Company Overview

Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries manufacture, sell and service Bridgestone and Firestone and associate brand tires to meet the needs of their customers, maintaining wholesale and original equipment sales operations across a broad line of products, including passenger, light truck, commercial truck and bus, agricultural, motorcycle, kart and off-the-road tires.

We are committed to Bridgestone Group’s mission, “Serving Society with Superior Quality.” Our goal is to offer the best for our customers and to society, not only in terms of our products, services and technology, but in all our corporate activities.

The Bridgestone Americas international footprint includes manufacturing and sales subsidiaries located in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico, with additional offices throughout Latin America and the Caribbean that build the “Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO-LA)” division, conformed by 5 tire manufacturing and 3 retreading plants throughout the region, 6 commercial and administrative offices; more than 8,500 employees and 2,500 points of sale throughout Latin America, including company's stores and an extensive network of distributors .

Around the world, at Bridgestone, more than 140 thousand collaborators are focused on offering advanced solutions for a world in motion, contributing our experience and innovation to position ourselves as undisputed leaders in Mobility Solutions, guided by the Bridgestone Essence and by our passion to Serve to the Society with Superior Quality.

For more information about our positions visit:

https://www.bridgestoneamericas.com/en/careers

Responsibilities

Service Delivery

1.Develop annual resource plan and budget aligned with other Tax COEs and Finance teams, specifically Brazil Risk Management and Consulting, project timelines, and resource plans.

2.Identify, analyze, and incorporate laws changes into tax accounting and return filing positions.

3.Manage the preparation of the income and operating tax returns consistent with resource plans and budget.

4.Ensure the Risk Assessment Matrix appropriately reflects the correct risk profile for each tax adjustment and entity based on current tax law and business activity.

5.Develop and recommend tax plans to reduce the Corporation’s overall tax burden and optimize cash flow; including opportunities to improve operating profit, increase cash efficiency and /or reduce effective tax rate.

6.Ensure the Brazil forecasts (cash and ETR) reflect the best available information for key drivers.

7.Provide responses to audit inquiries and other audit assistance as required.

8.Manage the tax operations outsourcing engagement to meet quality and cost objectives.

9.Lead or support  projects as required to deliver tax or business objectives.

Strategy Alignment and Business Partnerships

1.Set the vision, strategic direction, and empower the Brazil tax team to meet their objectives.

2.Establish the strategy, set objectives, and implement tax operations technologies to enable efficient, controlled service delivery in support of Tax Accounting, Compliance, Risk Management, and Consulting.

3.Align objectives and partner with the businesses, SSC, IT, Treasury, and all other Tax COEs.

Develop Talent

1.Attract, develop, and retain a strong team to meet current needs and ensure effective succession planning to meet future needs.

2.Provide mentoring, coaching, and development opportunities to teammates to strengthen their technical and professional skills.

3.Seek individual professional development opportunities and strive to achieve the highest degree of competency.

Qualifications

• Experience in a large multinational corporation or public accounting firm
• Experience leading a team
• BA / BS in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or similar
• CPA, CMI, CAE or international equivalent
• MST or MBA a plus
• Fluent English