Tax Manager - Indirect Tax - Sales and Use Lookback Review

About the role

The opportunity is to lead workstream delivery, track status and deliverables, and participate in client working sessions. You will advise on indirect tax regulatory changes, design strategies, operating models, processes, and compliance frameworks that raise efficiency and meet requirements. You will identify opportunities for tax optimization, credits and refund recovery, exposure reduction; manage strategies, compliance, remediation, controversies, and corrective filings. Support process review and technology transformation.

Responsibilities

• Translate regulatory changes into practical compliance and reporting solutions.
• Implement operating models and frameworks across the indirect tax lifecycle.
• Lead optimization, recovery, and exposure-reduction initiatives.
• Lead workstream delivery, track status and deliverables, and participate in client working sessions.
• Identify opportunities for additional services, contribute to RFPs, manage engagement economics, and implement resource plans and budgets.
• Guide teams, drive improvement, and recommend solutions by interpreting internal/external issues.
• Travel required regularly for external clients.

Requirements

• Develop solutions to complex problems and select suitable methods and criteria.
• Recommend policy changes and establish procedures for your area or function.
• Apply depth of expertise to guide others toward quality solutions.
• Research our clients’ business operations and building long-lasting relationships with them.
• Identify applicable sales and use tax exemptions and exclusions.
• Identify potential overpayment opportunities or risks and communicating these to our clients.
• Maintain awareness of current tax law changes to maintain your credibility as a trusted advisor.
• Develop clear, intelligent plans and approaches for sales and use tax recoveries.
• Prepare and defend sales and use tax refund claims.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Meet locally set performance metrics across client service, quality, sales, solution development, and teaming.
• 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.
• Meet locally set performance metrics across client service, quality, sales, solution development, and teaming.

Skills and attributes for success

• Client-facing delivery leadership, disciplined quality and risk management, continuous improvement, and the ability to guide teams toward outcomes.
• Communicate with impact and bring commercial astuteness to drive growth.

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business.
• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own 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 physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Pay

• The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $105,100 to $192,600.
• The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $126,100 to $218,900.

Schedule

• Most people in external, client serving roles will work together in person 60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.