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Senior Tax Counsel – US Tax Planning, Controversy & Transactions
Ford Motor CompanySenior Tax Counsel providing legal support on U.S. domestic tax matters.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Advise business leaders and tax leadership on U.S. domestic tax matters affecting the Company’s operations, investments, and strategic initiatives.
- Analyze and structure complex transactions to achieve tax-efficient outcomes while managing risk and ensuring compliance.
- Provide legal support for financing transactions, supply chain initiatives, manufacturing investments, intellectual property arrangements, and other business initiatives.
- Monitor legislative, regulatory, and administrative developments and assess their impact on the Company.
- Collaborate with accounting, treasury, legal, and business teams on tax implications of operational decisions, and the development and implementation of tax strategies.
- Support responses to IRS tax examinations.
- Assist in the development of audit strategies and defend complex tax issues.
- Prepare technical memoranda, protest letters, ruling requests, and other submissions to taxing authorities.
- Coordinate with outside counsel and advisors on significant tax controversies.
- Support administrative appeals, alternative dispute resolution efforts, and litigation matters as needed.
- Provide tax support for acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings, and other strategic transactions.
- Conduct tax due diligence and evaluate transaction risks and opportunities.
- Assist in drafting and negotiating tax provisions in purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, financing documents, and other transaction-related contracts.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- Admission to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 7+ years of relevant tax experience with a major law firm, accounting firm, or large multinational corporation.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. federal income tax principles, including corporate taxation, partnership taxation, tax accounting methods and transaction structuring.
- Experience supporting IRS audits and tax controversy matters.
- Experience advising on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and other corporate transactions.
- Excellent analytical, drafting, communication, and project management skills.
- Ability to communicate complex tax concepts to non-tax stakeholders.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.