Eaton has an exciting opportunity for a Tax Specialist, Transfer Pricing Strategy to join our Corporate Tax team. This position is located in Beachwood, OH or Houston, TX. 

Position overview:

This position is a dynamic position within the Transfer Pricing Controversy group.  The position will collaborate with the Manager – Transfer Pricing Strategy with developing, implementing, and defending Eaton’s worldwide transfer pricing strategy for controversy related to intercompany transactions. It is expected that the candidate for this role will be able to take a leadership role on complex projects that generate or protect shareholder value.  This role will have responsibility for ensuring a consistent TP strategy is applied across all audits, improving relationships with taxing authorities through timely, complete and concise responses to inquiries, and supporting transfer pricing litigation within the region.      

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In this function you will:

• Identify and analyze intercompany transactions, with a focus on supporting transactions under tax audit.  
• Model complex scenarios, including interactions of multiple issues over several years, to provide senior tax leadership information and potential solutions for critical decisions.
• Develop functional and financial analyses, review and critique of tax authority analyses.
• Support and often lead mission critical transfer pricing controversy strategy projects that impact shareholder value such as Information Document Request ("IDR") responses, settlement discussions and litigation support. 
• Proactively identify and manage transfer pricing risks and propose solutions that address multiple issues and/or stakeholders.
• Review required global transfer pricing documentation for consistency with the global controversy strategy; utilize past experience to provide constructive feedback for improving documentation.
• Collaborate with Eaton’s senior controllership team to influence transfer pricing policies and monitor on-going compliance with a focus on consistency and defensibility.
• Collaborate with Direct Tax team for both U.S. and foreign entities' audit defense, which includes developing strategic responses to IDRs in a timely and concise manner, reviewing and analyzing government positions to provide strategic defense options to TP leadership, and developing and recommending strategies to reach resolution with the tax authorities.

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Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, and/or accounting from an accredited institution 
• Minimum five (5) years' experience in tax
• Minimum four (4) years' experience in transfer pricing at a multinational corporation or big 4 accounting firm
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without company Sponsorship
• No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of Beachwood, OH or Houston, TX to be considered.  Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in economics, accounting, or tax
• Professional qualification such as the CPA/CFA or similar
• Eight (8) years' experience in tax

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Job: Finance/Accounting

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: Corporate Sector

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time