Director, North America Tax

What we can offer:

A crafted employee experience designed to foster professional growth, a focus on health & well-being and an internal community that will set you up for success

 

We offer an environment that enables colleagues to demonstrate their capabilities, focus on their work and create value. At LG, you're encouraged to take a creative and individual approach to challenges with strong emphasis placed on performance and skill—and equal, merit-based opportunities across the board. We want our colleagues to grow with our global business. That's why we deliver sure rewards for exceptional performance and offer industry-leading benefits. Come join the team!

 

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a highly strategic, organized, and results-driven North America Tax Team Leader (NATT) to provide business tax compliance oversight of Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and State & Local Tax (SALT) Teams and serve as subject matter expert for audit and business tax support.

1. Corporate Income Tax Compliance

• Review quarterly and annual tax calculations, workpapers, returns, and payments prepared by the CIT team
  • CIT Provision
  • CIT Estimated/Extension Payments
  • CIT Returns
  • Withholding Tax Returns
  • FBAR Reporting
• Support annual R&E and TP analysis and review annual studies prepared by external consulting firms
  • R&E Tax Credit
  • Transfer Pricing

2. State & Local Tax Compliance

• Review monthly, quarterly, and annual  tax calculations, workpapers, returns, and payments prepared by the SALT team
  • Sales and Use Tax Returns
  • Business Property Tax Returns
  • Unclaimed Property Returns
  • Gross Receipts Tax Returns
  • Business License and Other Tax Filings
  • Form 1099

3. Audit

• Manage federal and state audit inventory
• Schedule status meetings/calls with external auditors as warranted
• Prepare and submit written responses and supporting documentation to auditors in response to information document requests (IDRs)
• Estimate the tax and interest impact of proposed adjustments
• Work with auditors and appeals officers to resolve disputes
• Coordinate execution of audit closing documents
• Revise compliance processes as necessary in response to audit adjustment

4. Business Support

• Provide Guidance on New or Expanding Business Transactions
  • Review product sales, service, and purchase contracts related to new and changing operational scenarios
  • Provide advice to ensure proper tax compliance
  • Cultivate relationships across functional areas to discuss tax implications of contemplated transactions to reach consensus on action plans
• Government Tax Incentives
  • Meet with business unit management and other internal stakeholders to understand new or expanding business operations
  • Determine if there are federal and state economic incentives that may apply to contemplated investment
  • Prepare project profiles and meet with government agencies to review
  • Coordinate the preparation and submission of any required applications for incentives and work with government agencies to implement incentive agreements
  • Ensure the Company claims all incentives that were granted