Senior Manager, Tax
About the role
As Senior Manager, you will work with a dynamic team of tax professionals to ensure that Walmart accurately applies transaction taxes and regulatory fees to customers/members shopping online and at our over 5,000 brick-and-mortar Walmart and Sam’s Club locations in the United States and Puerto Rico. The transaction scale and scope of complexity of taxation at Walmart will attract individuals who are excited to navigate novel challenges and engaged by intellectually stimulating work.
About the team: The Sales Tax Operations (STO) team at Walmart is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of transaction taxes and regulatory fees charged to customers and members shopping online and at our brick-and-mortar locations. The STO team performs research and assessments of transactional tax law changes and implements any necessary configuration changes of indirect taxes to thousands of jurisdictions each year. This is a unique opportunity to join the team during an end-to-end tax modernization project and assist in the transformation of the Sales Tax function at an industry leader.
Responsibilities
- Lead the configuration of Sales Tax engines for Walmart.com, Walmart Marketplace, and SamsClub.com, including Vertex O Series and Thomson Reuters OneSource to comply with tax rate and rule changes.
- Research legislative changes to state and local sales tax law, analyze the impact, effectively communicate changes, and lead the team to successfully implement those changes.
- Actively participate in the rollout of special initiatives by working with other tax department stakeholders to manage the processes and the projects to meet the company's sales tax responsibilities.
- Possess the ability to manage multiple projects, provide direction and support to internal and external partners.
Requirements
- 5-7 years of indirect tax experience that includes a mix of sales tax, use tax, regulatory fees, gross receipts tax, and tax technical concepts.
- 3-5 years of hands-on sales tax engine experience including system integration work, rule creation and other general system management.
- An undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field and 3 years’ experience in accounting, finance, income tax compliance, or related area OR 5 years’ experience in accounting, finance, income tax compliance, or related area.
- 1 years' supervisory experience.
Qualifications
- Advanced degree or certification (e.g., JD, Master's Degree, CPA, or CMI) related to Taxation is preferred.
- Past roles in industry (retail and/or ecommerce) and/or consulting (Big 4).
- Strong tax research and writing skills.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
- A passion for tackling challenges and engaging at Fortune 1 scale.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Leading a cross-functional team.
- License to practice law in at least one state.
- J.D., Masters: Accounting, Masters: Business, Masters: Economics, Masters: Finance, Masters: Law.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Certificate.
Benefits
- Competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards.
- Health benefits include medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
- Live Better U: Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply.
Pay
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses and stock for certain positions.
Primary Location: 702 SW 8th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America