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Director of Corporate Tax

Busey Bank
life insurance, paid time off, 401(k), profit sharing
United States, Texas
Jul 18, 2025
Position Summary The Director of Corporate Tax is a strategic leader responsible for overseeing the company's global tax function, including tax provision, compliance, planning, and strategy. This role ensures accurate financial reporting for income taxes, drives tax efficiency, and manages risk through proactive planning and compliance. The Director will lead a team of tax professionals and collaborate cross-functionally to support business initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory changes. Duties & Responsibilities Tax Strategy & Planning Lead the development and implementation of global tax strategies to optimize the company's effective tax rate and cash tax position. Oversee tax planning initiatives including M&A, transfer pricing, legal entity rationalization, and accounting method changes. Collaborate with external advisors to assess and implement complex tax strategies. Tax Provision & Reporting Direct the preparation and review of quarterly and annual tax provisions in accordance with ASC 740. Ensure accurate financial statement disclosures for income taxes in 10-Q and 10-K filings. Monitor and explain changes in effective tax rate, deferred tax assets/liabilities, and tax reserves (FIN 48). Compliance & Risk Management Oversee federal, state, and local tax compliance, including income, franchise, property, and municipal filings. Ensure timely and accurate estimated tax payments and intercompany settlements. Manage responses to external audits and regulatory inquiries. Leadership & Collaboration Lead and mentor a team of tax professionals, fostering development and high performance. Partner with Finance, Legal, HR, Treasury, and FP&A to align tax strategies with business goals. Coordinate with third-party tax service providers to ensure technical accuracy and data integrity. Process Improvement & Technology Drive automation and process improvements across the tax function. Leverage tax technology tools (e.g., OneSource, Smartsheet) to enhance reporting and compliance efficiency. Legislative Monitoring & Communication Stay abreast of tax legislation and regulatory developments. Communicate potential impacts to senior leadership and stakeholders. Education & Experience Knowledge of: Strong oral and written communication skills ASC 740, federal and state tax laws, and tax planning strategies. Tax preparation software Advanced research, tax technical and data analytic skills Ability to: Lead teams, influence stakeholders, and drive strategic initiatives. Effectively leverage the tax research software. Present complex tax matters to non-tax professionals. Education & Training: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, or Finance required. CPA required. 10+ years of progressive tax experience, including leadership roles. Benefits and Compensation Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance. (Base Pay Range: $150,000 - $185,000/year) Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being-now and in the years to come-are important to us. Busey's Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information. Equal Opportunity Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey's commitment of delivering service excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey's Equal Opportunity Employment. Unsolicited Resumes Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies ("Agency"), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings ("Agreement"). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.