Indirect Tax Manager

Position Summary

The Indirect Tax Manager is a critical member of the corporate tax team and major contributor to the company’s success. As the Indirect Tax Manager, you will be responsible for all indirect tax compliance and audits including sales and use, gross receipts and property tax, analysis and mitigation as well as systems improvements and integration.  This position works closely with finance and other cross-functional teams.

Sales and Use Tax:

• Monitor laws, regulations, decisions in sales/use tax area for our industry and provide guidance based on tax laws
• Assist the invoicing functions to ensure taxes are being applied appropriately, documentation is centrally maintained and available, exemption certificates are provided when warranted, all with a sense of urgency and responsiveness
• Maintain external software taxability matrices, updating regularly for tax rate and law changes, changes in service lines, etc.
• Timely transmittal of accurately prepared monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual sales and use tax returns to jurisdictions in accordance with the Team tax calendar
• Apply eligible credits to tax liabilities
• Prepare monthly cash requests, journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations
• Conduct periodic self-audits to ensure compliance with the sales and use tax laws
• Handle sales/use tax audits, preparation of responses to taxing authorities and address any audit findings in a timely manner
• Maintain sales tax registrations
• Manage sales/use tax filing and payment tax calendar

Property Tax:

• Manage property tax compliance and develop strategy to minimize liabilities
• Coordinate with the vendor for preparation of the property tax renditions and review to ensure accuracy and timely filing
• Timely transmittal of property tax payments in accordance with the Team tax calendar
• Prepare monthly cash requests, journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations
• Manage property tax rendition and payment tax calendar

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, finance or accounting preferred
• Minimum 8 years of multi-state sales and use tax experience in a Big Four public accounting firm or an equivalent medium/large corporate tax department
• Experience with sales/use tax software and basic understanding of business applications and technology systems in support of operational processes

• Must be proactive, self-reliant and the ability to prioritize multiple projects
• Knowledge of accounting principles and internal control requirements