US Tax Senior Manager

Location: New York

Salary: Competitive salary, plus benefits package and discretionary bonus scheme

About Javelin

Javelin Global Commodities is a leading global commodities marketing, trading, logistics services and investment firm with offices in London, New York, San Diego, St Louis, Switzerland, India, Australia, Singapore, Canada and Poland. Javelin was founded in 2015 and now operates across 100 countries and six continents with respect to more than 20 different commodities across thermal coal, metallurgical coal, iron ore, steel scrap, metals, hydrocarbons, freight, softs, and renewables.  The group is at the forefront of energy transition having renewable energy development projects of 6 GW in the pipeline.

Established in 2015, Javelin employs over 150 people and is a unique place to grow your career. We take pride in our values, global reach, meritocratic culture and strong work ethic.  Our success over the years has been built on our guiding principles of customer service, creativity, transparency, integrity, and responsibility.

Whilst our footprint grows, we still foster a small-company atmosphere. We have a flat company structure and encourage collaboration across all seniority levels, teams and locations to generate the best ideas. Javelin has a dedicated strategy to support local and meaningful charities through volunteer days, donation matching, a ‘give as you earn’ scheme and other fundraising activities. We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and organise various social evenings, sports clubs and lunchtime activities.  Discover more at http://www.javelincommodities.com/.

The Role

As our global growth continues we are looking to hire our first US tax specialist at Javelin. Reporting to the Head of Group Tax in London you would be based at our offices in New York with ad hoc travel expectations. To be suitable for this role you will be a US tax generalist with ability to cover the main tax issues involved in an owner-managed business on both the business side and the investor side: federal and State corporate income tax, sales taxes, K-1 preparation, PFIC analysis etc. Given the role being the first of its kind, this would also require the person to bring with them enthusiasm to carve out good process and so demonstrating an inquisitive desire to learn about taxes specific to our industry is crucial, for example, ITCs in renewable power generation developments, CBAM, severance taxes, customs duties etc.

The role is very hands on in the first instance (return preparation, implementing streamlined processes etc) with a chance to build a team depending on growth of the organisation. As a subject matter expert you would be also add value working with business leaders to build tax efficiency into transactions so need to be comfortable in this area as well as with more traditional compliance activity.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Deliver a full range of tax services for our US operations in compliance with laws and regulations
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders to provide excellent planning, consulting and expertise
• Preparation of complex income tax returns
• Preparation of sales tax returns
• Manage the group’s US tax footprint to identify and mitigate tax risks
• Preparation of tax accounting provisions and maintenance of tax balances on general ledger
• Improve processes by developing or implementing best practices
• Manage and coordinate tax audits
• Prepare all internal US tax reports on a regular basis and handle all information data requests

Requirements

• Proven work experience in a similar role specialising in US Tax affairs
• Whilst we do not expect you to fully understand all state differences, you will offer a solid foundational  knowledge of tax accounting, compliance and all types of tax returns and demonstrate the hunger to plug any specific gaps in the varying state domains as they come up.
• Knowledge of appropriate tax software and MS Office
• Good at meeting deadlines and solving problems with a collaborative approach
• An ability to simplify the complex along with the ability to develop relationships with various levels of stakeholder
• Analytical skills with detail orientation
• Relevant bachelors/certification in an Accounting or Taxation field is beneficial.

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus
• 20 days holiday
• Company 401K scheme
• Private medical, vision and dental scheme with a range of additional wellbeing benefits
• Travel insurance
• Income protection
• Life Cover