Sr. Manager, Tax

Luminar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAZR) is transforming automotive safety and autonomy by delivering the only lidar and associated software that meets the industry’s stringent performance, safety, and economic requirements. Luminar has rapidly gained over 50 industry partners, including a majority of the top global automotive OEMs. In 2020, Luminar signed the industry’s first production deal for autonomous consumer vehicles with Volvo Cars, which now expects to make Luminar’s technology part of the standard safety package on their next generation electric SUV. Additional customer wins include SAIC, Daimler Truck AG, Intel’s Mobileye, Pony.ai and Airbus UpNext. Founded in 2012, Luminar employs approximately 400 with offices in Palo Alto, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Detroit, and Munich.

For more information, please visit www.luminartech.com.

Team Overview

The Sr. Manager, Tax will be reporting to Global Head of Tax.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for quarterly and annual tax provision (ASC 740).
• Prepare/Review effective tax rate reconciliations.
• Prepare/Review analytics on uncertain tax positions (ASC740-10 FKA: FIN48) from various income tax filings, including the calculation of tax reserves.
• Analyze and recalculate deferred tax roll forwards to ensure balances reconcile to its support and offline calculations.
• Prepare/Review tax provision memo for quarterly and annual tax provision.
• Manage responses to external auditor’s inquiries for the tax provision calculation.
• Prepare/Review return to provision adjustments for Federal and State corporate taxes.
• Prepare/Review tax account roll forward schedule.
• Analyze valuation allowance quarterly.
• Monitor any changes in tax statutes and regulations and determine the impact on the Company's financial statements.
• Prepare/Review R&D tax credit calculation for quarterly and annual tax provision.
• Prepare/Review Sec 174 capitalization calculation for quarterly and annual tax provision.
• Analyze and calculate cash tax forecast.
• Manage annual R&D credit study.
• Manage annual Sec 174 capitalization analysis.
• Manage SOX process and documentation for income tax area.
• Review/Assist preparing the filings of the US federal and state corporate income tax returns.
• Prepare/Review quarterly estimated tax calculations and extensions.
• Prepare/Review tax related memorandums to support companies tax return filings and positions.
• Prepare/Review FBAR filing.
• Respond to inquiries from tax authorities in connection to notices and examinations.
• Drive and manage other projects as needed.

 

Minimum Qualifications

• 15+ years of corporate tax experience with BIG4 experience.
• CPA
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business, Finance or quantitative field.
• Strong experience in quarterly and annual tax provision (ASC 740).
• Strong experience with federal and state income tax compliance (filing corporate tax returns).
• Strong experience with a variety of tax operations and ability to drive process improvements.
• Extensive corporate tax experience.
• Strong accounting, analytical, and research skills.
• Strong knowledge of tax code, compliance, and procedures for corporations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong ability to utilize project management and accounting best practices to organize and prioritize tasks.
• A high attention to detail with strong analytical abilities will be vital to this position, in addition to providing creative ideas to drive initiatives in process improvement.
• Ability to work well independently as well as the ability to work well with stakeholders and communicate the benefits of tax initiatives.
• Strong leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter attitude.
• Strong skills and experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, OneSource, etc.

 

 

 

 

Luminar is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We will make a reasonable accommodation for any qualified applicant with a disability, provided that the individual is otherwise qualified to safely perform the essential functions of the job with or without accommodation and that the accommodation would not impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Please let us