Direct Tax Manager

Company Description

Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities to consumers and industry worldwide. In addition to its primary business of trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $10 billion invested in long-term assets.

Vitol’s customers include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves its customers from some 40 offices worldwide. Revenues in 2024 were $331bn.

For more information: vitol.com

Job Description

Vitol’s Tax team is comprised of high-achieving individuals who have a proven track record of expanding their value-added impact far more broadly than a traditional tax role would allow.  In addition to managing the federal, state, and international tax compliance of the North American Vitol entities, they provide expert tax guidance to management, commercial, investments, and other relevant teams.  The Direct Tax team serves a vital role in the Vitol organization, as they are responsible for guiding and managing all of the tax aspects of our trading, renewable asset, and service companies.  Through this role you will gain exposure to Vitol’s core trading business, upstream businesses, renewables (wind/solar/renewable natural gas/etc.) businesses, as well as in deal and investment transactions.  As a group capable of providing meaningful tax analyses and detailed insight, they are called upon regularly and often by Senior Management to provide information used in senior regional and global decision-making processes.  Vitol’s Tax organization couples a dynamic and challenging work environment with a team eager for growth, learning, and career development.

Responsibilities include: 

• Supporting investment and deal teams in new business acquisitions and/or sales processes
• Performing the review of federal income tax returns and review of estimated/extension tax payments
• Performing the review of the quarterly income tax accruals, tax account reconciliations, deferred tax items, and current and deferred tax for provision reporting purposes
• Gathering, organizing, calculating and correctly utilizing data from the general ledger and accounting (VEGA) and trading (VISTA) systems
• Managing the response of federal income tax audits and jurisdictional tax notices
• Assistance with Pillar 2 calculations for North America
• Identifying tax savings opportunities and performing tax planning
• Other duties as assigned. This job description is subject to change at any time

Successful candidates will:

• Manage a team of four highly capable professionals
• Be able to handle multiple priorities, tasks and simultaneous projects
• Be curious, creative and up for a challenge
• Have a genuine desire to build relationships across a global business
• Be comfortable undertaking new concepts and ideas associated with a fast-paced, dynamic business
• Have strong quantitative, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Continually assess, challenge and improve processes
• Work effectively both as part of a team and independently
• Have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Earn the trust of others by continuously demonstrating the ability to follow-through

Qualifications

• 12 or more years of federal income tax experience with equivalent federal corporate tax (including consolidations) compliance and accrual (ASC 740 / IAS 12) experience in business or industry
• Experience in managing a team in a multinational corporation
• Advanced Excel skills
• CPA license is preferred
• Experience with OneSource Income Tax is preferred
• Exposure to partnership tax is preferred
• Exposure to international and/or state income tax is preferred
• Working knowledge of tax implications related to Renewable Energy projects and transactions is preferred

Additional Information

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. Because of the collaborative, fast-paced, and high energy nature of our business, Vitol requires team members to work from our fully equipped office

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