GDS Tax - TARAS Manager

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Job Description

Manager - Tax Accounting & Risk Advisory Services (TARAS)
As a Manager - Tax Accounting & Risk Advisory Services (TARAS), you will play a pivotal role in navigating the dynamic tax environment. You will be part of a growing global team, acting as a key point of contact for a wide range of clients and colleagues. This role is a chance to develop your technical tax knowledge, professional leadership, and business acumen.
The current business landscape requires a keen ability to identify and adapt to change, particularly in taxation. You will be expected to have a strong understanding of BEPS Pillar 2 and its implementation across various jurisdictions worldwide.

Your key responsibilities
You’ll spend your time supporting client engagements by managing and reviewing staff/senior work products, building good working relationships with clients and internal team members, managing deadlines, and tracking engagement economics. You’ll also be tasked with identifying tax technical issues, as well as sharing insights that will improve our processes and overall efficiency.
•    Manage the overall engagement, ensuring proper allocation of work to staff/seniors and monitoring overall engagement economics.
•    Develop an understanding of the day-to-day activities of your clients and, in particular, transactions related to tax and tax accounting matters to ensure they are properly addressed.
•    Manage quarterly and annual tax provision for US GAAP and IFRS purposes.
•    Review return-to-provision (corporate income vs tax provision) adjustments and true up Deferred Taxes and be able to explain these to clients.
•    Review of deferred taxes calculation including proofing using Tax Basis Balance Sheet (TBBS) approach. 
•    Manage cash tax forecasts by jurisdiction and report to clients on a monthly or quarterly basis. 
•    Consult with EY country teams, where necessary.
•    Review balance sheet tax account reconciliations, collect supporting documents and work with clients on reconciling items, making sure appropriate balances are reflected.
•    Other Tax functions – review journal entry package, return to provision entries, etc., and submit them for client’s approval. Participate in specific transactions (spin-offs, mergers, acquisitions, APB 23, BEPS) where clients request support in calculating their tax accounting impact.
Skills and attributes for success
•    Working closely with clients as well as local and international engagement leaders.
•    Building relationships at all levels both internally and externally, promoting a culture of collaboration
•    Key owner of any practical recommendations to some of our clients’ most complex tax accounting issues
To qualify for the role, you must have
•    A bachelor’s degree in accounting with more than six years of related work experience.
•    A Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
•    Strong accounting and tax technical background, including a background in accounting for income tax and a broad understanding of US GAAP and IFRS guides
•    Knowledge of Microsoft Excel: dynamic tables, intermediate-advanced formulas, etc. 
•    The ability to prioritize when working on multiple projects, and the confidence to engage and integrate directly into clients’ teams
•    Available to work in McKinley West or Cebu Business Park office in hybrid arrangement
Ideally, you’ll also have
•    Experience in coaching and mentoring junior colleagues
•    Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
•    The ability to adapt your work style to work with both internal and client team members
What we look for
We’re interested in people who are ready to become part of a highly engaged, diverse, and dynamic team to help us continue to make a real difference to our clients. If you have practical experience with income tax, and the confidence to handle multiple projects simultaneously, this role is for you.

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