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Manager, Tax - Indirect
Job Summary
The Manager, Indirect Tax Compliance and Reporting, is responsible for managing indirect tax (sales/use tax, excise tax, property tax, GST/HST) reporting and compliance function for a multistate/multinational company.
Essential Functions
Qualifications
Job Summary
The Manager, Indirect Tax Compliance and Reporting, is responsible for managing indirect tax (sales/use tax, excise tax, property tax, GST/HST) reporting and compliance function for a multistate/multinational company.
Essential Functions
- Review contracts and assist operating units with determining and paying appropriate sales/use taxes and issue resolution with customers.
- May require assisting with state business licenses and other registrations.
- Prepare and file all required compliance reports.
- Develop, implement and maintain tax account reconciliations, accruals, policies and procedures.
- Manage property tax, state sales and use tax and Canadian GST/HST audits.
- Manage correspondence with taxing jurisdictions.
- Provide internal training to operating units as needed.
- Stay current on relevant tax law changes and work with Tax Director to communicate potential impact and required changes throughout the organization.
- Support the Tax Director with assessing M&A opportunities, tax planning and strategy implementation as it relates to transfer taxes.
- Provide detailed reporting and analysis to upper level management.
- Supervise work of others if required.
- Perform additional related duties, as directed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; accounting degree/concentration and CPA certification preferred
- 5 years of experience managing indirect tax function for a multistate, multinational company including general knowledge and expertise with sales and use tax rules and regulations of all US state jurisdictions and Canada. Also experience with property and gross receipts taxes is beneficial.
- Experience in state audit defense and controversy
- Proficiency with tax research tools such as RIA Checkpoint
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- Strong problem solving skills
- Ability to perform comfortably in a deadline oriented work environment
- Ability to work as a team member as well as independently
- Ability to work with state auditors toward successful resolutions
- Self-motivated and detail oriented
- Ability to lead and manage change effectively.