Tax Manager

at UL, LLC in Northbrook, Illinois, United States

Job Description

This role is HYBRID, on-site 3 days a week at the Northbrook or Chicago, IL office.

Tax Manager – Global Income Tax Reporting

About the Opportunity:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Tax Manager – Global Tax Reporting to join our forward-mined Tax team at UL Solutions celebrating 130th anniversary with a successful IPO this year. You will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact and contribute to our continued growth and success by challenging the status quo and shaping our future tax operations, processes, and controls in a stimulating and collaborative environment.

This role reports to Director of Tax Reporting and has one direct report, Tax Technology Analyst. This role is a highly visible role working closely with other team members, including VP of Taxes, and has a great opportunity for continued career growth. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented and analytical professional with extensive knowledge of ASC 740 reporting requirements for U.S.-based multinational companies.

As a Tax Reporting Manager, you will be responsible for key aspects of UL Solution’s global annual and interim consolidated income tax reporting obligations, ETR and cash tax forecasting and will play a critical role in the calculation of the global income tax provision in accordance with ASC 740.

You will oversee tax forecasting in close partnership with departmental colleagues as well as with those in Financial Planning & Analysis. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with the broader global Tax team and work cross functionally with various Finance teams in and outside the US

Responsibilities:

+ Prepares and reviews global annual and interim consolidated income tax provision and related SEC disclosures, ensuring accuracy and timely completion in compliance with ASC 740.

+ Calculates and tracks key ETR drivers, such as executive compensation limitations under Section 162(m) and valuation allowances.

+ Conducts research and interprets ASC 740 standards as well as domestic and international tax laws as needed.

+ Leads the tax reporting and SOX controls processes and continues to identify and implement process improvements to streamline tax reporting processes.

+ Coordinates with foreign affiliate contacts to collect tax provision packages as well as gathering cash tax data.

+ Collaborates with other team member and manage Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) documentation requirements for income tax reporting.

+ Manages the performance of direct reports by defining accountabilities, establishing performance objectives, providing career counseling, feedback and guidance.

+ Partners with FP&A and other stakeholders to prepare and manage the global ETR and cash tax forecast.

+ Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a tax-related field. A master’s in tax or a comparable advanced degree is highly preferred.

+ Minimum of 5 years with Big 4 accounting firm and/or corporate/in-house experience with U.S.-based multinational public company.

+ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and experience with tax accounting and reporting under ASC 740.

+ Proficient in OneSource Tax Provision software and its add-in applications such as DataFlow and Workpapers or similar provision software.

+ Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining excellent quality.

+ Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills to convey complex tax matters with simplicity and clarity to non-experts across the organization.

+ Must be a Certified Public Accountant.

+ Mission: For UL Solutions, corporate and social responsibility isn’t new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 130 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.

+ People: Ask any UL Solutions employee what they love most about working here, and you’ll almost always hear, “the people.” Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We’re able to deliver the best because we employ the best.

+ Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers’ create. We’re inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.

+ Grow & achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.

+ Total Rewards: All employees at UL Solutions are eligible for bonus compensation. UL offers a generous 401k matching structure of up to 5% of eligible pay. Additionally, we invest an additional 4% into your retirement saving fund after your first year of continuous employment. We provide Healthcare Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts that UL Solutions contributes to twice per year! Depending on your role, you can work with your manager on flexible working arrangements. We also provide employees with paid time off including vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer time off.

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security, and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth.

The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission.

We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future.

From the adoption of electrification to the enablement of 5G and new mobility, we collectively look toward new frontiers, working for a safer world.? Our science is your advantage.

Mission: Working for a safer world

UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that:

Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.