What does a successful Sr Tax Accounting Director at Fiserv do?

You will be responsible for the management of all aspects of income tax accounting. You will manage and review the preparation of the Company’s quarterly global effective tax rate, deferred taxes, and taxes payable calculations in accordance with ASC 740 guidelines. You will support the effort to continually improve all Tax Reporting processes by monitoring and assessing current procedures.

What you will do:

• Manage the accurate preparation of the annual and quarterly income tax provisions for Fiserv and its subsidiaries (under ASC 740), as well as quarterly tax entries, reconciliations, related tax disclosures, and tax projections.
• Oversee the validation of deferred taxes and taxes payable balances.
• Manage the income tax forecasting model/process and prepare the income tax forecast in collaboration with Financial Strategy and Planning.
• Understand and anticipate drivers which could materially impact quarterly and annual results.
• Review Uncertain Tax Positions (UTP) analysis and ensure accurately reflected within financial statements and tax footnotes.
• Manage and support local country finance and tax controllers in executing income tax provision calculations including currency impacts.
• Oversee the implementation, maintenance, and automation of systems used in the income tax provision process to continually improve tax functions (tax provision software tool, etc.).
• Research tax law changes, regulations, rulings, etc. which might affect Fiserv and Subsidiaries and determine income tax accounting impacts.
• Provide technical analysis and guidance to management on income tax accounting implications of federal and state tax legislation and accounting developments.
• Oversee the management of the Tax Reporting group’s SharePoint document management and workflow sites. Develop training materials in support of the quarterly and annual tax provision process.

What you will need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 10 years of professional tax experience
• 5 years proven supervisory experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, federal, state, and foreign income tax law in addition to an understanding and statutory Accounting Principles

What would be great to have:

• Familiarity with Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision software
• Master’s degree in taxation
• CPA Preferred
• Experience with a "Big Four" accounting firm preferred.