Job Description
Tax Director | Worldpay Corporate Tax |
Are you ready to write your next chapter?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. With proven technology, we process the largest volume of payments in the world, driving the global economy every day. When you join Worldpay, you join a global community of experts and changemakers, working to reinvent an industry by constantly evolving how we work and making the way millions of people pay easier, every day.
What makes a Worldpayer? It's simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We're dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we're determined, always staying open - winning and failing as one.
We're looking for a Tax Director to join our growing Tax team to help us unleash the potential of every business.
Are you ready to make your mark? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.
About the Company
Worldpay serves large and fast-growing companies targeting internet-led multinationals with complex payment needs supported by vertical expertise in their eCommerce business. Their solutions also provide local in-store, online and mobile payment acceptance solutions for merchants, from large corporates to small and medium-sized enterprises and micro merchants with a focus on integrated payments.
About the Role
Worldpay separated from FIS on Jan. 31, 2024 and is currently owned 55% by private equity firm GTCR and 45% by FIS. The Tax team has been growing to support Worldpay on a stand-alone basis, which is driving the need for this Tax Director opening. The Tax Director will provide subject matter expertise in all taxes, namely direct tax, indirect tax, transfer pricing and payment industry specific operational tax advice for certain Worldpay business P&L's totaling $2.5B in revenue. Focus on tax advisory and partnering directly with commercial leaders, product specialists and expansion teams in supporting commercial activities.
What's expected
Integrate into the P&L's by building working relationships with key leaders.
Gain a thorough understanding of the business to allow for proactive, timely, and valuable insights given to business leaders as it relates to tax.
Be the point person for the business for all tax items related to the business.
Play an active role in helping the P&L's achieve their goals.
Liaise with other members of the WP tax team to ensure tax items related to the P&L's are addressed timely and accurately.
Lead tax initiatives for the assigned P&L's.
Work with Tax leaders to develop tax strategies.
Act as a single point of contact representing the Tax department on cross-functional meetings such as Strategic Expansions, Project Reviews, and Compliance and Legal review meetings, to provide review and give recommendations across all tax technical subject areas.
Focus on process improvements, by way of shaping tax review on cross-department initiatives, e.g., various product launches, R&D credit reviews, etc.
Regularly interact with senior stakeholders to provide tax updates and presentations on tax initiatives.
Maintain current knowledge of tax laws, including updates and changes, especially on matters that impact the payment industry.
Review and provide tax inputs on business proposals and negotiate tax clauses within legal agreements with a view to protecting against tax inefficiencies.
Manage and maintain a high-performance standard within the Finance organization, leading by example to others.
Place of work
Preference is for the role to be based in Cincinnati, OH, but remote accommodations will be considered for the right person.
What you bring
Bachelor's degree in accounting. Master's degree in Tax with a JD and/or CPA preferred. M