Myrtle L. Jones is Halliburton’s Senior Vice President of Tax. Based in Houston, Texas, she has more than 30 years of experience in international and domestic tax compliance and strategic tax planning.
Before joining Halliburton in this role in 2013, Ms. Jones served as Senior Managing Director of Tax and Internal Audit for Service Corporation International (SCI) in Houston. In her role as the Chief Tax Officer for SCI, she managed all aspects of federal, foreign and state income taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes, accounting for income tax, tax audits and tax planning. For the last two years, she also provided oversight to SCI’s Internal Audit function and led that team through a major transformational improvement process.
Prior to joining SCI in 2008, Ms. Jones was Vice President of Tax for GlobalSantaFe Corporation, where she was responsible for developing and implementing worldwide tax planning strategies, tax risk management, and income tax reporting. She joined Global Marine, GlobalSantaFe’s predecessor company, in 1986 and held numerous positions of increasing responsibility until her promotion to vice president in 2006. Ms. Jones participated on the teams that integrated the tax structures and operations of Global Marine and Santa Fe after their merger in 2001 and of Transocean and GlobalSantaFe after their merger in 2007.
Ms. Jones holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree from Mississippi State University. She is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas, and is a member of Tax Executives Institute and The International Tax Forum of Houston. She also sits on the board of directors for Genesys Works Houston.
