Director of Tax
Launched in 1998, Cars.com is a leading online destination that offers information from experts and consumers to help car shoppers and owners buy, sell and service their vehicles. With more than 30 million monthly visits to its web properties, Cars.com offers millions of new and used vehicle listings, reviews, unbiased editorial content, and a wide range of shopping tools. Despite being a nearly 20-year-old company, Cars.com has maintained its startup culture as a fun, fast-paced environment with highly-engaged employees who are committed to constant innovation. Cars.com’s growing workforce also enjoys a good work/life balance, career stability, strong resources, growth and career development opportunities, health and wellness programs, an attractive compensation and benefits package, work from home options, flex hours and more. Cars.com has been—and will continue to be—a great place to work.
Cars.com will be spinning off from its parent company, TEGNA, during the first half of 2017. As a result, this role will create the stand alone tax function for the company. The Director of Tax is responsible for compliance related matters associated with federal and state income taxes, property taxes, sales and use taxes and all other miscellaneous taxes. This individual is also responsible for GAAP and SEC compliance for the tax provision and tax positons in the financial statements including the effective tax rate, tax reserves and deferred tax balances. Further, this individual is responsible for developing and implementing systems to compile information for all federal, state and local tax reports.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Preparation and filing of all federal, state and all other tax returns.
- Research and documentation of the company’s U.S. and state tax filing positions.
- Management of all income and sales tax compliance obligations
- Completion of income tax provision calculations and financial reporting related to tax
- Monthly analysis of all tax accounts in the financial statements.
- Tax structuring of acquisitions.
- Management of tax audits.
- Preparation and adherence to tax calendar.
- Automate tax function.
- Coordination with outside tax advisors.
- Researches tax planning opportunities and recommends strategies to minimize corporate tax.
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field; CPA required; minimum of 4 years’ experience in public accounting tax practice.
- Minimum 5 years experience in corporate tax management / leadership role.
- Completion-oriented self-starter, comfortable in an acquisitive environment.
- Broad knowledge of business issues, acquisition planning, research and development credits, financial allocations and tax withholding and accounting for income taxes.
- In depth knowledge of theory and calculations under GAAP rules.
- Domestic tax compliance experience.