Sr. Tax Associate - Federal Income Tax

Sr. Tax Associate - Federal Income Tax
Stamford, CT 06904
5+ Months

Part time, 16 hours per week
Candidates must be local to a Gartner COE - Stamford CT, Irving TX, Ft Myers FL

What you'll do:

Assist Tax Director with executing the following:

• Management and coordination of all aspects of consolidated provision.
• Work with fed, state & int'l teams to compile and analyze results.
• Maintain executive summary deliverables including CFO presentation.
• Coordinate with FP&A and transfer pricing team quarterly to rationalize full year pretax projections by region.
• Compile documentation for Sarbanes Oxley testing of consolidated process.
• Draft tax related financial disclosure.
• Consider financial reporting developments, changes in financial accounting standards, and changes in the business and/or tax laws.
• Research tax technical accounting questions as necessary.
• Identify items for discussion and draft disclosure committee talking points.
• Cash tax and rate guidance. Work with FP&A, TP, fed, state & int'l teams to compile.
• Prepare scenario analyses and develop guidance ranges on a quarterly basis.
• Continually assess YTD performance against guidance; raise potential risks.
• Develop annual tax department budget.
• Track YTD spend vs budget and report progress to GVP of tax.
• Ensure audit committee approval for all spend with external auditors.
• Selected research/special projects (e.g.: maintain global equity comp summary, research US tax treatment on synthetic debt instruments, research and propose tax accounting policy for GILTI, etc.

Skills:

• Ideally 5 Years of Tax experience including Global Provision and Financial Reporting
• Should be hands-on experienced preparers of US 1120's
• Should be both experienced and capable of preparing returns with minimal guidance
• Must be able to use and function with CorpTax (the software system) upon starting
• Super-user/advanced excel skills required
• Should have practical tax preparation skills and interest
• Public Accounting or mix of public and private is preferred
• Good communication skills - ability to identify & effectively communicate status and issues
• Sense of ownership - understand purpose of assigned tasks and evaluate progress towards goal as work is being executed
• Good project management skills - proactively execute against project plan and raise roadblocks early
• Motivated, high-potential performer, with demonstrated ability to influence and lead
• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to solve complex problems and successfully manage ambiguity and unexpected change
• Teachable and embracing of best practices and feedback as a means of continuous improvement
• Consistently high achiever marked by perseverance, humility and a positive outlook in the face of challenges

Education:
MST, CPA, or JD a plus
BS in Accounting, Business, Finance minimum requirement

Expected to be mostly remote but must be local to one of the above COE's in case onsite is required (30-mile radius from Gartner Facilities).

Candidates Submitted ideally have 5+ years professional experience though leadership will consider candidates with less than 5 years professional experience.
Huge plus if candidates have a MST, CPA, or JD
should be hands-on experienced preparers of US 1120's
should be both experienced in and capable of preparing returns with minimal guidance
must be able to use and function with CorpTax (the software system) on day 1
Super-user/advanced excel skills required
should have practical tax preparation skills and interest

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