Senior Tax Manager, Compliance

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end U.S. federal and state income tax return compliance process, including preparation, review, timely filing, extensions, and estimated tax calculations and payments.
• Coordinate and manage external service providers to ensure high-quality and efficient compliance deliverables.
• Develop and apply state income tax planning strategies to optimize effective tax rate and cash taxes across all required income, business and gross receipts tax filings.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments in U.S. federal and state tax law; proactively assess and communicate compliance impact to leadership.
• Respond to and manage federal and state tax notices, audits, and examinations, coordinating with external advisors and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive compliance policies, procedures, and risk assessment frameworks.
• Act as key partner to the Global Provision Senior Tax Manager, providing direct support for the quarterly and annual ASC 740 calculations.
• Perform return-to-provision analysis, ensure accurate reconciliation of tax accounts, and support the global tax provision through coordination, data sharing, and review.
• Ensure all compliance and provision processes are documented, sustainable, and aligned with corporate governance and audit requirements.
• Research complex federal and state tax issues and prepare technical memoranda; support tax considerations related to corporate initiatives, business transactions, and M&A activity.
• Identify, develop, and implement opportunities to improve, standardize, and automate compliance processes, including leveraging internal AI tools.
• Build a trusted network of cross-functional business partners—including Accounting, Finance, Legal, Treasury, FP&A, and Human Resources—to ensure accurate and complete information flows for tax compliance and provision.
• Mentor and develop a Senior Tax Analyst.

Requirements

• BA/BS Degree in Accounting, Tax, and/or Finance; CPA or Master’s in Taxation preferred.
• Experience with Big 4 firm and/or in-house corporate tax department with a minimum of 7 years of progressive supervisory experience.
• Minimum of 13 years of in-depth experience with U.S. federal and multi-state corporate income tax compliance, including hands-on expertise with complex multistate issues, tax controversy management, and ASC 740 for large multinational public companies.
• Demonstrated ability to develop a strong network of internal and external business partners.
• Proven ability to adapt to a complex, fast-paced, rapidly evolving, and highly demanding work environment.
• Must be a self-starter who handles multiple projects and manages competing priorities with minimal supervision.
• Positive attitude, eager to learn, and willing to take on new challenges.
• Experience with Workday ERP a plus.