Senior manager, Global Tax Planning

About GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries (GF) is one of the world’s leading semiconductor foundries and the only one with a truly global footprint spanning three continents. We manufacture complex, feature-rich integrated circuits that enable billions of electronic devices. At GF, we make things that matter — from the solutions that enable the way we live today, to the technologies that drive what’s possible for tomorrow. Join us in changing the industry that is changing the world. For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Essential Responsibilities

The senior manager, Global Tax Planning, will be a strategic leader responsible managing global tax planning process for all domestic and international operations, while establishing and maintaining strong internal controls. The role will be reporting directly to the head of tax and subsidies, and directly involved with leading the company’s tax planning and structuring, all non-US tax structuring and planning and local country tax minimization strategies, and mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures for tax.

Other Responsibilities:

•  Provide technical leadership and lead federal, state, local, and international research and tax planning strategies.

•  Monitor federal, state, international and OECD legislative and statutory tax changes and evaluate the potential impact to the Company.

•  Lead tax mergers and acquisitions, divestiture, creating standard processes to streamline process

•  Assist with local country tax minimization strategies, structures, and entity rationalization.

•  Risk identification and mitigation, working with global tax team to come up with strategic countermeasures.

•  Partner with transfer pricing, income tax accounting and reporting team to provide sound reporting for financial statement, including uncertain tax positions, global income tax account roll forward and reconciliation.

•  Lead interface with business partners with respect to the tax planning.

• Interface with business segments on federal, state & local and international income tax related issues when needed.

• Monitor, analyze, and advocate on tax legislative and regulatory developments

• Manage and coordinate with outside tax advisors to drive tax planning, structuring, and compliance agenda.

• Manage relationships with outside tax advisors (accounting and tax counsel) and other

professionals related to tax matters.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant tax and management experience

• Ideal background will be a blend of experience in public accounting and with a publicly

traded global corporation.

• Experience in US Taxation of International operations

• Some experience or working knowledge of global tax accounting and reporting or compliance

• Strong technical acumen.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; high attention to detail.

• Strong reputation as a builder and leader of a global tax function.

EDUCATION

• An undergraduate degree is required, and a master’s degree is preferred. CPA or CA

certification is required, active license is preferred.

PERSONAL SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES/QUALIFICATIONS

• Collaborative nature: Builds positive, healthy, and effective relationships with her/her

team and cross-functionally. Possesses superior managerial and diplomacy skills. Values

and uses input and feedback from others.

• Anticipatory leadership: Is planful, can “look around the corner.”

• Team player: Collaborative team player with strong relationship-building skills and ability

to foster a healthy team environment.

• Communication skills: Possesses excellent verbal, written, and listening skills as well as

ability to effectively use knowledge to collaborate, guide, and interact professionally with

a wide range of colleagues at various levels within the organization to drive sound

business decisions.

• Business savvy: Strong business acumen; has a continuous improvement orientation and

mindset.

• Tenacity: Tenacious in her/his drive to continually seek solutions to improve processes

that drive better performance. Is a natural builder.

• High engagement with profession: Passionate and enthusiastic about researching and

remaining up-to-date on changes in tax codes, the industry, and current trends and

practices.

• Entrepreneurial orientation: Constantly looking for innovative ways to build and

improve processes and services. Not afraid to take risks.

• Strong work ethic: A roll-up-the-sleeves, get-it-done mentality; self-starter; exudes a

sense of urgency, bias for action; energized