Director - Global Tax Planning and transfer pricing

Job Description
About GlobalFoundries

GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world's most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Summary of Role

Reporting to the Global Head of Tax, the Director, Global Tax Planning, will be a strategic leader responsible managing global tax planning process for all domestic and international operations, while establishing and maintaining strong internal controls. The role will be directly involved with leading the company's tax planning and structuring in the US tax reform and OECD environment, as well as manage and coordinate all non-US tax structuring and planning and local country tax minimization strategies. Preferred location near one of our U.S. key sites: Austin, TX, Malta, NY, Santa Clara, CA; remote locations considered.

Essential Responsibilities Include:

• Provide technical leadership and lead federal, state, local, and international research and tax planning strategies.
• Assess the impact of new legislation, business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, accounting methods or pronouncements. Monitor federal, state, international and OECD legislative and statutory tax changes and evaluate the potential impact to the Company.
• Local country tax minimization strategies, structures, and entity rationalization.
• Support all aspects of transfer pricing including cross-border funds flow and financing, documentation, intercompany agreements and audit defense.
• Risk identification and mitigation, audit defense, and controversy management.
• Partner with income tax accounting and reporting team to provide sound reporting for financial statement, including uncertain tax positions, global income tax account roll forward and reconciliation. - Lead interface with business partners with respect to the tax planning.
• Interface with business segments on federal, state & local and international income tax related issues when needed.
• Monitor, analyze, and advocate on tax legislative and regulatory developments
• Manage and coordinate with outside tax advisors to drive tax planning, structuring, and compliance agenda.
• Motivate and lead a diverse, high performing team by attracting, developing, engaging, and retaining team members.
• Manage relationships with outside tax advisors (accounting and tax counsel) and other professionals related to tax matters

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs

Required Qualifications:

• An undergraduate degree is required
• CPA or CA certification is required
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant tax and management experience
• Ideal background will be a blend of experience in public accounting and with a publicly - traded global corporation.
• Strong technical acumen.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; high attention to detail.
• Strong reputation as a builder and leader of a global tax function

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree is preferred.
• CPA or CA active license is preferred
• Collaborative nature: Builds positive, healthy, and effective relationships with team and cross-functionally. Possesses superior managerial and diplomacy skills. Values and uses input and feedback from others.
• Anticipatory leadership: Is planful, can "look around the corner."
• Team player: Collaborative team player with strong relationship-building skills and ability to foster a healthy team environment.
• Communication skills: Possesses excellent verbal, written, and listening skills as well as ability to effectively use knowledge to collaborate, guide, and interact professionally with a wide range of colleagues at various levels within the organization to drive sound business decisions.
• Business savvy: Strong business acumen; has a continuous improvement orientation and mindset.
• Tenacity: Tenacious in her/his drive to continually seek solutions to improve processes that drive better performance. Is a natural builder.
• High engagement with profession: Passionate and enthusiastic about researching and remaining up-to-date on changes in tax codes, the industry, and current trends and practices.
• Entrepreneurial orientation: Constantly looking for innovative ways to build and improve processes and services. Not afraid to take risks.
• Strong work ethic: A roll-up-the-sleeves, get-it-done mentality; self-starter; exudes a sense of urgency, bias for action; energized by new challenges.
• Professional demeanor: Maintains composure during high-stress situations.
• Highly principled: Professional of unquestionable integrity, credibility, and character who has demonstrated high moral and ethical behavior.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations. Effective January 4, 2022, GlobalFoundries will require all US employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. GlobalFoundries will follow the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) definition of fully vaccinated and will require proof of vaccination. Anyone unable to be vaccinated, either because of a sincerely held religious belief or a medical condition or disability that prevents them from being vaccinated, will have the opportunity to submit an accommodation request. GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory. All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law

Expected Salary Range
$146,000.00 - $267,000.00

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.

GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.

All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law