Senior International Tax Analyst

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

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  Collect information and prepare and review transfer pricing and international tax forms (e.g., forms 5471, 8858, 8865, and 1118), election statements, and disclosures included within the US consolidated return.  Prepare, model, and review US foreign tax calculations based on compliance, forecast, and business and regulatory changes.

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  Assist with transfer pricing global compliance, including OECD and local requirements.  Prepare, document, and review operational transfer pricing results for tangible and intangible flows.  Assist with Advanced Pricing Agreements.

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  Support tax accounting by conducting monthly and quarterly close activities, relative to the foreign tax credit model and, as needed, related to the foreign units.

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  Support the Tax Risk Management team in understanding the reporting mechanics of international tax positions taken within the US tax return and consult on responses to examiner information requests

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  Establish, improve, and execute tax processes and analyses required to meet the team’s objectives, including areas of transfer pricing and international tax.

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  Support projects, including but not limited to, modeling results using E&P and other tax attributes

• 5 years of experience in a large multinational corporation or public accounting firm

• 1 - 2 years of experience in International Tax

• BA / BS in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or similar

• CPA, CMI, CAE, or international equivalent a plus

• MST or MBA a plus

• Big 4 Accounting Firm experience is a plus

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