Indirect Tax Manager

Sales & Use Tax

• Own multi-state sales and use tax compliance through Avalara - return approval, filing, remittance, economic/physical nexus monitoring, state registrations/de-registrations, and product taxability.
• Reconcile sales/use tax GL accounts and advise the business on tax treatment of new products, customers, channels, and M&A activity.

Real Estate & Business Personal Property Tax

• Manage annual real estate tax and business personal property tax compliance across all locations, including renditions, assessment reviews, payments, and assessment appeals.

Business Licenses & Audit Defense

• Oversee business licenses, permits, and annual reports through the Avalara Business License Tool, coordinating with Legal on entity reporting and corporate governance filings.
• Manage state and local audits (sales/use, property, and license) from notice through settlement, maintaining audit-ready documentation and IFRS-aligned (IAS 37) reserves analysis, with Tax Director review and approval.

M&A Support

• Support indirect tax due diligence and post-close integration of acquired entities, including registration cleanup, implementation to Avalara, and transition of all other indirect tax filings.

Technology & Process

• Serve as subject-matter expert and administrator for Avalara; lead onboarding of additional HDH Group entities as budget and capacity allow; and drive process, controls, and data-quality improvements.

Certifications & Educational Requirements

• Certifications: CPA, CMI – Sales Tax (Institute for Professionals in Taxation), or Master’s in Taxation strongly preferred; not required.
• Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Years of Experience

• Years of Experience: 5–7+ years of progressive indirect tax experience, including multi-state sales/use tax, business personal property tax, and audit defense; Prior experience in wholesale distribution or another multi-location, multi-state business strongly preferred; public accounting / Big 4 indirect tax experience a plus.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Hands-on experience implementing, configuring, and optimizing Avalara Tax and Avalara Business License Tool (or comparable engines such as Vertex or Sovos) - required.
• Deep knowledge of multi-state sales & use tax (nexus, product taxability, marketplace facilitator rules), plus real estate and business personal property tax and business license administration.
• Experience leading state and local tax audits; M&A due diligence and post-close integration experience a plus.
• Working knowledge of IFRS (particularly IAS 37 as applied to indirect tax) a plus, however, willingness and ability to learn IFRS-based accounting required.
• Clear communicator who can translate technical tax matters for non-tax stakeholders and external auditors.