LAS Tax Technology Manager (LAS)

Company Overview

A Bridgestone Americas e suas subsidiárias desenvolvem, fabricam e comercializam uma ampla gama de pneus Bridgestone, Firestone e de marcas associadas para atender às necessidades de seus clientes, mantendo operações de vendas no atacado e Equipamento Original em uma ampla linha de produtos, incluindo passageiros, caminhões leves, caminhões comerciais e ônibus, pneus agrícolas, para motocicletas, karts e off-road.

Estamos comprometidos com a missão da Bridgestone, "Servir à Sociedade com Qualidade Superior". Nosso objetivo é oferecer o melhor para nossos clientes e para a sociedade, não só em produtos, serviços e tecnologia, mas em todas as nossas atividades corporativas.

A presença internacional da Bridgestone Americas inclui subsidiárias de fabricação e vendas localizadas na Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Costa Rica e México, com escritórios adicionais na América Latina e no Caribe que constituem a divisão “Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO-LA). ", composto por 5 fábricas de pneus e 3 fábricas de reforma em toda a região, 6 escritórios comerciais e administrativos; mais de 8.500 funcionários e 2.500 pontos de venda em toda a América Latina, incluindo lojas próprias e uma extensa rede de distribuidores.

Em todo o mundo, na Bridgestone, mais de 140 mil funcionários estão focados em oferecer soluções avançadas para um mundo em movimento, contribuindo com nossa experiência e inovação para nos posicionarmos como líderes indiscutíveis em Soluções de Mobilidade, guiados pela Essência Bridgestone e pela nossa paixão por Servir a Sociedade com Qualidade Superior.

Para mais informações sobre nossas posições visite:

https://www.bridgestoneamericas.com/en/careers

Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries manufacture, sell and service Bridgestone and Firestone and associate brand tires to meet the needs of their customers, maintaining wholesale and original equipment sales operations across a broad line of products, including passenger, light truck, commercial truck and bus, agricultural, motorcycle, kart and off-the-road tires.

We are committed to Bridgestone Group’s mission, “Serving Society with Superior Quality.” Our goal is to offer the best for our customers and to society, not only in terms of our products, services and technology, but in all our corporate activities.

The Bridgestone Americas international footprint includes manufacturing and sales subsidiaries located in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico, with additional offices throughout Latin America and the Caribbean that build the “Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO-LA)” division, conformed by 5 tire manufacturing and 3 retreading plants throughout the region, 6 commercial and administrative offices; more than 8,500 employees and 2,500 points of sale throughout Latin America, including company's stores and an extensive network of distributors .

Around the world, at Bridgestone, more than 140 thousand collaborators are focused on offering advanced solutions for a world in motion, contributing our experience and innovation to position ourselves as undisputed leaders in Mobility Solutions, guided by the Bridgestone Essence and by our passion to Serve to the Society with Superior Quality.

For more information about our positions visit:

https://www.bridgestoneamericas.com/en/careers

Responsibilities

Lead team in the development and implementation of tax technology and process initiatives across Bridgestone LA South. Provide tax systems training and user support. Serve as tax technology liaison between technology providers, IT, and the Tax Department. Assist with the assessment of end-to-end operating tax processes and data, including the supporting business processes and tax engines.

• Responsible for managing the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of the Company's tax technology solutions, tax software, and tax document/data systems.
• Establish of continuous improvement and a focus on enabling and empowering the tax department to achieve process efficiency, operational excellence, and insightful analytics.
• Work with a cross-functional team (e.g. Tax, IT, Accounting, LSCM, etc.), as well as business partners to ensure the highest level of quality in our tax compliance and reporting processes and systems.
• Identifies relevant business initiative related tax compliance and or process risks and effectively communicates them, with potential mitigating actions to leadership.
• Manage and maintain the departments tax related data while ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Identity and evaluate tax technology risks, design, and implement mitigating measures.
• Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives to align standards, improve processes and internal controls, improve supporting documentation, and align tax and functional/business best practices.
• Provide training to business partners and tax professionals of all levels on tax technology topics.
• Design, build, and maintain tax related analytic reports.
• Effectively communicate data and findings to key decision makers and stakeholders to drive strategic business decision making
• Lead or support projects as required to deliver tax or business objectives, including tax research and planning.

Establish, improve and execute tax technology and process initiatives required to meet the tax team’s objectives.

Align course of action and maintain collaborative relationships with third party technology providers as well as the IT Department, all Tax COEs, Controller’s Office, SSC, and businesses.

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Qualifications

EDUCATION:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Technology, Management or Finance

CERTIFICATIONS:
BA / BS in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or similar
CPA, CMI, CAE or international equivalent
MST or MBA a plus

LANGUAGES: proficiency level

English:Advanced

Spanish:Intermediate

SPECIFIC TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE: SAP, MACROS, EXCEL
 SAP, OIDT, TAX ONE, ONESOURCE
 Office packages: Word, Excel, Power Point

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE:
5 years and up

"DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE:
Project Management, Tax Technology, Tax, Finance, People Management

ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS: 8 years experience in a large multinational corporation or public accounting firm, 2 year experience leading a team.