Senior Accountant - APAC

Oceaneering is a global provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore energy industry. We develop products and services for use throughout the lifecycle of an offshore oilfield, from drilling to decommissioning. We operate the world's premier fleet of work class ROVs. Additionally, we are a leader in offshore oilfield maintenance services, umbilicals, subsea hardware, and tooling. We also use applied technology expertise to serve the defense, entertainment, material handling, aerospace, science, and renewable energy industries.

Purpose

This position serves as functional tax support for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, including, but not limited to, being the lead for India tax matters. The Senior is responsible for supporting the APAC Tax Manager in providing the necessary (1) tax compliance and provision support for local statutory financials and consolidated US parent company reporting and (2) tax planning support for the region. This position will have a significant focus in the company’s APAC operations and tax compliance. This role will assist with the overall tax lifecycle (planning, provision, compliance, and controversy) for the relevant jurisdictions. The job functions of this position will encompass approximately 40% tax accounting, 30% tax compliance, and 30% tax research/planning, providing tax support to commercial and operations teams, special projects, and tax controversy.

Functions

Tax compliance functions include:

• Ensure the company is tax compliant within operating jurisdictions.
• Assist with coordinating tax filings and information requests from 3rd party service providers.
• Facilitate resolution of tax audit exercises within the operational jurisdictions.
• Assist in preparing transfer pricing documentation, especially regarding intercompany transactions.
• Support the functional group efforts around various indirect taxes such as VAT, GST, payroll, etc.
• Identify and communicate opportunities for process improvement with the provision and compliance process.

Financial reporting functions include:

• Responsible for preparation of the current and deferred tax provision calculations, FIN 48, RTP and TBBS for the respective jurisdictions.
• Prepare quarterly and annual tax provision workpapers.
• Record current and deferred taxes within operating jurisdictions.
• Identify and evaluate corporate income tax uncertainties.
• Develop and comply with internal controls around tax reporting.

Tax research and planning functions include: