Associate Manager - US Indirect Tax

7-Eleven Global Solution Center – India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

7-Eleven Global Solution Center – India seeks a senior Fuel Tax Operations Lead in Bengaluru to drive day-to-day tax filings, payments, reconciliations and compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

You will manage a team of analysts, review filings and ensure timely delivery with zero penalties, while coordinating with tax leadership to optimize processes and controls.

Qualifications

• Overall 10–12 years of finance experience with tax exposure.
• 4 years of US indirect taxation and 2+ years in team management.
• Experience in leading tax compliance, audits, and SOX controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day Fuel Tax operations including filings, payments, reconciliations and compliance.
• Manage Analysts and Senior Analysts, assign workloads, monitor productivity, ensure SLAs.
• Review tax filings, reconciliations, journals, and exception reports before submission.
• Ensure deadlines are met with zero compliance penalties.
• Oversee Federal Excise Fuel Tax and State Motor Fuel Tax returns; ensure tax GL reconciliations.

Skills

Finance domain experience

US indirect taxation

Team management

SOX controls

Audit coordination

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Tax research

Job description

• Overall 10- 12 Years of experience in Finance Domain
• 4 years of Experience in US indirect Taxation. And 2+ years of experience in team Management

Lead the day-to-day Fuel Tax operations ensuring timely completion of tax filings, tax payments, reconciliations, and compliance activities.

Manage a team of Analysts and Senior Analysts by assigning workloads, monitoring productivity, and ensuring adherence to service level agreements (SLAs).

Review key tax filings, reconciliations, journal entries, and exception reports before submission.

Ensure all filing deadlines are consistently achieved with zero compliance penalties.

Tax Compliance & Reporting

Oversee preparation, review, filing, and payment of Federal Excise Fuel Tax and State Motor Fuel Tax returns.

Ensure accurate reconciliation of Fuel Tax General Ledger accounts and timely resolution of reconciling items.

Review monthly, quarterly, and annual tax reporting deliverables.

Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local fuel tax regulations.

Internal Controls (SOX)

Own Fuel Tax SOX controls and ensure effective execution of all control activities.

Review control evidence, documentation, and testing performed by the team.

Coordinate with Internal Audit and External Audit teams.

Ensure timely remediation of audit findings and control deficiencies.

Drive continuous improvement of the internal control environment.

Audit Management

Lead responses to federal and state fuel tax audits.

Coordinate documentation requests from taxing authorities.

Review audit workpapers prepared by the team.

Partner with Tax Leadership on audit strategy and issue resolution.

Ensure complete audit readiness through proper documentation and record retention.

Process Improvement

Identify opportunities to automate manual processes.

Partner with IT, Business Systems, and vendors (e.g., Avalara Excise) to improve system functionality.

Lead implementation of process improvement initiatives using Lean methodologies.

Reduce manual effort while improving quality and compliance.

Standardize processes across jurisdictions.

Tax Research

Monitor legislative and regulatory changes impacting fuel taxation.

Assess operational and financial impact of new tax laws.

Recommend process or system updates to maintain compliance.

Provide technical guidance to the business on fuel tax matters.

Stakeholder Management

Act as the primary point of contact between Fuel Tax Operations and:

Corporate Tax

Accounting

Fuel Accounting

Treasury

Operations

Internal Audit

External Auditors

State and Federal Tax Authorities

Present operational metrics and compliance updates to leadership.

Support business initiatives involving new products, new states, acquisitions, and system implementations.

Lead, coach, mentor, and develop Fuel Tax team members.

Conduct performance reviews and development discussions.

Develop succession plans and cross-training programs.

Build a high-performance culture focused on accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Support recruitment, onboarding, and training of new team members.