Tax Manager, Special Projects

Job Title: Tax Manager, Special Projects

Reporting To:Head of Tax, Americas

Location: Onshore, Houston About Seadrill

Seadrill is one of the world’s most modern offshore Deepwater drilling companies. Using ground-breaking technology, we operate in 15 countries across

5 continents, employing some 5,000 people representing 65 nationalities. Our vision is to Set the Standard in Drilling. It’s an ambitious goal. And every single

one of us has a part to play. Help us to keep innovating, improving and maintaining the highest safety standards, and we’ll give you what you need to be

your best too.

Diversity and inclusion are more than words for us. Everyone is welcome—as an inclusive workplace, our people are comfortable bringing their authentic whole selves to work. We continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our people. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we operate in.

Job Summary

Located with the Corporate Headquarter in Houston, this role is critical in supporting key corporate tax planning initiatives arising from group’s merger and acquisitions activities and tax legislation changes. The Tax Manager, Special Projects will be responsible for UK, US, and other international tax issues. They will contribute to broader Group wide international tax compliance matters and will be required to support projects including commercial tenders.

Job Specific Responsibilities

- Monitor tax law developments and communicate to management impacts on Group’s tax position

- Lead Group’s response to new global tax initiatives, e.g., implementation of processes to ensure OECD BEPS Pillar 2 compliance

- Lead Group’s compliance with Country-by-Country Reporting obligations

- Support compliance with Group’s transfer pricing policies and preparation of transfer pricing documentation

- Collaborate with team members, advisors, and stakeholders to implement group-wide initiatives and projects, including group structure rationalization and M&A activities

- Support tax risk management initiatives by identifying tax risks, implementing processes and procedures to mitigate tax risks, and monitoring and documenting compliance with such controls

- Support compliance with tax governance regimes in various jurisdictions, e.g., UK Senior Accounting Officer and Corporate Criminal Offence regimes

- Manage tax compliance obligations for assigned entities and tax jurisdictions

- Assist with response to tax audits, inquiries, and assessments

- Support the Group’s external tax reporting by preparing or reviewing tax provision computations for assigned entities and tax jurisdictions and assessing adequacy of reserves for uncertain tax positions

- Support the Group’s commercial team in connection with their response to bid tenders and by addressing tax implications of contracts with customers and suppliers

SAFETY AT SEADRILL

Our goal is to ensure that ‘nobody gets hurt’ whilst performing their job. Everyone at Seadrill has a part to play in meeting our safety commitment. Through strong leadership and personal responsibility from all employees, we take a systematic approach to identifying, managing and preventing the hazards involved in our day-to-day operations. Nothing is more important to us than the health, safety and security of our workforce and the communities in which we operate and behaving responsibly towards our shared environment. We are vigilant, disciplined and always looking out for one another. We have developed and embedded a strong safety culture onshore and offshore, fostered by all employees, who each have a personal responsibility and the authority to put an immediate stop to the job if they believe it to be unsafe. Everyone at Seadrill is accountable for helping to build this culture of care.

SEADRILL BEHAVIORAL FRAMEWORK About

In Seadrill, setting the standard is not just about what we deliver, but how we deliver it. We co-created our Behavioral Framework with our employees, where we identified four key competencies that define our culture and help us to live our values. Our behaviors are embedded in the way we work and support and guide us day to day:

 Drive & Ownership

 Change & Forward Thinking

 Communication & Collaboration

 Service Delivery

Essential KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

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Minimum of 5 years relevant tax experience with 2 years cross-border tax experience

 Solid overview of transfer pricing issues

 Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

 Comfortable working with a lean internal team

 Strong internal and external stakeholder management at all levels

 Pro-active “can do” person who is naturally inquisitive

 Able to balance multiple priorities

 Strong analytical and accounting skills

 Ability to analyse complex issues and provide proactive solutions

 Able to adapt to ambiguity and changes

Desired

 Experience workin in a multinational tax team

 Understanding of US GAAP and IFRS tax reporting

Education And Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

 Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline

 Recognised accountancy or tax qualification

Preferred

 CPA (or eligible to sit for CPA exam)

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We value our people and want to retain them. So, we offer a competitive package built around an attractive base salary and a range of benefits tailored to your location.

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