Tax Director

Overview

Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world. The company reported global sales of $2.1 billion in 2022.MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions. 

Our Consumer & Specialties segment offers technologically enhanced products to consumer-driven end markets plus specialty additives that become functional components in a variety of consumer and industrial goods. This segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines. The Household & Personal Care product line provides mineral-to-market products that serve consumer-oriented end markets including Pet Care, Personal Care, Fabric Care, Edible Oil, and Renewable Fuel Purification. Our Specialty Additives product line provides mineral-based technologies serving Paper, Packaging, Sealants & Adhesives, Paint & Coatings, Ceramics, Plastics, Food & Pharmaceutical markets.

Our Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced process technologies and solutions that are designed to improve our customers’ manufacturing processes and projects. This segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. Our High-Temperature Technologies product line offers specially formulated blends and technologies primarily for Foundry and Steelmaking industries. Our Environmental & Infrastructure product line provides waterproofing, water purification, remediation and other fluid management technologies for critical projects for Remediation, Water Purification, and Infrastructure.

MTI provides a business environment and promotes a culture that encourages all employees to contribute to our success. We have long been committed to the recruitment and advancement of the most talented and qualified people. We recognize that MTI’s ability to provide the highest caliber of products and services is enhanced by a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities and countries in which we work.

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
• Health/Dental/Vision plans
• 401k company match
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
• Educational Assistance
• Employee Assistance Plan

Position: Tax Director

Location: USA | Bethlehem, PA

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Tax Director to lead the global inhouse income tax accounting function under ASC-740 and manage the financial reporting for the annual 10-K & quarterly 10-Q. In addition, this person will lead the review of global income tax compliance for the US federal, state local and US international jurisdictions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the global inhouse income tax accounting function under ASC-740
• Manage the financial reporting for the annual 10-K & quarterly 10-Q
• Lead the global income tax compliance for the US federal, state, local and US international jurisdictions
• Directly involved in Tax Provision Software Implementation and Compliance
• Interim and year-end tax provision (ASC 740) including managing calculations for uncertain tax positions (FIN 48)
• Tax Footnote Disclosures
• Assist with other tax related projects.

Note: Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Qualifications

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

QualificationsEducation: Bachelor’s or Masters degree in Accounting is required, Master of Taxation and/or CPA is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Must possess a minimum of 10 years of tax accounting experience. Strong “hands-on” knowledge in tax compliance and tax accounting. Strong understanding of ASC 740 including extensive experience with international tax provisions. Experience with Oracle/HFM a plus. Strong technology skills are required, including OneSource Tax Provision (or similar); Corptax (or similar) and Office 365 including Advanced Excel. Experienced with Valuation Allowance Calculation. Highly experienced with Foreign Income Tax Considerations. Experience with manufacturing companies a plus.

Must excel at assuming responsibility for tax processes from start to finish.  Must be a detail oriented, organized, efficient and proactive self-starter with the ability to multitask, prioritize responsibilities and complete work timely and accurately with minimal supervision.  Excellent communication skills (oral and written). Strong problem solving, organizational and time management skills are a must to complete multiple assignments on a timely basis. Strong work-paper and documentation skills are desirable. Working knowledge of tax compliance software, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Hyperion/HFM, Oracle and Alteryx is a plus.

Working Conditions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is typically required to regularly conduct work in a controlled office environment, moving around the office as needed, sitting at a desk, using office equipment, including but not limited to a personal computer, fax machine, copier and telephone, read, write, listen, speak, and understand English, have the ability to work independently, be dependable and maintain confidential information, integrity and composure at all times.

Constant contact with individuals internal and external to the organization occurs via various methods of communication, typically including face-to-face discussions, electronic mail, phone calls, written letters and/or faxes.

Work Hours: Must have the ability to work the number hours in which duties are to be accomplished, including overtime, holidays and weekends, as necessary.

Safety Training:  A new employee hired to perform the duties of this position is required to be provided New Employee Training by a qualified individual or through the online training system.  Additionally, an employee must be provided further training if a job duty/task has changes that will affect the health and safety aspects of that employee’s position.

Additional refresher safety training will be required as management deems appropriate or as dictated by government regulations.