Job Description

Western Digital

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Western Digital is seeking a Senior Income Tax Manager in Irvine or Milpitas, California that will be responsible primarily for managing the international portions of the income tax provision. Additional responsibilities include assisting with certain aspects of the international portion of the U.S. income tax compliance process.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Manage GAAP income tax accounting models including deferred accounting, payable accounting, tax account roll-forwards, and calculation of the effective tax rate
* Manage and maintain the calculation of the foreign income tax provision
* Manage and maintain tax models for forecasting future GAAP and non-GAAP foreign tax expense, effective tax rates, and foreign cash taxes
* Determine tax reserves (FIN 48 & FAS 5) and related disclosures, including monitoring the tax environment to ensure that the tax reserves are reasonable
* Responsible for assessing and determining income tax accounting consequences related to the adoption of GAAP accounting pronouncements, purchase accounting, indefinite reinvestment assertion, valuation allowance, interim reporting, etc.
* Provide assistance with the tax department to ensure compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of Sarbanes Oxley
* Assist with review, analysis, research and resolution of international tax issues
* Manage and assist in certain international areas of U.S. income tax compliance
* Keep up to date with tax legislation, SEC Regulations, and GAAP changes, practice and global developments
* Collaborate with tax compliance, tax planning, tax controversy and transfer pricing teams in connection with the above responsibilities
* Supervises and develops tax department staff
* Build and foster strong cross-functional relationships within and outside of the tax department

REQUIRED:

* Bachelors Degree in Finance or Accounting
* CPA license required. MST or MBT (Master of Science in Taxation or Master in Business Taxation) degree preferred, but not required
* Ideal candidate will have 10+ years of combined tax experience which includes some mix of experience in a major CPA firm and in a corporate tax department
* Minimum of 6 years of international tax experience
* Strong knowledge of U.S. tax laws and regulations and capability of application in new situations
* Extensive experience and proficiency in U.S. GAAP accounting for income taxes and internal controls
* Significant understanding of core international tax concepts including income sourcing, expense apportionment & allocation, E&P, foreign tax credit, GILTI, FDII, Section 965, and Subpart F
* Strong written and verbal communications skills
* Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks
* Ability to adapt and get things done in a complex and fast-based environment
* Experience with OneSource Tax Provision a plus

ABOUT WESTERN DIGITAL

The future. Its on you. You & Western Digital.

Weve been storing the worlds data for more than 50 years. Once, it was the most important thing we could do for data. Now were helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.

The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and governments come to us for the technologies and solutions they need to capture, preserve, access, and transform their data.

But we cant do it alone. Todays exceptional data challenges require your exceptional skills. Its You & Us. Together, were the next big thing in data.

Western Digital data-centric solutions are found under the G-Technology, SanDisk, Upthere, and WD brands.

Western Digital is an equal opportunity employer.

Western Digital does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a persons gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

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