Amazon is seeking a Tax Manager to assist with supporting U.S. international inbound and outbound tax planning and to support Amazon’s various business offerings. The International Tax Manager will team up with other international tax team members, collectively operating as business partners, gaining a deep, end-to-end understanding of various business initiatives. This position also requires working closely with other members of the global tax department to assist with communicating current and future business plans, obtain cross functional tax subject matter input to address all tax disciplines, and ensure coordination of cross functional tax solutions.
This role will operate with some level of independence and be expected to demonstrate a high level of collegiality, functioning as a technical tax adviser and project supervisor. This position is not directly involved in compliance and may be responsible for planning, coordinating, supervising and reviewing the work of more junior tax staff.
Key job responsibilities
- Gaining a deep understanding of business initiatives, models, goals, and drivers, including gaining a deep understanding of the technologies and/or intellectual property used to launch business initiatives
- Identifying and documenting business proposals
- Assisting with designing and leading the implementation of optimal tax structures for various new business initiatives (e.g. income sourcing, income characterization, PE analysis, funding, currency issues, etc.)
- Assisting with developing strategies to minimize the potential Subpart F generated by proposed business models
- Assisting with the evaluation of proposed business models with an aim at developing strategies to mobilize foreign cash, maximize tax effective foreign cash repatriation, and generally coordinate and liaise with the treasury department with respect to global cash management
- Assisting with liaising with financial personnel as well as both US and foreign outside tax advisors
- Assisting with developing strategies to optimize the use of foreign tax credits generated by proposed business models
- Assisting with evaluating business proposals to identify strategies with respect to financing, dividends, and treaty opportunities
- Writing technical and non-technical tax research and compliance memos
- Writing detailed tax requirements to be used by various business partners throughout the company
