Senior Tax Manager

Company: Freudenberg North America Limited Partnership
Location: Plymouth
Posted on: April 29, 2025

Job Description:

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments. Together with our partners, customers and the world of science, we develop leading-edge technologies, and excellent products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, batteries and fuel cells, technical textiles, filters, cleaning technologies and products, specialty chemicals and medical products.

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You support our team as
Senior Tax Manager

Responsibilities

Support the VP of Tax and Tax function on cross-border special tax projects and work cross-functionally with Legal, Treasury, Accounting and HR to provide a wholistic recommendation. The support will include research, preparation of PowerPoint presentations, and preparing written and verbal recommendations to Freudenberg's Business Groups.
Support on the VP of Tax and Tax function on Tax due diligence for external M&A transactions, including analyzing US international and domestic tax considerations, modeling the tax impacts of a Target as acquired and integrated into Freudenberg's structure, review sale / purchase agreement, and communicating with the Business Groups recommendations from the Tax function.
Analyze and summarize the US domestic and/or international tax implications of cross-border transactions related to the US, Mexico, Canada, and Costa Rica including dividends, interest, royalties, and cross-border business transfers.
Support the VP of Tax and the Tax function with Tax Credits & Incentive initiatives with the Business Groups including US green energy tax credits from the 2023 Inflation Reduction Act.
Monitor and analyze newly enacted US tax legislation, regulations, and provide recommendations to optimize Freudenberg's US tax position.
Identify, analyze and recommend process improvement opportunities and contribute to develop deliverable solutions.
Support the Tax function on certain aspects of US Federal tax compliance, including preparing and maintaining an annual transaction tracker related to all internal restructuring transactions and external M&A acquisitions. The transaction tracker will be used to support US tax compliance statements and elections required to be filed with the US Federal tax returns to support such transactions.
Support the Tax function with the annual IFRS tax provision including but not limited to Deferred Tax sheets, modeling, and year-end audit memorandums.
Support the Tax function with the review of US Federal and International tax compliance forms related to Corporate and Partnership tax compliance.
Support the Tax function with US Federal (IRS) tax audits as needed.
Support the VP of Tax and the Tax function on various ad hoc projects. Project Management is critical aspect to this role.
Support the VP of Tax with the preparation of North American Executive meetings, including research of newly issues tax law and regulations.
Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in accounting or finance is required, Master's Degree in Accounting or Taxation is preferred
10+ years' experience of Big 4 firm (or similar) or experience in-house with a multi-national company with a focus in either domestic or international tax planning space.
CPA is strongly preferred
Experience with Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) favorable
Tax research experience using BNA/RIA or similar services
Excellent communication (both written and oral) and interpersonal skills
Strong project management skills
Experience teaming with various business functional areas on projects.
Experience with Microsoft office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook).
Travel requirement is estimated at 10%
Some of your Benefits
401K Match
Save for retirement with the company's help.
Diversity & Inclusion
We focus on providing an inclusive environment and recognize our diversity contributes to our success.
International Opportunities
Grow in your career through international exchange and global job opportunities.
Personal Development
We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career.
Vacation
We offer time off to refresh and recharge.
Disclaimer
The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Additional Information
Joseph Ballard
joseph.ballard@fnacc.com

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