Accounting Manager, Income Taxes

Location

Allentown, PA | United States

Job description

Job Description and Qualifications

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what’s possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world’s most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse, and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Reimagine What’s Possible

We are seeking an Accounting Manager, Income Taxes within our Accounting department located at our Global Headquarters in Allentown, PA!

This position is responsible for supporting the Director of Tax Accounting to ensure the proper accounting, reporting, and disclosure of income taxes in the Company’s SEC filings. They will provide support and oversight to US and regional reporting teams.

The focus of this position will be on managing global provision impacts related to rapidly evolving global taxation schemes in the US and abroad (including the taxation of foreign income, cross border transactions, acquisitions, global minimum taxes, etc.) as well as the global portfolio of tax reserves.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of Income Tax Accounting standards and meaningful provision experience with multiple global taxing jurisdictions as well as an eagerness to apply that tax knowledge in a complex, dynamic business environment.

Key Organizational Relationships include VP of Global Accounting, Director of Accounting- SEA, Director of Accounting- Europe, VP of Taxes, Director of Audit, and the Audit and Tax members of our external audit team (Deloitte).

Principal Responsibilities

• Manage the income tax provision reporting for global tax reserves, US international tax provisions (including APB23), and other global cross border taxes. Collect, review, and prepare monthly income tax provisions related to these issues.
• Perform detailed reviews of income tax provisions, deferred tax account reconciliations, return to accrual adjustments, and reporting in our OneSource Tax Provision system to ensure accuracy and compliance with internal controls.
• Analyze and provide tax accounting guidance for unusual and complex transactions, including significant tax rate drivers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint venture accounting, and tax restructuring activities.
• Perform assigned analytical reviews of global provision impacts and provide to management and Corporate Tax teams for internal and external reporting purposes. Provide useful feedback on issues, trends, and areas for improvement.
• Provide forward looking guidance on and assistance in implementing enhancements to our processes, controls, and the effective utilization of income tax accounting software.
• Exemplify an earnest commitment to maintain and strengthen internal controls and processes in both design and practice to ensure our controls remain effective and SOX compliant. Provide thoughtful and proactive action to remediate any concerns.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting; CPA; Masters of Tax a plus.
• Strong technical knowledge and experience at a global accounting firm and/or comparable industry experience at a multinational corporation, providing at least 7 years of work experience in an US-multinational tax or technical accounting focused role.
• Strong desire to be a part of building an outstanding income tax accounting team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, project management ability, a proven ability to build effective business partnerships, and strong conceptual and analytical skills.
• Experience with income tax accounting software (OneSource experience preferred).
• Note that the position is passionate about the accounting for income taxes and is not combined with a responsibility for tax return preparation or planning.

We are the world’s largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.

At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visit  About Air Products.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance, retirement plans/401(k), and sick time. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.). You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.

Air Products is committed to working with and providing a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail us at  [email protected] . General application status inquiries are not answered by this mailbox rather you’ll receive an e-mail directly from our Career Center and/or the Talent Acquisition Specialist.

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