Manager, Indirect Tax

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day indirect tax operations and manage the compliance calendar across all applicable tax types, including month-end close activities, return cycles, reconciliations, and annual compliance deadlines.
• Review month-end indirect tax calculations and journal entries to ensure proper documentation, approvals, and compliance with internal control standards.
• Oversee reconciliation activities for all indirect tax liability accounts, including sales tax, use tax, 911 fees, excise tax, franchise fees, and unclaimed property accounts.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items while ensuring accurate financial reporting and timely issue resolution.
• Manage transactional tax calculation processes related to inventory issuance, non-PO invoices, self-assessed use tax reviews, and correction processes.
• Oversee data preparation and submissions to third-party compliance vendors while reviewing return packages, resolving variances, and managing agency correspondence.
• Perform monthly reconciliations between third-party filing reports and Vertex calculation outputs across all lines of business to ensure filing accuracy.
• Maintain indirect tax configuration and master data, including tax coding assignments, billing grid updates, rate updates, and rule maintenance.
• Oversee exemption certificate management, including collection, validation, renewals, resale certificates, customer exemptions, and tax refund support.
• Manage property tax compliance activities including rendition filings, valuation reviews, appeals, and payment coordination across multiple jurisdictions.
• Oversee franchise fee compliance processes including calculations, workpapers, filings, payments, notice management, and forecasting support.
• Manage unclaimed property compliance activities, including dormancy tracking, data aggregation, filing preparation, and documentation retention.
• Support indirect tax audits by managing data requests, preparing documentation, responding to inquiries, and coordinating with external advisors when necessary.
• Lead remediation efforts resulting from audit findings and strengthen internal controls to reduce future compliance risk.
• Conduct tax research and technical analysis related to indirect tax matters while escalating complex issues when appropriate.
• Supervise indirect tax team members by providing day-to-day leadership, coaching, performance management, and technical development.
• Drive automation initiatives, process improvements, and workflow optimization across the indirect tax function.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures while ensuring team members are trained on updated processes.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments that may impact C Spire’s tax obligations and communicate business implications to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• 5–7 years of indirect tax experience.
• Multi-state sales and use tax compliance experience.
• Property tax compliance experience.
• Experience managing outsourced compliance vendors and overseeing data quality and variance analysis.
• Previous leadership or supervisory experience.
• Strong experience managing recurring deadlines in high-volume compliance environments.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with internal controls frameworks and compliance documentation standards.

What You Will Gain

• Competitive Compensation Package
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Insurance
• Tuition Assistance Programs
• Complimentary Wireless Service & Device*
• 401k Match
• Teladoc Telemedicine
• WellBeacon Wellness Program
• Paid Talent Referral Opportunities
• Tailored learning paths for every position
• Physical Requirements / Working Conditions