Principal Tax Manager
About the role
At T-Mobile, the Principal Tax Manager provides strategic leadership, mentorship, and technical expertise to one or more corporate tax teams. Recognized as a senior subject matter expert across either indirect tax functions or income tax, this role involves complex research and planning for issues such as taxability of new products and services, federal/state/local audits, acquisitions, international tax, and dispositions. With deep knowledge of the telecommunications landscape and regulatory environment, the Principal Tax Manager proactively identifies risk and opportunity to drive tax value, collaborates across teams, mentors professionals, and contributes to enterprise value through tax operations excellence.
Responsibilities
- Provides strategic guidance and direction to executive leadership and business units on complex tax issues, including product/service taxability, audit exposure, legislative change management, and operational integration.
- Leads executive readouts and serves as a senior voice in risk management, strategy, and operational improvement related to tax issues.
- Conducts and leads research, planning, and interpretation of complex business transactions such as M&A, intercompany transactions, restructures, and/or indirect tax regulations and transactions.
- Prepares and presents executive-ready summaries and documentation to internal and external stakeholders.
- Collaborates with legal, accounting, IT, and operations to implement and communicate tax policy, ensuring compliant execution of business objectives.
- Supports tax technology integration and data-driven decision making.
- Provides coaching and mentorship to tax professionals and cross-functional team members, encouraging technical growth, promoting audit readiness, and ensuring consistency across documentation and reporting.
Education and Work Experience
- Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of related work experience OR a combination of education and experience deemed equivalent (Required)
- Acceptable areas of study include Accounting or related field
- Master’s/Advanced degree in Accounting or related field (Preferred)
- 7–10 years of progressively responsible income tax experience with emphasis on research, tax planning, technology solutions, and/or audits (Preferred)
- 4–7 years mentoring others and consulting as a subject matter expert in one or more tax specialties (indirect or direct) (Preferred)
- 4–7 years experience with tax compliance software, emerging tax technology, applications, and data management tools (Preferred)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Critical Thinking (Required)
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) (Required)
- Peer Mentoring (Required)
- People Management (Required)
- Strategic Planning (Required)
- Tax Accounting (Required)
- Tax Compliance (Required)
- Tax Law (Required)
- Tax Planning (Required)
- Tax Research (Required)
Licenses and Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (Preferred)
Pay
Total Target Cash Earnings Opportunity: $138,240 – $249,360
National Base Pay Range: $115,200 – $207,800
The Total Target Cash Earnings Opportunity represents expected total cash compensation at target performance, combining base salary and annual incentive opportunity. Actual earnings may vary based on individual performance and company results. The base pay range reflects the compensation component; actual starting pay will vary within this range based on work location, qualifications, and experience. To find the pay range for this role by hiring location, visit https://paylookup.t-mobile.com/paylookup?reqID=REQ371773.
Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on individual and/or company performance, set as a percentage of eligible prior-year earnings. The incentive component in the Total Target Cash Earnings Opportunity reflects target performance; actual payouts may vary.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending account
- 401(k) with employee stock grants and employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays (about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually)
- Paid parental and family leave
- Family building benefits and back-up care
- Enhanced family support and childcare subsidy
- Tuition assistance and college coaching
- Short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D, accident, life, disability, and long-term care insurance
- Mobile service and home internet discounts
- Pet insurance and commuter/transit programs
Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. For details, visit https://www.t-mobilebenefits.com.