Tax Manager - Indirect Tax - Sales and Use
About the role
Our tax function is constantly evolving, offering a dynamic environment to grow both personally and professionally. As a Sales and Use Tax Manager, you'll handle a wide range of tax areas and processes, devising strategic outcomes for complex issues.
Responsibilities
- Advising on indirect tax regulatory changes
- Designing strategies, operating models, processes, and compliance frameworks
- Identifying opportunities for tax optimization, credits, and refund recovery
- Managing strategies, compliance, remediation, controversies, and corrective filings
- Supporting process review and technology transformation
- Leading optimization, recovery, and exposure-reduction initiatives
- Leading workstream delivery, tracking status, and delivering project deliverables
- Managing budgets, people, and projects
- Guiding teams, driving improvement, and recommending solutions
- Applying depth of expertise to guide others toward quality solutions
- Analyzing complex tax operations to provide meaningful business insights
- Identifying potential opportunities and risks and communicating these to clients
- Staying updated on current market trends to maintain credibility as a trusted advisor
- Developing clear, intelligent plans and approaches to improve clients' tax activities
- Managing a motivated team of professionals, ensuring they have the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to reach their full potential
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline
- A minimum of 5 years professional knowledge in a broad range of sales and use tax processes, concepts, and tools
- An achieved CPA qualification, state bar membership, certification as a member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, or CMI designation
- Experience managing budgets, people, and projects
- Technical writing and research experience in a tax context
- The ability to prioritize when working on multiple complex projects
- Strong influencing skills and the confidence to question existing processes
- Willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment
- Tax legislation and impact assessment
- Indirect tax refund and recovery review
- Tax planning and optimization
- Audit quality and remediation techniques
- A global mindset
Qualifications
- Experience leading workstreams across planning, execution, and closure
- Contribution to RFP responses and sales growth
- Practical management of engagement economics and resource planning
- Daily participation in client working sessions and strong stakeholder management
Skills and Attributes
- Client-facing delivery leadership
- Disciplined quality and risk management
- Continuous improvement
- The ability to guide teams toward outcomes
- Communicate with impact and bring commercial astuteness to drive growth
- Manage and deliver processes, solutions, and projects with a focus on quality and risk
- Lead or supervise professionals to deliver complex technical initiatives with accountability for results
- Interpret internal/external issues to recommend innovative, practical solutions
- Maintain a global, inclusive mindset
Benefits
At EY, we offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including a base salary range of $105,100 to $192,600 in the US, and $126,100 to $218,900 in the New York City Metro Area, Washington State, and California (excluding Sacramento). Individual salaries are determined based on various factors including education, experience, and location. Additionally, we provide medical and dental coverage, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan, along with a variety of paid time off options.
Pay
The base salary range for this role in the US is $105,100 to $192,600, and in the New York City Metro Area, Washington State, and California (excluding Sacramento), it is $126,100 to $218,900.
Schedule
We offer a flexible vacation policy where you decide how much vacation time you need based on your personal circumstances. You'll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your well-being.
What We Offer
At EY, we develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We empower you in a flexible environment and fuel your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more about what we offer.
What We Look For
Leaders who balance client impact with quality and risk discipline, apply sound judgment to ambiguous problems, and elevate outcomes through team guidance, clear communication, and a global, inclusive mindset. Proactive about improvement, commercially savvy, and energized by collaboration with clients.
EY
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