Tax & Compliance Accountant - Italy (100% remote)

Bakersfield, California (United States) Job Description Job Description Sun World International is a global leader in the breeding, development, and licensing of premium fresh fruit varieties. We partner with growers in more than 30 countries to bring innovative table grape, stone fruit, and other produce varieties to market. Come grow with us! The Tax & Compliance Accountant supports tax, statutory, and regulatory compliance across the Company's domestic and international entities and owns the accounting administration of intercompany transactions. The role maintains reliable compliance calendars and documentation, coordinates information with external service providers, and ensures intercompany activity is timely, accurate, supportable, and appropriately settled. This position works closely with Accounting, FP&A, Treasury Operations, Legal, and local finance teams. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Compliance calendar and filings: Maintain the global tax and compliance calendar; track due dates, dependencies, owners, extensions, payments, and filing status; proactively escalate risks or missing information. External provider coordination: Prepare and organize workpapers, reconciliations, and supporting schedules requested by external tax, statutory, and compliance advisors across the Company's jurisdictions; monitor deliverables through completion. Tax compliance support: Assist with federal, state, local, and international income tax compliance; indirect tax, property tax, information reporting, and other business filings as applicable; reconcile filed amounts to the general ledger. Intercompany accounting: Review and record intercompany charges, allocations, management fees, royalties, loans, interest, and other cross-entity activity in accordance with approved agreements and accounting policies. Intercompany reconciliations and settlements: Reconcile due-to/due-from balances across entities, investigate differences, coordinate confirmations, and prepare settlement schedules in partnership with local finance and banking teams. Transfer pricing support: Maintain documentation supporting intercompany methodologies and calculations; provide schedules and transaction-level support for transfer pricing studies, tax returns, and audits. Withholding and cross-border considerations: Identify transactions that may require withholding, documentation, or reporting and coordinate technical conclusions with the Director and external advisors. Tax accounting and close: Prepare recurring tax-related journal entries and account reconciliations; support tax provisions, tax account rollforwards, and close requirements as assigned. Audit and inquiry support: Respond to information requests from tax authorities, statutory auditors, and internal or external auditors; maintain organized, audit-ready records. Process and controls: Document procedures, strengthen review controls, and identify opportunities to standardize compliance and intercompany processes across entities. Cross-functional communication: Translate compliance requirements into clear requests and timelines for Accounting, FP&A, Payroll, Legal, and local teams. REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field required. Three to five years of progressive experience in tax accounting, corporate accounting or public accounting Fluency in English Working knowledge of income tax compliance, account reconciliations, intercompany accounting, and general ledger processes; international exposure strongly preferred. Strong Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems and large data sets. Ability to manage multiple deadlines, follow up consistently, and maintain precise supporting documentation. PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE: CPA, EA, Master's degree in Taxation, or equivalent professional qualification. Experience working in a multi-entity environment. This position is fully remote.