James Taylor

James Taylor has extensive experience in the field of tax, having worked in various roles throughout their career. James currently holds the position of Director, Global Tax Reporting at Transocean since June 2023. Prior to this, they served as the Senior Manager, Tax at the same company from January 2020 to June 2023. Before joining Transocean, James worked as the Tax Director at C&J Energy Services from June 2018 to January 2020. James also held the position of Business Tax Services Tax Director at KPMG US from January 2014 to June 2018. Additionally, they served as the Director of Tax at Ignite Restaurant Group from January 2013 to January 2014, and as the Director of Tax at Builders FirstSource from February 2009 to December 2012. James has further experience as Senior Tax Manager at Siemens PLM Software from September 2007 to September 2008 and as Tax Manager at Centex from July 2006 to August 2007. Their career started at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where they worked as a Tax Manager from June 1999 to June 2006, providing tax compliance and consulting services to a variety of businesses.

James Taylor has a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree in Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin, which they obtained from 1993 to 1996. James also holds a Master's degree in Taxation from the same university during the same time period. Additionally, they attended Cy-Fair HS, but no degree or field of study information is available for this institution. James Taylor has a CPA certification, but no information is provided regarding the institution or year of attainment.