Sr. Advisor - Tax

Job Summary

The Sr Advisor - Tax is primarily responsible for the preparation and oversight of financial reporting for income taxes, including U.S. and international operations, consolidated SEC reporting, and general ledger tax accounting.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

- Consolidates and reports tax provision results on a quarterly and year-to-date basis in accordance with US GAAP (ASC 740).

- Identifies, analyzes, and summarizes key drivers of tax provision results.

- Assists with tax forecasts for various purposes, including cash tax management, income tax expense projections, and valuation allowance evaluation.

- Adheres to established internal controls of position and assists in validating internal controls pertaining to other tax department activities.

- Liaises with external and internal auditors.

- Other tax department initiatives as assigned.

Qualifications / Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or tax from an accredited college or university required; advanced degree and Certified Public Accountant preferred.

- Minimum five (5) years of relevant experience, preferably in public accounting and/or in a role with large and complex U.S. operations.

Skills & Experience

- Experience with accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls for income taxes.

- PC proficiency required - competency with Microsoft Office Software suite.

- Experience with tax compliance software – Corptax experience preferred.

- Ability to manage various quantitative and qualitative data sets both in Excel and tax specific program software.

- Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions in a manner consistent with the essential job functions.

- Effective project management skills and ability to work effectively within a team of peers.

- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally.

- Ability to maintain organization in a changing environment, a flexible attitude and approach towards assignments and ability to operate successfully under ambiguous guidelines.

- Excellent conflict resolution skills and ability to diplomatically handle confrontation.

- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, strong team work ethic and driven individual.

Behaviors

As part of our commitment to fostering a high-performance culture, employees are expected to align their actions and decisions with the principles outlined in our Behavioral Framework. This framework serves as the foundation for our organizational culture and guides our behaviors to drive better outcomes across the company. Employees are responsible for incorporating these behaviors into their daily actions, relationships, and decision-making to help manage expectations, strengthen relationships, and contribute to the overall success of the organization.

Our five behaviors that define our culture are:

Analyze & Plan

– Being deliberate in understanding and describing the problem to solve and using information from a range of relevant sources to develop solutions that are effective and evidence-based.

Collaborate

– Collaborating effectively, sharing ideas, and leveraging one another’s strengths based on trust, transparency, and empathy, creating an environment where everyone’s input is valued.

Communicate

– Communicate clearly with all employees and stakeholders, ensuring active listening, understanding, and timely information sharing.

Learn, Grow & Adapt

– Building organizational capability through our own learning and development while coaching others and supporting others to adapt, learn, and develop.

Deliver Results

– Striving to deliver and exceed required results, identifying and overcoming obstacles, and taking responsibility for the outcome while respecting our values.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. It is not designed to have or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Valaris is an equal opportunity employer in all aspects of employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any other non-job related factors.