Director, Global Tax Accounting & Technology

The Director, Global Tax Accounting and Tax Technology reports to the VP Tax and will oversee a team of tax professionals responsible for both global tax accounting, tax technology strategy, and governance of statutory reporting required in non-US jurisdictions. We are committed to providing a technology infrastructure to enable tools and resources for process optimization.  With a diverse platform of companies, our business provides opportunities for continuous growth and new challenges.

This role will oversee global tax accounting operations, implement innovative tax technology solutions, and partner with finance, IT, and business leaders to align tax processes with broader organizational goals. This role combines technical tax expertise with a deep understanding of advanced technology solutions to drive process improvement, enhance reporting accuracy, and support scalable growth. The company operating structure is decentralized with several finance organizations and multiple ERP systems. For this reason, the global tax technology team focuses on gathering, reconciling, and cataloging the universe of tax data required by our global tax team; as such, our technology platform and tools are essential to gathering quality data necessary for the timeline of the close process. Your role includes the following:

• Servant Leadership: With an inclusion and diversity mindset, lead and develop teams responsible for ASC 740 reporting and our tax technology platform. In addition, the role is expected to welcome contributions and foster collaboration from across the global tax function.
• Income Tax SEC Reporting: Ensure we establish and continually enhance our process and control design for ASC 740 reporting and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. In addition, work effectively with external financial statement auditors to ensure timely completion of tax components of SEC reporting. Ensure through review, or preparation (as needed), technical memoranda required to support financial statement records are anticipated and prepared with high quality.
• Technology Roadmap & Process Optimization: Review our tax technology platform and enable the team to further enhance our roadmap to ensure we have a technology strategy with tools, policy, and training necessary to ensure we have high quality data available for the global tax organization. Drive standardization and automation of global tax accounting processes to improve accuracy and efficiency. Ensure alignment between tax reporting processes and broader finance and business strategies.
• Statutory Reporting Governance: Timely statutory reports and local tax returns are essential for tax accounting reconciliations and OECD Pillar 2 analysis and reporting. The team under this director will include an individual focused on intercompany accounting and governance of statutory reporting.
• Organizational Stakeholders: Develop and maintain collaborative relationships throughout the corporate organization, including those responsible for financial reporting, forecasting, and internal audit.
• Collaborative Planning and Strategy: Collaborate and liaise with the global tax organization and stakeholders regarding the tax accounting impact of transactional work within the company. 

We believe our tax team thrives in our environment where individuals can actively engage in projects to fully utilize our tax attributes and support broader business initiatives. With that in mind, in addition to your contributions to the US Tax Operations team, you will:

• Grow your subject matter expertise across tax through research and analysis for our ever-evolving business.
• Actively participate in projects that enhance our tax technology tool kit.
• Be supported in efforts to continue your training, stay current in tax developments, and establish yourself in the tax community.

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in accounting, finance or related field
• Master’s in taxation or accounting, preferred
• CPA certification, preferred
• 10+ years of progressive corporate or public accounting experience in income tax, including progressive experience in global tax accounting for multinational corporations.
• 3+ years of functional leadership within the tax organization of a large multi-national company

• Experience with tax software (e.g., CorpTax), MSFT Office Suite, efficiency tools (e.g., Power BI Platform, Alteryx), and tools for consolidation and reporting (e.g., OneStream, Workiva).
• Knowledge of overall workflow of accounting within ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle).
• Strong technical and analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex tax accounting concepts into actionable strategies.
• Demonstrated success of servant-leadership and development of a team
• Demonstrated knowledge of ASC 740 and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements; including experience with transactions with unique business facts and ability to navigate to resolution for the ASC 740 outcome.
• Demonstrated leadership to champion and implement tax technology tools for increased automation, cross-functional impact and ability to drive organizational change.
• Demonstrated ability to articulate facts and conclusions at a high level in addition to a willingness to explore detailed analysis to ensure ASC740 requirements for complex fact patterns are correctly applied
• Demonstrated communication skills with ability to interact with effectively with external stakeholders and senior management throughout the organization.
• Results-oriented, technically-curious, and values effective collaboration.
• High level of integrity and a commitment to upholding professional standards.
• We are tax optimizers at heart, we hope you are too!

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

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