Now Brewing - Senior Manager, International Tax Planning! #tobeapartner
As a Senior Manager, International Tax Planning, you will play a critical role in shaping Starbucks' global tax strategy and supporting enterprise-wide business initiatives. You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, finance partners, legal teams, treasury, accounting, and transfer pricing professionals to evaluate and implement tax-efficient solutions that support business growth, operational transformation, and shareholder value.
This role requires deep technical expertise in U.S. international tax, strong analytical and modeling skills, and experience performing value chain analyses to support business transformations, operating model changes, intellectual property planning, legal entity restructurings, and strategic transactions.
As a Senior Manager, International Tax Planning, you will...
Leadership
• Lead complex international tax projects that support Starbucks' strategic business objectives.
• Mentor and develop tax professionals while fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team environment.
• Influence business decisions by providing practical, technically sound solutions to complex tax issues.
• Build strong partnerships across Finance, Treasury, Accounting, Legal, Supply Chain, Transfer Pricing, and business leadership teams.
International Tax Strategy and Planning
• Evaluate and develop tax-efficient structures for market expansions, supply chain transformations, financing transactions, and global operating model changes.
• Provide technical analysis and strategic recommendations related to U.S. international tax matters, including foreign tax credits, Subpart F, GILTI, BEAT, foreign disregarded entities, withholding taxes, hybrid arrangements, earnings repatriation, and OECD Pillar Two developments.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and assess the impact on Starbucks' global tax profile.
• Partner with external advisors and internal stakeholders to identify and implement sustainable planning opportunities.
Value Chain and Business Model Analysis
• Lead value chain analyses to identify opportunities to improve tax efficiency while aligning with business operations and transfer pricing principles.
• Assess tax implications of operating model changes, supply chain transformations, digital initiatives, intellectual property ownership structures, and legal entity rationalization projects.
• Collaborate with transfer pricing and business teams to evaluate value creation, intercompany arrangements, and business restructuring initiatives.
• Develop planning recommendations that balance business objectives, operational realities, and tax considerations.
Cross-Functional Business Partnership
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on strategic initiatives and emerging business models.
• Partner with Treasury, Legal, Accounting, Revenue Growth Management, Supply Chain, and Corporate Development teams to assess tax implications of enterprise initiatives and business changes.
• Advise cross-functional teams on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, licensing arrangements, and market entries from planning through implementation.
• Translate complex technical tax concepts into practical business recommendations.
Technical Excellence and Governance
• Develop, document, and support technical tax positions for significant transactions and planning strategies.
• Assess financial statement implications under ASC 740 and partner with Accounting to ensure proper reporting of tax impacts.
• Support tax controversy matters and assist with defending tax positions during audits and examinations.
• Coordinate with external advisors, auditors, and tax authorities on complex international tax matters.
We'd love to hear from people with:
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Law, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in international tax planning, transfer pricing, global tax strategy, or related disciplines in a multinational corporation, public accounting firm, law firm, or a combination thereof.
• Deep technical knowledge of U.S. international tax provisions, including Subpart F, NCTI, BEAT, and foreign tax credit rules, with experience applying them in a planning context rather than in compliance alone.
• Working knowledge of Subchapter C as it applies to multinational groups, including earnings and profits, stock basis, distributions, and internal reorganizations.
• Understanding of how planning positions interact with transfer pricing and U.S. international compliance requirements.
• Ability to research technical questions in the Code, regulations, and administrative guidance and write clear, well-supported memoranda.
• Ability to build, revise, and review tax models.
• Ability to manage several projects at once with different internal owners while keeping each project moving forward.
Preferred Qualifications
• CPA, JD, Master of Taxation, LLM, or similar advanced credential.
• Direct experience analyzing global business models and transfer pricing-related transformation projects.
• Familiarity with tax rules in non-U.S. jurisdictions.
• Experience supporting post-deal integration, legal entity restructurings, and intellectual property planning initiatives.
• Strong understanding of how tax planning strategies affect financial reporting under ASC 740.
• Proven ability to influence executive leaders and drive decisions across multiple functions and geographies.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Starbucks Leadership Competencies
Business Acumen
Understands the global business environment and develops practical tax solutions that support business objectives while appropriately managing risk.
Courageous Leadership
Approaches complex issues with confidence, sound judgment, and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking.
Building Relationships
Establishes credibility and trust across functions, geographies, and leadership levels.
Developing Others
Invests in the growth and development of partners and contributes to building organizational capability.
Winning Together
Collaborates effectively across diverse teams to drive enterprise-wide results and long-term success.
Join us and help shape Starbucks' global tax strategy by delivering innovative, technically sound solutions that support business growth, operational transformation, and long-term value creation around the world.
