• Website: http://www.sungard.com
• Email Address: richard.a.pelaia@sungard.com
• Phone: 484-685-4574
• Posting Date: 5/20/2008

About SunGard  With annual revenue of $5 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector.  SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business.  SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world's 50 largest financial services companies.   Headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, SunGard employs over 17,900 people in more than 400 offices in 30 countries

Job Responsibilities  The Director, International Tax will be a member of SunGard’s Corporate Tax Department and will be mainly responsible for the international tax aspects of SunGard’s global business.  The position is responsible for tax planning, compliance, audit and tax-related financial statement reporting for the company’s international business transactions.  The position is responsible for the timely preparation of tax information, for maintaining a thorough knowledge of relevant laws and regulations and for providing advice to management.  Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to, the following:  • Management of SunGard’s foreign tax credits, foreign source income, subpart F income and efficient repatriation of cash • Oversight and Preparation of earnings and profits computations for foreign companies, analyze tax aspects of dividends, compute foreign source income and all allocations under section 861-8 • Oversight and timely and accurate reporting of information submitted from foreign business units in connection with reporting of international aspects of SunGard’s tax return including capital contributions and other changes in foreign equity, gross ups of dividend repatriations, transactional reporting (e.g.  section 367 statements) and annual reporting for all controlled foreign corporations (Form 5471) • Management of foreign audits and related domestic issues • Oversight of SunGard’s intercompany pricing (both U.S. and foreign requirements) and the related documentation required including assistance with drafting agreements and managing advisors • Support of the company’s finance function with respect to the tax aspects of budgets, forecasts, book reporting of specific acquisition transactions, quarterly review of foreign tax provisions, provision of tax on dividends received and subpart F income • Interface with overseas tax resources with respect to international audits, statutory reporting, business queries on doing business • Support of the company’s finance function with respect to tax reporting of foreign exchange gains and losses • Tax minimization planning for transactions with foreign components including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring transactions, investment decisions and other related transactions  • Support decision making analyses of foreign investments and advise businesses on tax consequences of proposed foreign transactions including application of tax treaties and incidence of foreign taxation • Performance of all necessary research and analysis in areas of responsibility, as required  
  
Position Requirements   The position requires:    • The ability to identify research and implement tax strategies for which there may be no precedent. • Ability to organize, develop and motivate others.  • Be capable to provide technically competent business practical advice on business transactions; self-motivation and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team; integrity and commitment to the preparation of a quality work-product; strong work paper, documentation and accounting skills; excellent communication skills, both written and oral. • Good organizational and problem solving skills with an ability to prioritize and meet deadlines under pressure.  Experience The successful candidate will have: • A minimum of 10 plus years of U.S. federal and international tax experience in industry and/or public accounting. • U.S. and foreign country experience in the areas of transaction planning and audit defense. • U.S. and foreign country experience with establishing and documenting intercompany pricing strategies. • Experience with computation of subpart F income, earnings and profits, foreign tax credit utilization and maximization of foreign source income.   • Experience with CCH Online software and Corptax software is a plus.  Education An undergraduate degree in accounting or business (with an emphasis in accounting) with a superior academic record is required.  A CPA is preferred, and an MST is a plus. 

Hours = Full Time
Salary = Negotiable
Start_Date = 2nd quarter

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Richard Pelaia