Director - Corporate Tax

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Position Summary

Leads a multi-discipline tax function.

Key member of an international team which supports and develops global tax strategies.

Manages domestic federal and multi-state tax audits and negotiates closing settlements for Subaru's U.S.

companies.

Maintains responsibility for developing and implementing internal company tax policy and planning strategies to protect and leverage the company's assets at optimal effective tax rates and within an intricate web of tax laws.

Maintains responsibility for a broad array of corporate concepts, practices, and procedures and relies on this extensive corporate acumen to plan and accomplish goals.

Major Responsibilities


* Serves as a key team member of a global valuation study for the development and implementation of various cross-border strategies.

Reviews and coordinates transfer pricing documentation studies performed by outside international legal counsel.

Regularly participates in strategic planning meetings among the Japanese parent company and its U.S.

group and outside tax counsel for purposes of optimizing Japanese parent's U.S.

companies' transfer pricing method.


* Manages IRS federal tax audits and appeals processes.

Oversees multi-state tax audits and appeals.

Acts as an advocate for the U.S.

Holding Company and its subsidiaries, defends positions taken on the tax returns, and supports the positions through analysis and research of applicable laws, court decisions, and administrative rulings.


* Manages all aspects of tax governance including the preparation and filing of U.S.

Consolidated Income tax return and state income tax returns.


* Works with outside tax consultants on various tax initiatives both in U.S.

and Japan.


* Directs outside (external) federal, state, and international compliance teams.


* Provides business and tax resolutions to executive management on new and varied tax disputes.

Negotiates directly with tax author...