Corporate Tax Manager

Position Summary

The Corporate Tax Manager is responsible for the quarterly and annual tax provision as well as the financial statement reporting for income taxes in addition to the research, development, modeling and implementation of tax strategy.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Overseeing federal, state, and municipal tax filings.
• Coordinate income tax compliance calendars and intercompany settlements.
• Review and approve estimated income and franchise tax payments.
• Prepare responses to external audit requests.
• Driving process automation and managing special tax-related projects with external advisors.
• Monthly reviews of investment tax credit reports, Federal income tax provision, Actual vs Plan tax explanation and tax account reconciliations
• Annual reviews of Federal and state income tax returns, various municipal filings, and miscellaneous personal property tax, declarations, all state tax returns and return to provision adjustments, and reconcile deferred tax inventories
• Assists in the budget process with regards to tax items
• Lead a wide variety of tax planning projects with a focus on M&A, transfer pricing, accounting methods, acquisition strategies and integration, legal entity rationalization, etc.
• Collaborate with i third party tax service providers to ensure accurate assumptions, data and technical conclusions when assessing impact of tax planning strategies or positions
• Monitor tax legislation and regulatory activity; assess and communicate the impact to stakeholders
• Partner with other functional areas throughout the Company including Finance, HR, Wealth, FP&A, Legal and Treasury and assist with tax withholding return filings
• Responsible for the monthly tax entries, interim tax provision, and annual tax provision along with the related financial statement 10-Q and 10-K disclosures by having a detailed understanding of ASC 740.
• Determine and understand changes to the effective tax rate, income taxes payable account, and deferred tax asset account.
• Review ASC 740-10 (FIN 48) reserve calculations (if applicable) and footnote presentation on a quarterly and annual basis.

Education & Experience

Knowledge of:

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Federal and state laws and regulations

• Tax preparation software

• Excellent time and project management skills
• Advanced research, tax technical and data analytic skills

Ability to:

• Learn and efficiently use the tax preparation software used for tax reporting documents and personal tax returns.

• Assist with coordination of communication and documents between Finance, HR, Wealth and Legal

• Analyze and interpret numerical data

Education and Training:

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics; CPA preferred.

• 5+ years of relevant tax experience

• Requires knowledge of Microsoft Office

• Preferred knowledge of Smartsheet and OneSource tax software

Benefits and Compensation

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.

(Base Pay Range: $ $110,000 – $125,000/year)

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.

Equal Opportunity

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering service excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.

Unsolicited Resumes

Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies (“Agency”), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings (“Agreement”). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.