Tax Manager

SSA Marine

$80K — $120K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, taxation, or a related field; CPA, LLM, or master’s in taxation preferred.
  • 5-7 years of tax work experience, with at least 3 years focused on international tax compliance, preferably including Big 4 experience.
  • Proven analytical, organizational, and communication skills with a strong ability to handle competing priorities independently.
  • Advanced technological proficiency, especially in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, SUMIF) and familiarity with tax preparation software.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams across geographies, including domestic and international tax, legal, and accounting stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with inbound/outbound transactions, foreign tax credit utilization, and strategies for tax minimization.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and review detailed U.S. international tax filings (e.g., Forms 5471, 5472, 8858, 8865, 1118, and 1042).
  • Monitor and manage ongoing compliance for international tax issues such as Subpart F, GILTI, FDII, BEAT, withholding tax, and foreign tax credits.
  • Manage transfer pricing compliance and assist with documentation and planning for transfer pricing projects.
  • Coordinate the reporting of international items on domestic 1065 and 1120 returns while overseeing foreign tax compliance.
  • Research complex tax issues, producing technical memos and documentation to support tax planning and audit matters.
  • Collaborate with domestic and international tax, legal, and accounting teams to control tax risks and support global operations.
  • Assist with tax planning strategies for mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and other special projects.

Benefits

  • Work in an office environment with a moderate noise level.
  • Hybrid work schedule requiring at least 3 in-office days per week.
Full Job Description
The Tax Manager position will play a key-role in managing the international tax planning and compliances processes. The role will take a direct hands-on approach to preparing and reviewing tax returns, completing international aspects of the tax provision, researching tax issues, assisting with transfer pricing compliance and tax planning projects. The incumbent will interact closely with the domestic and foreign country tax, legal, and accounting teams, as well as foreign and domestic business leaders.
  • Preparation and review of various U.S. International tax filings, including, but are not limited to, Forms 5471, 5472, 8858, 8865, 1118 and 1042 and required attachments.
  • Monitor ongoing compliance and planning on a variety of international tax issues, such as Subpart F, Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (GILTI), Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII), Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT), withholding tax, tracking and utilization of foreign tax credits and other similar matters.
  • Manage transfer pricing compliance and assist with transfer pricing documentation and planning projects.
  • Complete and/or review the reporting of international items on domestic 1065 and 1120 returns.
  • Assist with the monitoring of US and foreign country tax law changes and developing associated compliance procedures.
  • Oversee foreign country tax compliance.
  • Assist with international tax aspects of planned mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and liquidations of legal entities. Preparation and/or review of U.S. tax return disclosure statements and elections related to such restructurings.
  • Assist with U.S. international tax provision, including review of foreign tax provisions, calculation of foreign tax inclusion (GILTI, Subpart F, etc.) and credits, the taxation of unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries, and assisting with documentation and support of any relevant issues impacting financial statement tax accounting for ASC 740 (FIN 48) and ASC 450 (FAS 5).
  • Manage and assist with U.S. and non-U.S. tax audit related matters.
  • Support international operations and evaluate impacts on the U.S. income taxes. This includes partnering with tax teams in various foreign countries to effectively control tax risks related to issues such as permanent establishment, transfer pricing, withholding tax and FATCA compliance.
  • Assist with managing and developing tax-planning strategies and special projects such as identifying and mitigating U.S. tax compliance risks in conjunction with new tax legislation, other tax developments and initiatives, BEPS, OECD guidelines, IRS restructurings, etc.
  • Research complex tax issues and prepare technical memos and documentation.
  • Assists in developing tax staff and communicating with tax department leaders, business leaders and other departments such as legal, accounting, treasury, etc.
  • Other duties as assigned.


  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, taxation, or related field.
  • CPA and/or LLM, master's in taxation preferred.
  • 5-7 years of tax work experience (preferably including experience from a Big 4 firm), with minimum 3 years international tax compliance experience required.
  • Highly effective organizational, analytical, data-management, inter-personal and communications skills.
  • Highly motivated and ability to handle workload and competing priorities independently.
  • Strong technology skills including Excel and ability to learn tax preparation software.
  • Excellent analytical, technical, and tax accounting/technology skills with proficiency in tax compliance.
  • Experience working with team members across geographies, collaborating and building relationships with stakeholders in financial and legal functions.
  • Experience with inbound and outbound transactions, foreign tax credit utilization, and tax minimization.
  • Candidate must have advanced Microsoft Excel skills including use of pivot tables, lookups, SUMIF function, and data manipulation. Experience with excel macros, visual basic, Power BI, Alteryx, python database is a plus.

Supervisory Responsibilities: No

Work Environment:
  • Office environment and exposure to computer screens.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
  • Required hybrid work schedule, at least 3 days/week in office.


We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

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