Tax Director

Company Details

Darling Ingredients repurposes and recycles materials from the animal agriculture and food industries - transforming them into essential ingredients that do everything from feeding animals to fertilizing crops to fueling planes and nourishing people. We're the number one publicly traded company of our kind, operating a global family of brands and businesses that span more than 260 facilities in over 15 countries. Our unique scale allows us to make entire industries less wasteful and more sustainable, helping move the world toward a more circular economy.

Darling Ingredients offers full time employees a full suite of benefits including but not limited to the following: 401(k), Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, and Paid Time Off.

Job Summary

The Tax Director is a key member of the Corporate Tax Department. This role reports to the Chief Tax Officer and is responsible for all US income tax reporting with respect to the Rousselot business, a global leading market provider of collagen for the food, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and technical industries. The Tax Director will also lead and/or assist with tax reporting matters of other Darling businesses. In this position, you will focus on federal and state income tax compliance, planning, and reporting matters of the Company. The candidate for this role must be experienced in the preparation of US income tax provision (ASC 740), accounting for uncertain tax positions, and accounting for the impacts of various tax issues.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Oversee the preparation of the company's quarterly and annual tax provisions in accordance with ASC 740, including FIN 48 and valuation allowance analyses, with respect to the Rousselot business.
• Manage the domestic tax compliance function of the Rousselot business.
• Oversee the federal and state income tax compliance process for the Rousselot business to ensure that all activities occur in a timely and accurate manner (tax filings calendar, workplan scheduling, etc.)
• Prepare and review detailed workpapers to support federal income tax compliance in a timely and accurate manner. Such workpapers may include depreciation, intangible property rights, investments, revenue recognition, fringe benefit analyses, employee stock compensation, etc.
• Prepare and review detailed workpapers to support state income tax compliance in a timely and accurate manner.
• Participate as a team member with the broader tax team to ensure proper reporting of mergers & acquisitions, cross border transactions, equity transactions, investments, intercompany transactions and a wide variety of other tactical and planning ideas.
• Assist with domestic tax planning ideas and ensure that cost effective ideas are implemented and properly reported in the appropriate tax returns.
• Perform technical research and analysis on a variety of tax issues.
• Help manage automated tax products (e.g., OneSource, Alteryx, etc.) to ensure data integrity and ease of use within the tax department.
• Develop, improve, and maintain tax compliance and reporting processes and procedures.
• Handle domestic federal and state audits to resolve tax issues.
• Collaborate with accounting group and other departments to obtain understanding of business decisions and transactions.
• Coordinate and communicate with external auditors and tax advisors to ensure the company's tax positions are well supported and documented.
• Monitor, analyze and document tax regulatory and compliance developments and the resulting impact on the Company (OBBBA, CARES, TCJA, etc.)

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting with CPA (active license) or JD LLM (active license) or MST
• 15 prior years of federal and state income tax experience in corporate taxation including tax return preparation and ASC 740 tax accounting.
• At least 10 years at a Big 4 public accounting firm or U.S. based publicly traded corporation.
• At least 8 years of tax accounting (U.S. GAAP and/or IFRS) experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong foundation of tax technical, analytical and compliance skills and experience, including process and internal controls.
• Work experience which includes use and leverage of tax tools, applications, and relevant financial systems as well as the demonstrated ability to identify and analyze complex tax accounting issues and the related implications on the Company.
• Hands-on experience with tax accounting systems such as One Source and/or advanced excel modeling experience.
• Ability to interact and team with professionals in various functional areas to resolve complex tax issues throughout the organization.
• Ability to use own judgment and initiative in problem resolution.
• Detail oriented, and excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to embrace change and be flexible to changing business needs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills.

The information contained in this job description is intended to describe the essential job functions required of those assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the job. Please note that management retains the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The ability to competently perform all the essential duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, demonstrated commitment to effective customer service delivery, integrity, and the ability to work productively as a member of a team or work group are basic requirements of all positions at Darling Ingredients.

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