Senior Manager, Direct Tax

The Role

In this key role, you will be responsible for all aspects of direct tax services in entrusted countries, managing the accuracy and compliance of direct tax reporting, EMEA Corporate Income Taxes and Global withholding taxes.

The successful candidate must be comfortable challenging the status quo, driving change, managing through uncertainty, and supporting a high-growth fast-paced organization.

We work collaboratively as a team, we are relentless in the pursuit of excellence, we are curious and will boldly challenge the status quo if we can provide a better way, and we aim to strike a balance between process efficiency, effectiveness, and controls and compliance. We are committed to delivering accurate, timely and insightful financial information with a high level of customer service while striving to continuously improve our processes to help scale our operations to support future growth.

Here's What You’ll Do:

• Manage income tax and other direct tax reporting compliance requirements for a group of markets within the Europe region, as required, ensuring internal and external deadlines are met

• Prepare periodic income tax returns (quarterly, annually) in collaboration with external tax advisors

• Post manual journal entries related to income taxes, prepare tax provisions, USGAAP to Local GAAP accounting reconciliations, and return to provision adjustments

• Develop relationships with commercial and functional teams across the company, delivering high-quality tax advice on all aspects of income and other direct issues, compliance, reviews and enquiries

• Provide regular updates to key stakeholders on tax matters and on the potential impact of new/changes in laws and regulations on the compliance and businesses of Moderna

• Partner with the GL team to prepare or review tax accruals for statutory financial statements for a group of European markets

• Review and coordinate other aspects of U.S. withholding tax compliance for foreign vendors such as Form 1042, 1042-S, and Form W-8 BEN series compliance

• Participate in the U.S. Consolidated Federal tax return for informational international forms and the U.S. foreign tax credit calculation

• Support internal and external tax audits

• Support other projects as assigned within Moderna as a subject matter expert

Here’s What You’ll Need (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline required

• 9+ years of related experience in direct taxes is required

• Experience with financial systems in particular SAP 4HANA

• Strong tax technical skills including expertise in Corporate Income Tax and other direct taxes

• Knowledge of Microsoft Suite of products (Excel)

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• CPA or advanced degree preferred

• Public accounting experience preferred

• Experience in a shared service center organization strongly preferred

• Experience with data analytics tools, e.g., Altryx, Power BI, Tableau is a plus

• Strong work ethic, self-motivated, willing to “Roll-up your sleeves” to drive and deliver results, meet deadlines, and improve processes

• Strong analytical skills and pays attention to detail

• Strong organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

• Ability to work collaboratively across functional teams

• Excellent English skills, both written and verbal. Additional language strongly preferred.

• A desire to make an impact as part of a high-growth, transformational company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative.

Moderna offers personalized benefit programs and well-being resources as unique as our global workforce so employees can do their best work.

We recognize and appreciate your diverse needs and interests and do our best to support you at work and at home with:

• Quality healthcare and insurance benefits
• Lifestyle Spending Accounts to create your own pathway to well-being
• Free premium access to fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes
• Family planning and adoption benefits
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Educational resources
• Savings and investments
• Location-specific perks and extras!

The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.

About Moderna

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