Director Accounting Income Tax Motorola Solutions Schaumburg

Job Description
The Director of Accounting for Income Tax has overall responsibility for the preparation and consolidation of all components of the company’s global accounting for income taxes under ASC 740. You will manage and develop a staff of 2-3 tax accounting professionals and will serve as the primary liaison with corporate accounting and finance on tax accounting matters. This position will interact extensively with multiple internal personnel/departments and with outside consultants to coordinate information needed to fulfill all tax accounting requirements.

Specific Responsibilities Include
•Manage the preparation of interim and year-end worldwide tax provision calculations under ASC 740, including all tax-related disclosures and documentation required for financial statements and SEC filings.
•Coordinate and manage engagement with outside consultants preparing year-end tax provisions for significant non-US entities.


•Review APB 23 reserve for undistributed foreign earnings calculations, effective tax rate forecasting and cash tax forecasting.
•Oversee and adhere to policies to manage, update and ensure the tax accounting quarterly and annual procedures are in compliance with required SOX control objectives.
•Interface with Financial Reporting/Accounting personnel and external auditors regarding the tax provision, tax balance sheet and footnote disclosures to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
•Support the global tax leads to determine financial statement impacts of proposed transactions, audit settlements and tax law changes.
•Oversee the tax close process, including approval of quarterly tax journal entries and tax account reconciliations.
•Recommend and implement improvements to the overall tax accounting process, including optimizing use of OneSource tax provision software
•Participate in tax planning and implementation of repatriation strategy