Tax Director

HornBill has a client seeking a Tax Director in Merrimack, New Hampshire (NH). Responsibilities:

• Directs all tax planning, compliance, and reporting for the parent company and its four domestic subsidiaries
• Develops, monitors, and refines the Company's tax policies and manages tax risks and exposures, formulates and implements tax savings opportunities, identifies process improvements, and mentors tax personnel
• Ensures compliance with all domestic tax laws (federal, 50 states for each legal entity)
• Responsible for overseeing the preparation of tax work papers that support the calculation of tax adjustments used for computing taxable income and to ensure that all tax records are created and maintained for managing future federal and state tax audits
• Supervises a team of tax professionals
• Responsible for matters related to professional liability and property/casualty insurance and acts as a liaison with the Company's brokers and insurance company representatives

• CPA or Master's in Taxation preferred
• Extensive experience and knowledge of federal Internal Revenue code and regulations
• Extensive experience and knowledge of state income tax laws and regulations
• Strong experience and knowledge of sales and use tax
• Systematic advanced reasoning skills with ability to define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Leadership skills with ability to manage and develop a team
• Working knowledge of general ledger accounting with ability to prepare journal entries
• Technical aptitude with ability to absorb and apply newly learned technical skills
• Strong working knowledge of research tool such as RIA Checkpoint, CCH or BNA
• Strong working knowledge of an ERP system
• Experience at the manager level or above with a Big Four firm, preferred
• Experience using version E1 JD Edwards ERP system a plus