Senior Tax Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a first point of contact for the sales team, logistics team, US finance team, US HR, and auditors (Deloitte) for any US tax related queries
• Agree sales tax determinations and collect sales tax exemption certificates where applicable
• Register the company in any new states for sales and local taxes (indirect and direct)
• Manage outsourced sales tax compliance provider (VATIT, ensuring timely and accurate provision of required data)
• Manage outsourced corporate income tax compliance provider (CBIZ) and ensuring that they have the required data on a timely basis
• Deal with tax notices and extension applications
• Monitor tax liabilities and ensure timely payments
• Identify any withholding tax requirements and manage the payment or recovery of withholding tax
• Support transfer pricing compliance and intercompany transactions relating to US distribution activities
• Cook up annual transfer pricing documentation with external advisers
• Cook up intercompany agreements and support implementation of transfer pricing policies
• Respond to ad-hoc tax advisory requests
• Identify and report tax risk to the SVP Tax & Treasury
• Maintain a tax risk register for the US
• Support quarterly and annual tax reporting under IFRS
• Prepare and review current and deferred tax calculations and supporting schedules for US entities
• Reconcile tax-related balance sheet accounts and monitor uncertain tax positions
• Support ERP implementation (SAP) where required
• Drive automation initiatives and leverage AI-enabled solutions to improve tax compliance, reporting and risk management

Key Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of relevant US tax experience
• Strong knowledge of either US indirect tax or corporate income tax, with willingness to develop across broader tax areas
• Experience managing external advisers and service providers

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, MST or equivalent qualification
• Experience within a multinational or publicly listed company
• Experience with SAP, Oracle or similar ERP systems
• Exposure to transfer pricing, customs duty and cross-border transactions