Senior Manager, Global Tax and International Accounting

TrellisWare launched in 2000 with an innovative culture striving to push technological boundaries in the area of wireless communications. We are now a worldwide leader in highly advanced algorithms, waveforms, and communications systems that range from small form factor radio products to fully integrated solutions.

At TrellisWare, we connect passion with purpose and together we make an impact- on our careers, our company, and the world. And you can too. If you love to innovate and collaborate amid chaos and change, you belong at TrellisWare. Where the opportunity to serve is not a challenge but a gift. Where you’re never going alone. Because there’s too much at stake to go solo.

Our Finance and Accounting Team is seeking a hybrid Senior Manager, Global Tax and International Accounting. You would be responsible for managing all aspects of the company’s global tax matters, including planning, compliance and reporting as well as accounting and financial reporting activities related to the company’s international operations. This role ensures that the organization meets all federal, state, local and foreign tax and statutory reporting obligations as well as compliance with local and international accounting standards. 

Successful outcomes include optimizing tax efficiency and supporting strategic business initiatives with accurate and timely financial insights. The ideal candidate has a strong technical tax and accounting background, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to partner effectively with leadership and external advisors. You must be diligent and proactive, show excellent business judgment and strategic thinking, along with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a collegial, fast-paced team environment. The successful candidate will be able to work with all levels of the Company. Enhancing cohesiveness and maintaining team morale is a responsibility of all our team members, as is the ambition for self-improvement and talent development. Through this dedication to unity and professional advancement, each team member is directly impacting the successful outcome of TrellisWare’s deliverables and setting the tone for our core values of delivering excellence, pushing boundaries, and empowering people.

The essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Compliance
• Oversee the preparation and timely filing of all tax returns and statutory filings, including income taxes, gross receipts, sales/use, property, withholding, etc.
• Manage tax payment estimates and extensions.
• Coordinate international audits with external auditors; ensure timely completion and resolution of findings
• Oversee establishment of transfer pricing agreements between affiliates.
• Stay current on changes in tax laws and communicate relevant updates to leadership.
• Maintain robust internal controls and documentation to ensure compliance with regulations and audit readiness
• Accounting & Reporting
• Prepare and review tax provisions and related journal entries under US GAAP. Oversee accounting for international subsidiaries/branch offices, including month-end close activities, reconciliations, and intercompany transactions
• Maintain tax balances and ensure accuracy in financial reporting.
• Tax Planning & Strategy
• Develop and implement strategies to minimize tax liabilities while ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Partner with internal and external parties to assess tax and compliance issues to support business needs and initiatives including pros and cons of alternatives.
• Oversee identification and execution of tasks impacting tax and statutory reporting aspects of establishing new international subsidiaries/branch offices.
• Advise management on the tax and statutory reporting implications of business decisions, transactions, and expansions.
• Process Improvements & Systems
• Enhance accounting and compliance processes to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Support ERP system updates as it relates to tax and statutory reporting.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Develops relationships with team members built on trust and respect.

Education and work experience requirements are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive tax and accounting experience with multinational companies.

To be considered for this position, you would need to meet, at a minimum, the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed here:

• Strong knowledge of U.S. federal, state and tax regulations.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and/or IFRS.
• Experience with multinational companies, including multi-entity and multi-state tax structures and multiple international currencies.
• Knowledge of international tax concepts.
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills with attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy, together with the ability to manage several simultaneous projects under deadline pressure.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written; must be able to ask clear, concise questions.
• Ability to take initiative and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced corporate environment.
• Demonstrates strong written communication skills.
• Strong collaborative drive and interpersonal skills.
• Strong initiative, proactive work ethic and prioritization skills.
• Trustable judgement and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Effective execution and decision making.
• Champion of change and promotes innovation.

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable those with qualified disabilities.

• Able to frequently sit, stand, walk, use hands to fingers, handle or feel, reach within hands and arm’s length, stoop, kneel, and crouch, talk and hear.
• Regularly required to sit for extended periods of time; frequently required to use office equipment such as PC, printer, telephone, etc.
• Able to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Additional requirements are:

• U.S. Citizenship

Note: Many of TrellisWare's positions require a security clearance or the ability to obtain one. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Disclaimer – The above statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Nothing in the job description restricts the company's right to change, assign, or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time for any reason.

*TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. is an EEO/AA/Disability/Vets Employer.*

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