Location: Remote within U.S.
Department: Tax / Finance
Summary of Role:
As a member of Hershey Tax, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to become part of an industry-leading consumer products company known for bringing goodness to the world through its iconic brands and remarkable people. This is a very visible role within the organization with exposure to all areas of U.S. international tax. The International Tax Manager is responsible for managing the company’s U.S. international tax compliance, financial reporting, and planning activities for foreign operations. The candidate should be a strong team player with a demonstrated ability to prioritize, manage and pivot among multiple projects, while also continuously striving to add insights, value, and growth to Hershey Tax. This role partners closely with Finance, Legal, Treasury, Supply Chain, and external advisors, gaining a first hand view of how tax considerations shape business decisions and financial results. This role offers meaningful professional growth through increasing ownership, visibility to senior stakeholders, and an opportunity to expand technical depth and business acumen as part of a high performing tax team. The position will report to a tax director.
Role Responsibilities:
Overall
- Develop direct partnerships with relevant key business stakeholders, including financial planning & analysis team, legal team, international business team, and controller group
- Manage and make recommendations for outsourced workstreams and third-party relationships, including external auditors and tax advisors
- Manage, mentor, and develop tax professionals capable of supporting the requirements of each function and unlocking additional value
- Proactively identify opportunities to enhance processes, controls, and tax results across the international function
International Tax Planning
- Manage the U.S. international tax process, including the computation, modeling, and reporting of GILTI (NCTI), Subpart F, FDII, FTCs, BEAT, and related E&P calculations.
- Model the impact of new legislation and planning initiatives within the international business
- Manage international tax planning strategies with a focus on maximizing financial statement benefit, increased after tax cash flows, and mitigating tax exposure
- Partner with the transfer pricing manager on new cross border transactions by providing compliance requirements and modeling of global tax computations
- Support the defense of international tax audits through tax technical advice, gathering of documentation, and updates to computations
- Support global minimum tax (Pillar Two / GloBE) readiness, modeling, and ongoing compliance in coordination with regional tax, accounting, and external advisors
- Analyze interactions between Pillar Two, U.S. international tax (GILTI, FTCs), and financial reporting outcomes
International Tax Financial Reporting & Compliance
- Manage the international tax reporting process, BEPS, and new global reporting requirements, including form 5471, 8858, 1118, 8990, 8991, 8992, 8993, and related schedules
- Manage the international aspects of the income tax provision (ASC 740) and all related analyses, reconciliations, and disclosures, including the year-end, and quarterly close processes
- Prepare and maintain technical memoranda, documentation, and audit ready support for significant U.S. international tax positions, including uncertain tax positions and disclosures
- Own and validate U.S. international tax data inputs, including E&P, tested income, foreign taxes, and intercompany data, ensuring consistency across compliance, provision, and planning
- Drive continuous improvement of U.S. international tax processes through automation, standardization, and effective use of tax technology tools
- Remain current on new international tax reporting, tax treaties, and other cross-border tax laws and regulations and consider these changes from a tax compliance and tax accounting perspective.
- Maintain an effective internal control environment to ensure compliance with financial reporting standards and SOX regulations
Desired knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Strong technical tax knowledge in Federal, International, Planning & Analysis, and Tax Accounting
- Detail-oriented, organized, analytical, with a problem-solving mindset.
- Ability to sufficiently understand/utilize global ERP and tax systems to ensure efficient processing and control (e.g., OneSource and SAP preferred).
- Excellent supervisory, interpersonal, teamwork and oral/written communication skills.
- Proficient in MS office and advanced Excel.
- Strong professional ethics and integrity.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
- Education –
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting is required
- CPA, MST or JD (or equivalent) is required
- Experience –
- At least 5+ years’ corporate tax or public accounting experience (with a Big 4 firm or public company) is required
- 3+ years’ US international tax experience
- 3+ years’ experience with US GAAP, ASC 740, and SEC regulations is preferred
- 2+ years’ people management experience
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