gather, assimilate, analyze and summarize information on Accenture transactions from multiple sources. Specifically, read, analyze, and interpret tax and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
  
• Customer focused with ability to quickly respond to inquiries.
  
• Effectively present/communicate tax technical topics to client engagement, finance teams and other non-tax professionals.
  
• Keen attention to detail and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  
• Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian.
  
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian.