Director, Tax Operations

About VERITAS

Veritas Technologies solves what no one else can. As the leader in secure multi-cloud data management, over 80,000 customers – including 91% of the Fortune 100 – rely on Veritas to help ensure the protection, recoverability, and compliance of their data.

Veritas has a reputation for reliability at scale, which delivers the resilience its customers need against the disruptions threatened by cyberattacks, like ransomware. No other vendor is able to match Veritas’ ability to execute, with support for 800+ data sources, 100+ operating systems, 1,400+ storage targets and 60+ clouds through a single, unified approach. Powered by Cloud Scale Technology, Veritas is delivering today on its strategy for Autonomous Data Management that reduces operational overhead while delivering greater value. Learn more at Veritas.com.

Company Profile

Veritas gives organizations the ability to delete worthless data and recognize valuable information, enabling them to achieve objectives more quickly, efficiently, and cheaply. Data is exploding at incredible rates and scattering across servers, clouds and hypervisors around the world. Unchecked data growth is an expensive burden—and potentially a security risk waiting to happen.

Our solutions enable organizations to understand their own information, to distinguish between what is extra important and what is just extra. Across systems, environments and devices, Veritas helps organizations achieve insight and realize exceptional application availability.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

Under the direction and guidance of tax management, provide support to the following aspects of Veritas tax operations.

• Hands-on preparation and analysis of the domestic federal and state tax provisions, including U.S. international tax aspects for foreign entities rolling up to the global consolidated tax provision.
• Hands-on preparation and analysis of Canadian and provincial tax provisions.
• Hands-on preparation of IFRS-based financial statements for applicable entities, which will support Veritas statutory filing requirements in various foreign jurisdictions.
• Hands-on preparation and analysis related to U.S. and Canadian tax compliance.
• Support detail tax provision and compliance activities including deferred revenue, tax depreciation, tax return disclosures, US withholding tax return, Subpart F and Section 956, foreign tax credits, etc.
• Accounting for transfer pricing adjustments to operational results, as part of provision and compliance processes.
• Support foreign tax teams with local country transfer pricing compliance and documentation, as required, and support U.S. transfer pricing efforts.
• Assist and support cash tax forecasting requirements.
• Validation and reconciliation of source data to ensure data integrity.
• Setup and ongoing maintenance and update of provision and compliance software applications (Onesource).
• Oracle R12 and SAP Business Objects reporting.
• Reporting as needed by Tax Department and to support other teams.
• Heavy use of Microsoft Excel for data gathering, management and analysis.
• Identification of potential process improvements, including automation of activities to achieve efficiencies.
• Perform complex tax research and generate position documentation to support filing positions.
• Respond to various internal and external data requests as needed to support business units and tax authority examinations.

Qualifications:

Required qualifications:

• Approximately 3 years’ experience in tax demonstrating success in assignment of increasingly greater complexity.
• Tax specific or finance-related college degree required.
• Strong knowledge and skills in the following areas:
  • advanced Excel skills, including large volume data management and analytical skills;
  • tax technical knowledge in all areas of direct taxes;
  • U.S. GAAP tax accounting;
  • tax research;
  • strong written and verbal communication skills; and
  • analysis and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred qualifications:

• CPA or other applicable professional certification.
• Big 4 or Department of Revenue experience.
• Software or technology industry experience.
• Proficiency in Onesource Tax Provision, Onesource Income Tax, Oracle, Hyperion, BNA and CCH.
• Knowledge, skills and awareness in the following areas:
  • IFRS tax accounting;
  • Canadian tax laws and compliance requirements; and
  • U.S. based reporting of foreign operations (Forms 5471, 5472, 8865, etc.)

The ideal candidate will possess the following performance attributes and competencies:

• Process Oriented – excellent process & project management skills, focusing on delivering flawless quality in a highly efficient and timely manner.
• Team Oriented – a team player possessing strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and nurture cross-functional teams and relationships both within and outside of the tax function.
• Systems Aptitude – familiarity and comfort using a broad range of systems and applications.
• Commercial and Technical Competence - strong tax technical knowledge, transactional experience, analytical, creative and proactive thinker with practical solutions, risk-minded, understands business and is tightly linked to business strategies and priorities.
• Results Oriented – a high-energy, driven individual with a problem solver mentality, demonstrating a strong bias for action and follow through to completion, and a willingness to tackle the most complex and difficult issues.
• People Oriented – respect for others, tactfully assertive, works well within a culturally diverse climate, sets and achieves stretch goals.
• Integrity – strong integrity, ethics, and compliance with legal, regulatory, and company rules and policies.
• Organized – process & project management focused, establishes clear accountabilities, active hands-on style and follow through, quality minded.
• Adaptability & Flexibility – comfortable working in a fast-paced and a newly spun-off company environment; and processes, policies and procedures are being developed rather than previously existing.

At Veritas, we care about the causes close to your heart and enable you to volunteer, donate, and do good. If you only meet some of the asks for this role, that's OK! We value a diverse range of backgrounds and ideas and believe a more diverse and inclusive workforce makes a winning team. If you have the curiosity to learn and appetite to teach what you know, we encourage you to apply. Come as you are! Interested? Apply and find out more about #TeamVeritas!