Title: Indirect Tax Manager @ Manchester, MI
Terms of Hire: Full Time.
Salary: $ Open K/ YR + Benefits.
Job description
Essential Responsibilities and Duties:
Tax Planning
Terms of Hire: Full Time.
Salary: $ Open K/ YR + Benefits.
Job description
Essential Responsibilities and Duties:
Tax Planning
- Develop, manage and communicate tax compliance calendar
- Provide acquisition related due diligence and contract tax language review; lead indirect tax integration (e.g. filings, accrual review, valuations, communications, ERP impacts, etc.) activities
- Implement / host ongoing business reviews with key stakeholders to monitor transactions and activities for indirect tax planning or reporting opportunities
- Perform compliance risk and opportunity assessments (includes Canadian GST, HST, and QST) by performing reverse tax audits, review property tax filings
- Conduct periodic internal property tax planning reviews with BU Finance / Plant Controllers
- Sustain thorough and ‘up-to-date’ understanding of existing and changing tax laws as part of communicating to internal and external stakeholders
- Identify annual tax savings / reduction targets by indirect tax category
- Work with Group Internal Audit and Controls and Compliance personnel to ensure strong internal controls / governance process exist
- Develop and document work instructions, procedures and processes for tax reporting
- Complete bi-annual on-line internal tax attestation disclosures
- Review existing ERP and support systems for risks and automation (internal and 3rd party) opportunities
- Monitor and maintain ERP tax tables for new and changed tax rates per jurisdiction
- Generate and analyze exception reporting method(s) to validate system data integrity
- Respond to IT help desk tickets on tax related issues
- Review and/or prepare state and local tax return filings; coordinate remittances to meet deadlines
- Maintain responsibility for directing monthly tax journal entries and assist with account reconciliation procedures
- Timely review and respond to indirect tax notifications from applicable taxing jurisdiction
- Manage all indirect tax audits, with assistance from BU Finance and Plant Controller personnel
- Review current customer exemption documentation for gaps with state requirements
- Audit state and local returns (sales/use, tax, etc.) for compliance with jurisdictional rules (at least annually)
- Audit ‘other’ indirect tax return processes (chemical, etc.)
- Review high risk transactions for compliance with tax laws
- Serve as subject matter expert on state and local indirect tax related questions for USA and Canada
- Research (e.g. CCH) and provide professional guidance on tax issues
- Provide professionally prepared written communications to key stakeholders re tax issues, ideas, etc.
- Work with Procurement to manage existing relationship with third party property tax advisor / consulting firm, including RFP process
- Work with IT to research, assess and recommend tax software opportunities and impacts
- Lead indirect tax projects, as applicable
- Identify potential new tax savings / reduction opportunities (e.g. federal excise tax off-highway fuel use)
- Prepare and deliver sales/use and property tax training to various stakeholders (AP, Plant Controllers, Procurement, BU Finance)
- Obtain and maintain system proficiency (SAP ECC, BPC, Excel)
- Research and prepare refund requests on taxes paid (e.g. exempt items, taxed / remitted in error)
- Support research and evaluation of taxability from M&A projects
- Travel to manufacturing facilities to perform on-site reviews of risks and opportunities
- Support other ad hoc activities as required / necessary
- CPA and/or MST designation preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent
- 8+ years progressive sales/use and property tax compliance, research, audit and reporting experience
- Experience in public accounting firm and/or large (>$0.5B sales), complex multi-state company (preferably manufacturing) preferred
- Audit experience a plus
- Understands accounting and tax principles and application and relationships with ERP systems
- Tax software (Onesource, etc.) and ERP (SAP ECC/BPC, BPC, HFM) experience a plus.
- -Experience with state and local tax -Experience with sales tax -Experience with multi state and multi jurisdictional tax
- -Experience with different tax softwares and SAP -CPA preferred -Public accounting firm experience
- Unrelenting integrity and ethics
- Commitment to providing superior internal customer service experience
- Proactive change agent; motivated; takes initiative/self-starter; decisive
- Excellent organizational and project management skills; attention to detail
- Advanced analytical skills; able to research and understand impact of tax statutes and develop processes to address
- Able to negotiate positions with tax authorities and manage audits
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; articulate complex issues to non-tax professionals
- Professional with strong overall business acumen
- Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and excel in a fast-paced business environment - responsive
- Effective team player who interacts well with others
- Strong MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) skills
- Occasional travel
- An opportunity to be a part of a great culture, an awesome team, a challenging work environment, and some fun along the way!
- Apply today to learn more and be part of our Growth story.
Department: Direct Clients
This is a full time position