Director, Americas Tax Leader

The Director, Americas Tax Leader has responsibility for all direct tax matters in the US, Canada and LATAM. The Americas, and the US in particular, is a significant market for LSEG, with over 40% of the Group's revenue earned in the region.

This role forms a key part of the Tax Leadership Team for the group, reporting directly to the Head of Tax based in London. The role will inherit a high-performing, stable, team and presents an excellent opportunity for an established tax leader to take on a truly market-leading role in a complex multi-national environment at an exciting stage in LSEG's growth journey.

• Execute LSEG's global tax strategy across the Americas, ensuring deliverables align with objectives.
• Management, and development of a five-person team covering Federal, State and LATAM.
• Lead the provision of US tax advice to corporate transactions, restructurings, and M&A. This includes cash repatriation (e.g. dividends) and funding.
• Lead all aspects of outsourced US tax compliance and related filings, maintaining full adherence to federal and state regulations.
• Coordinate and deliver of US aspects of group tax reporting, including auditor relationship, with full support from team and external partners. LSEG reports under IFRS.
• Manage all relevant US tax technical positions, e.g. BEAT, CAMT, FDII, s163J and financing.
• Proactively identify emerging risks and opportunities across Federal and State Taxes and provide timely awareness of any developments that might impact the Group wide tax positions (tax rate and cash).
• Collaborate with the wider tax and corporate teams (e.g. Treasury, Legal) to deliver collective objectives
• Maintain and develop relationships with Business leaders in the US and beyond. Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing clear commercial recommendations.
• Maintain relationships with respective tax authorities.
• Manage uncertain tax positions and deliver successful outcomes against tax audits. Prepare and maintain all appropriate documentation in support of positions taken, including for provision to statutory auditors.

Profile:

• Extensive US tax experience, ideally in a complex multinational environment
• JD degree and LLM in tax preferred; CPA certificate preferred or required without JD
• Demonstrable experience in leading all aspects of end-to-end US tax matters (operations and advisory across Federal and State taxes) delivering against strategic objectives.
• M&A experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in managing and developing teams.
• Detailed, and outcome focused, with ability to own issues.
• A teammate accustomed to managing multiple internal partners (tax and non-tax) with ability to influence.
• Capable of prioritising multiple matters at once and working in a fast-paced environment.

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