Director Global Tax Accounting

Powering the agentic revolution in travel. Sabre is an AI-native technology leader, backed by one of the world’s largest travel data clouds. Built on an open, modular, cloud-native architecture, Sabre serves as the backbone for both established leaders and bold, new disruptors, guiding them to the next age of travel retailing through intelligent, connected, and personalized experiences. With AI at its core and operating at unparalleled scale, Sabre transforms insights into innovation, empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide.

We are actively recruiting a Director, Global Tax Accounting, to join our team. This role will have oversight and responsibility over the global tax accounting function and report directly to the Vice President of Tax.

The ideal candidate is a highly technical ASC 740 expert with 15+ years of progressive experience who possesses a strong change mindset. As a US-based multinational corporation, we need a leader with the ability to own and stay lock step with tax technical and regulatory changes in the jurisdictions in which we operate, as well as incorporate business changes unique to a quarter, while actively championing change.

In this role, you will own our global tax accounting strategy, moving beyond historical reporting to modernize our tax technology, streamline workflows, and act as a strategic advisor to leadership.

You will lead an outsourced tax provision function leveraging the broader global tax organization during interim and year-end close cycles to modernize our processes, mitigate risk, and navigate a rapidly evolving regulatory environment, with the ultimate goal of migrating to an insourced tax provision process.

Key Responsibilities

1. Global Tax Accounting & Financial Reporting (ASC 740)

• Manage all tax accounting and financial reporting of taxes, including interim and annual calculations of the global tax provision, effective tax rate (ETR), tax reserves (ASC 740-10/FIN 48), and external tax disclosures (Forms 10-K, 10-Q, etc.).
• Oversee the accurate and timely preparation, review, and disclosure of the global consolidated income tax provision (quarterly and annually) in accordance with ASC 740.
• Responsible for update of the quarterly worldwide legal entity rolling forecast based on the WW forecast provided by FP&A, ensure proper inputs and review of the GAAP to statutory differences, update of permanent and material temporary differences for Tier 1 entities, and timely identification of discrete items for a given quarter for calculation of the EAETR and resulting journal entry.
• Manage current and deferred tax reporting for all domestic and foreign legal entities pursuant to ASC 740. This includes valuation allowances, indefinite reinvestment assertions on outside basis differences, and foreign currency translation adjustments.
• Lead the tax component of SEC filings (Form 10-K, 10-Q), ensuring impeccable footnotes, MD&A disclosures, and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX 404) internal controls.
• Manage complex multinational tax accounting issues, including valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions (ASC 740-10/FIN 48), and business combinations.
• Regulatory Modernization: Monitor, evaluate, and implement accounting workflows for recent and evolving tax laws, specifically OECD Pillar Two Global Minimum Tax, Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (CAMT), changing international provisions (GILTI/NCTI, Subpart F, Foreign Tax Credits) and local country tax laws to assess their financial statement impacts.
• Explain and discuss technical tax accounting items clearly with senior management, the CFO, and independent auditors.
• Coordinate with Corporate Accounting on internal accounting method changes and new Accounting Standards (US GAAP/SEC) along with their related tax accounting implications.

2. Forecasting & Process Transformation (Change Mindset)

• Dynamic Forecasting: Manage the forecast of interim and annual effective tax rates and cash taxes. Partner closely with FP&A to establish dynamic forecasting models broken down by legal entity.
• Process & Technology Innovation: Actively drive tax accounting process improvements and technology transformation. Identify, champion, and implement advanced tax technology, automation tools, and data/analytics solutions to streamline the close engine and reduce manual risk, leveraging AI for effective data analytics.
• SOX Excellence: Develop, maintain, and enhance a best-in-class SOX infrastructure, ensuring effective and practical internal controls and related SOX 404 documentation across all provision and compliance systems.

3. Leadership & Team Development

• Manage the day-to-day activities of the tax accounting function, providing high-impact leadership, development, and technical consultation.
• Act as a visible, transformative senior leader responsible for developing forward-looking objectives, motivating team members across the tax function and fostering an agile team culture capable of navigating regulatory changes.

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in corporate taxation, with a heavy emphasis on ASC 740. A combination of large public accounting (Big 4) and multinational public company industry experience is preferred.
• Education & Credentials: Bachelor’s degree in accounting is required (Master's in Tax or Accounting preferred). CPA certification is required.
• Technical Excellence: Master-level technical expertise in all aspects of tax accounting (ASC 740) and US GAAP within large, consolidated corporations and complex multinationals.
• Systems & Data Literacy: Proven track record in process improvement and the implementation of tax technology, data, and analytics tools. Hands-on experience maintaining and enhancing provision systems (e.g., ONESOURCE Tax Provision), ERP systems (e.g., SAP), and consolidation tools (e.g., HFM) is highly desired.
• Leadership & Courage: Proven track record in leadership, team building, and change management. Ability to clearly explain financial risks, challenge the status quo, and make strategic recommendations to executive leadership.
• Communication: Well-developed written and oral communication skills, with a specific ability to translate complex international tax legislation into clear business impacts.

Desired Soft Skills

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, a champion for continuous improvement, and an expert in critical thinking, analysis, and collaborative problem-solving.

• Proactive, highly responsive, and resourceful when facing complex data challenges.
• Highly flexible, motivated, and comfortable driving initiatives independently or within cross-functional teams.
• Able to multi-task, prioritize effectively, and maintain composure under tight quarter-end deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively and build trust across all levels of the organization.

Benefits/Perks:

• Competitive compensation  
• Generous Paid Time Off (5 weeks PTO your first year!)  
• 4 days (one per quarter) of Volunteer Time Off (VTO) 
• Year-End break from Dec 26th – Dec 31st   
• We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and Wellness Programs 
• Paid parental leave  
• An infrastructure that allows flexible working arrangements
• Formal and informal reward, recognition, and acknowledgment programs   

Reasonable Accommodation

Sabre is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. Applicants applying for a Sabre position with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact Sabre at [email protected].

Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Sabre is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals. EEO IS THE LAW