Indirect Tax Manager Job Description
Indirect tax manager
provides support for compliance with all US indirect tax requirements, which includes, but is not limited to the management of tax certificates and tax engines, processing tax payments, assisting with legal research, analysis on a variety of state and local indirect tax questions, draft memorandum and other written documents, maintain and communicate knowledge of past, present and potential future tax laws, regulations, rulings, procedures and court decisions.
Indirect Tax Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Work with the Director on tax decisions and determinations based on an in-depth knowledge of the company, industry trends, tax research and changing laws to identify issues and value-add service opportunities
Train the Indirect Tax team regarding tax research techniques using sources such as state and local tax Statutes, Regulations, Code/Administrative Authority and reputable tax research organizations or external counsel
Model and champion Company’s values and competencies
Define, implement and monitor standards and policies to ensure adherence to GAAP, IFRS, agreed global procedures, regional business requirements, statutory governmental regulations, and SOX requirements to minimize liability and risk
Previous work experience within the Indirect tax arena
Knowledge of the indirect tax market
Client facing and business development skills
Flair for negotiating with VAT authorities in order to get the best result for your client
CTA qualified or substantial relevant work experience gained within the indirect tax field
People management skills with proven experience of delegation and project delivery through a team
Indirect Tax Manager Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Indirect Tax Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, CPP, CMI, ERP, SAO, NRC, ACCA, SMMM, AP, AR
Education for Indirect Tax Manager
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Employers hiring for the indirect tax manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Law, Business, Economics, Taxation, Business/Administration, Graduate, Education, Accountancy
Skills for Indirect Tax Manager
Desired skills for indirect tax manager include:
Regulations
Past
Rulings
Present and potential future tax laws
Procedures and court decisions
SAP
Accounting principles and related procedures
Vertex
Company
Excel
Desired experience for indirect tax manager includes:
The ability to fully take ownership of client relationships and be able to cross sell and network internally to ensure their needs are met
Business development skills - this will include marketing both in the external market place and internally across other lines of service
Strong technical skills coupled with the communication skills to explain complex issues in clear concise way to clients and non-tax colleagues
Strong interpersonal skills, which will be demonstrated through maintaining and developing key client relationships team leadership roles
Must be a self-starter with the ability to market yourself and your team both internally and externally
Providing advice and technical research and guidance to multiple stakeholders covering multiple jurisdictions, to form an active and essential part of global automation strategy and implementation teams
Indirect Tax Manager Examples
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Indirect Tax Manager Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for an indirect tax manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for indirect tax manager
- Identifying and implementing process improvements to better leverage department resources
- Develop, manage and communicate tax compliance calendar
- Provide acquisition related due diligence and contract tax language review
- Implement / host ongoing business reviews with key stakeholders to monitor transactions and activities for indirect tax planning or reporting opportunities
- Perform compliance risk and opportunity assessments (includes Canadian GST, HST, and QST) by performing reverse tax audits, review property tax filings
- Conduct periodic internal property tax planning reviews with BU Finance / Plant Controllers
- Sustain thorough and ‘up-to-date’ understanding of existing and changing tax laws as part of communicating to internal and external stakeholders
- Identify annual tax savings / reduction targets by indirect tax category
- Work with Group Internal Audit and Controls and Compliance personnel to ensure strong internal controls / governance process exist
- 60% Tax Planning, Accounting, Research, Compliance, and Audit Defense as needed to meet the goals of the Department
Qualifications for indirect tax manager
- Identifies and alerts leaders on material changes in tax legislation
- Business driven and commercially aware
- Be able to manage a team and delegate work
- Strong knowledge of UK VAT legislation
- Mixed experience of compliance and advisory
- Ideally trained in a professional services firm
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for an indirect tax manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for indirect tax manager
- Provide technical advice to internal stakeholders within the Company
- Review process of preparing and reviewing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Maintain appropriate records suitable for research and internal or external audit in accordance with GAAP, SOX and SAS70 requirements
- To ensure process applied by India based regional accounting teams are consistent and conform to the global strategy
- Actively manage the business continuity and disaster recovery plans for the AMEA region
- Ultimately accountable for all aspect of service delivery in his/her regional process – quality, efficiency, effectiveness, internal controls, risk and an excellent customer experience
- This position has impact on resource allocation, project costs, schedule and quality levels for assigned area
- This position makes independent decisions on accounts to resolve process or customer issues and to monitor and resolve vendor relations issues
- Providing GST compliance/advisory support to businesses in APAC locations that adopt GST, VAT or sales tax
- Provide advice and support to the Group’s in-house VAT compliance team
Qualifications for indirect tax manager
- Tax technical expertise - Tax technical expertise - Minimum 7 years plus, specialist Tax expertise working in a chartered accounting firm or equivalent
- Ability to work independently, take ownership to resolve complex business issues
- Ability to work independently and to lead indirect tax projects across the business
- Implement changes to the business as indirect tax legislation is updated
- Understands accounting and tax principles and application and relationships with ERP systems
- Analyzing business transactions and initiatives, partnering with various teams and functioning as an in-house tax advisor .Working closely with internal tax teams like direct tax, Transfer Pricing and Tax Reporting, and external advisers, for review of tax compliance and forms, agreement, and such other documentation
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Indirect Tax Manager Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for an indirect tax manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for indirect tax manager
- Maintaining and developing strong client relationships on various state and local indirect tax compliance engagements
- Performing a quality level technical review of state and local indirect tax returns on select engagements
- Managing the transition of new Clients, including developing and monitoring workplans/timelines, defining data requirements, and overseeing the setup of the tax preparation software and other compliance/technology tools
- Managing the inventory of indirect tax notices from state and local jurisdictions on select engagements
- Support merger, acquisition and divestiture reviews and coordinate across functional and process teams to integrate new business into proper compliance and assess risk for prior activities including coordination with income, payroll and property tax teams
- Assist with the preparation and management of departmental budget
- Responsible for managing the compliance function relating to sales/use, VAT/GST, property, unclaimed property, and other indirect tax reporting
- Leads a team of 3 tax professionals and 1 support staff
- Provide Tax Business Advisory services to other departments as needed including accurate and timely analysis and research
- Prepare and/or review various other indirect tax returns including Excise Tax, Gross Receipts tax, Los Angeles Business Tax, , Washington B&O tax
Qualifications for indirect tax manager
- Minimum 6 years of Indirect Tax related experience in a large firm or corporation
- Demonstrate technical tax skills appropriate for the years of experience in the tax disciplines
- A minimum of 6 years of relevant indirect tax experience
- The role involves direct responsibility for the management of a regionally based team that provides accounting services and support for the regions
- Assess Indirect Tax compliance and associated systems capabilities, identify weaknesses and implement appropriate controls, processes and procedures
- Manage and guide urgent and strategic business requests and provide advice on system requirements to ensure full Indirect Tax compliance
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Indirect Tax Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of indirect tax manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for indirect tax manager
- Oversees assistance to the US Accounting team with the Quarterly and Year-End provision process, as needed
- Manage the review and analysis of sales and use tax (SUT), property tax, annual reports and business license matters
- Coordinate or assist with the configuration and troubleshooting related to SUT systems and system implementations for TRTA businesses
- Coordinate the set up of sales tax product codes as it relates to TRTA businesses
- Research TRTA products to insure proper tax classifications and tax treatment in business billing systems
- Conduct sales tax research and planning related to indirect tax issues
- Manage the accuracy and timely updates of the TRTA sales tax matrices including legacy systems
- Support or prepare documentation for external audits
- Assist in meetings with external auditors
- Responsible for or assist in tax training related to indirect taxes
Qualifications for indirect tax manager
- Demonstrated experience in resource management
- Demonstrated knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and practices IFRS guidelines
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Indirect Tax within a corporate or public accounting firm environment
- Minimum 8 years of experience in project or program management
- Knowledge of US Federal, State and Local, FAS109, Sales & Use Tax, VAT, Transfer Pricing, IFRS • Advance degree, masters or MBA
- Influences Internally & Externally - Seeks to understand others' needs and interests to build trust
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of indirect tax manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for indirect tax manager
- Oversees the relevant processes that are critical in ensuring that the company is in compliance with AGCO and Ontario and B.C
- Stay informed of tax legislation changes from the Government and AGCO bodies and determine the impact on the Company's business processes and make recommendations to address potential risks or opportunities
- Manage a team of indirect tax specialists who research and document laws imposing indirect tax in the Asia Pacific region
- Final review of the rates, taxability and tax research as performed by the team, system entry in ONESOURCE Determination
- Monitor laws, legislative activity, and tax publications for tax law changes and assess the impact of those changes on ONESOURCE products
- Manage appropriate documentation to support tax position for various products and services
- Document cross-border tax determination logic to law
- Responsible for hiring of legal and tax analysts, including coaching, evaluating, counseling and delivering performance reviews
- Set up and oversee indirect tax research operations in the region
- Review of the forms, rates and other legislative updates and approve all changes to be implemented in the software
Qualifications for indirect tax manager
- Masters in Tax/Accounting
- Working proficiency with indirect tax software
- Strong technical awareness of global indirect tax issues
- Qualified/epxerienced tax professional with an afinity for finance
- Proactive and positive approach, forward thinking around planning and finding innovative solutions
- Ability to explain tax issues to non-tax stakeholders in the business