Director, North America Tax - Novelis Corporate HQ

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of “shaping a sustainable world together” we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace automotive beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta Georgia Novelis has approximately 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Position Overview:

The Novelis Tax team is seeking a Director, North America Tax. The person in this role will report to the VP, Global Tax. The ideal candidate will be responsible for all tax aspects (direct and indirect) of the Novelis North America Region, including inbound and outbound transactions in United States and Canada. The ideal candidate will handle a wide range of responsibilities and provide support to ensure the integrity and operational efficiency of the tax function. The position works closely with VP of Tax and Business Leaders in the development of tax planning initiatives and the identification of potential tax issues and recommends solutions. The candidate should possess strong analytical skills, a collaborative work ethic, and proven ability to identify and drive process improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure a high level of integrity in handling the tax provision, effective tax rate (ETR), taxable income and deferred tax computations in accordance with ASC740, including the proper application of FIN 48 and APB23.
• Own the analysis of R&D projects to optimize the tax credits, automation of direct and indirect tax processes within the region, and the preparation of all external tax reporting for NNA.
• Interface closely with other finance departments and business leaders to identify tax opportunities and risks for the Company.
• Identify and manage the development and analysis of tax optimization strategies to support company business initiatives.
• Work with the VP of Tax on technical tax issues within US and Canada.
• Monitor legislative changes at US Federal, State and Canadian taxes, interpret the changes and accurately report the tax impact.
• Support the implementation of the legal entity restructuring and rationalization in the region.
• Design and implement the US tax processes for the new combined US federal and state income tax calculation.
• Maintain effective key controls and ensure the proper level of SOX tax documentation.
• Be responsible for / lead indirect (sales and use, property) tax processes and procedures including return preparation, audit defense, analytical and technical support, etc.
• Partnering with external tax advisors to ensure all work performed by external advisors is completed in a timely and accurate manner; working directly with advisors to resolve issues on an as needed basis.
• Own the tax audits in the region, perform independent critical analysis of proposed positions and proactively assisting with building audit defense strategy.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in accounting or finance
• Minimum of 10 years of related work experience
• Proven understanding of direct and indirect tax concepts and the ability to implement solutions
• A strong analytical skillset
• Highly motivated strategic thinker with strong leadership, organizational and project management skills and shown problem solving and decision making capabilities
• Change oriented: open to change (positive or constructive) in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations
• Ability to interpret and strategically apply government regulations and related technical requirements to global business scenarios
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and ability to influence others
• Excellent oral and written communication skills: experience working across multiple levels, functions and regions; able to communicate complex issues in a clear and concise manner
• Experience in handling multiple types of financial systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• MST or MBA desirable

What We Offer:

This role offers a hybrid schedule with a minimum of three days in the office. Novelis values the need for flexibility and balance for employees and is committed to a Flex Work approach that empowers employees to maintain work-life balance while enjoying the benefits of a collaborative office environment.

Novelis benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your family’s well-being:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts – Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Retiree Medical Plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through Novelis sponsored Retiree Health Access
• Retirement Savings Account
• Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
• Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance!

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Novelis’ Global Corporate and North America Headquarters is located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta GA employing around 700 people. Supporting it’s 31 operations worldwide Novelis’ corporate office is home to the executive leadership team and global functions that support the automotive beverage can and high-end specialties value streams. The City of Atlanta provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural organizations and educational institutions including the Georgia Aquarium Woodruff Arts Center CNN Center Georgia Tech and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In the Atlanta area Novelis has strong community partnerships with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity GeorgiaFIRST and Agape Youth and Family Center in addition to many local museums and community groups.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.