As Manager of Tax Operations, you’ll be part of the Tax Operations team ensuring Nielsen’s adherence to tax laws and regulations. You will prepare submissions of tax data to support Nielsen’s tax reporting obligations, including direct and indirect tax returns, transfer pricing obligations, and tax inputs into financial statements. In addition, you will support the development of tax policies that will help provide guidance to our Finance team. You’ll play a leading role in supporting knowledge transfer and tax process design as we establish a new GCC tax team.
Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent practical experience
5-7 years of experience in tax compliance or a related field in US or EU
Experience with data automation and visualization tools (preferred Alteryx/Power BI)
Preferred qualifications
Professional qualification in tax in US or EU (CPA, Chartered Accountant, JD)
Strong leadership skills and ability to manage cross functional teams
Proficient in the use of tax compliance and provision software and technology
Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to manage large datasets
Experience with SAP
Outstanding communication skills to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders
Ability to conceptualize and manage multiple tasks while meeting the required timeline
Knowledge of tax accounting principles, tax regulations, and compliance requirements
Responsibilities
Coordinate tax documentation preparation and support for US and state income tax filings, including
Global trial balance support for domestic and international tax computations for the US tax return, statutory filings and non-US returns
Coordinate movements in the fixed assets, intangibles, and IDSW and computation of tax basis depreciation for US and state tax computations and compute tax basis depreciation Withholding tax Foreign bank account reporting State allocation and apportionment data Maintain Tax Master Data, including legal entity classifications and legal entity to SAP mapping tables
Assist with data gathering and cleansing for transfer pricing models, and execution of period TP intercompany flows
Coordinate US, state, and local payments through use of external payment
processor and coordination with treasury team, track and monitor payments in the general ledger
Support preparation of monthly tax reporting packages, leveraging Longview Tax
Provision, including balance sheet fluxes, consolidated ETR package, global deferred tax inventory, cash tax reporting
Support knowledge transfer and ensure tax process design as part of the establishment of a new GCC tax team
