Director, Global Tax Planning

About GlobalFoundries:

GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com

Summary of Role

The Director, Global Tax Planning, will be a strategic leader responsible for managing global incentives & recoveries,  Global Tax Operations Lead, and international planning & M&A tax integration hub.

Essential Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

•  Lead the communication, clear expectations, collaboration and compliance of incentives and recoveries spanning Germany, USA, Singapore and other geographies

• Leads global compliance team to fulfill necessary requirements for grant compliance and audits around grants, tax credits, and incentives across GlobalFoundries' global business activities.

• Manage global team to ensure SOX compliance across various international teams for IRCR and various tax processes

• Global tax operations lead manages insourced tax compliance, reporting, and advisory work, ensuring high-quality, standardized outputs from local insourced teams for international entities

• Lead tax process automation and align Insourced-based work across global tax leaders

•  Assess the impact of new legislation, business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, accounting methods or pronouncements. Monitor federal, state, international and OECD legislative and statutory tax changes and evaluate the potential impact to the Company.

• 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.

• Leads tax workstreams post-closing to ensure compliance, realize tax synergies, and align the acquired company’s tax profile with the acquirer. 

• Serve as the tax point of contact for the Integration Management Office (IMO), providing status updates on tax synergy realization and functional integration progress.

• Motivate and lead a diverse, high performing team by attracting, developing, engaging,

and retaining team members.

Other Responsibilities:

· Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications:

EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 10 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.

• 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.

Preferred 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