Indirect Tax Manager

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA; Cypress (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) and Profit Sharing

Fertility Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life and AD&D Insurance

Wellness Program

Long-Term Disability

Student Debt Repayment Benefits

Ability to borrow Yamaha product

Job summary

Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation, USA (YMFC) in Cypress, CA, seeks an experienced Indirect Tax Manager to lead sales, use, and property tax compliance for its finance and leasing operations. This role partners with accounting, leasing, and external vendors to ensure accurate multi-state tax filings and robust controls.

You’ll drive process improvements, manage a tax team, and oversee technology platforms like Odessa and Vertex to optimize tax outcomes while ensuring audit readiness.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of accounting and sales tax compliance experience.
• 1-3 years of leadership or people management experience.
• Experience working in a multi-state tax environment.
• Strong knowledge of sales and use tax compliance.
• Familiarity with sales tax automation tools such as Vertex.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise indirect tax compliance staff responsible for sales, use, and property tax compliance activities.
• Oversee the preparation, review, and timely filing of multi-state sales and use tax returns for leasing and Yamaha Extended Service operations.
• Ensure compliance with applicable state and local tax regulations while maintaining accuracy and strong internal controls.
• Partner with accounting, leasing operations, extended services teams, and external vendors to address indirect tax matters and improve compliance processes.
• Manage external service providers responsible for preparing and filing property tax returns and coordinating timely property tax payments.
• Oversee the Company's property tax compliance requirements and identify opportunities to enhance outsourced compliance processes.
• Determine appropriate sales and use tax treatment for leasing and extended service arrangements, including distinctions between operating leases and finance/conditional sales-type leases.
• Manage customer exemption certificate processes and ensure proper documentation is obtained, maintained, and retained.
• Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and best practices across tax-related systems and workflows.
• Support tax compliance and operational initiatives involving Odessa, Vertex, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), and other proprietary YMFUS systems.
• Maintain a strong focus on audit readiness, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Sales tax compliance

Excel proficiency

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Multi-state tax experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

CPA designation

Tools

Vertex

SAP

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)

Job description

Join Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation (YMFC) and build your career with a company that powers unforgettable customer experiences! As the financial services arm of Yamaha, YMFC provides financing, leasing, and protection products that help customers enjoy the industry's leading powersports and marine products.

Cypress, California serves as the longstanding home of YMFC's Global Corporate Finance organization and remains the headquarters for Accounting, Compliance, Treasury, Legal, Vendor Management, and Data & Technology. This established Center of Excellence provides strategic leadership and support across the enterprise while offering employees opportunities to collaborate with colleagues throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Australia.

What Makes YMFC a Great Place to Work?

• We believe in supporting our employees while challenging them to develop new skills and expand their capabilities. At YMFC, movement creates opportunity, and opportunity creates the chance to shine.
• We foster a culture of trust, respect, and shared success. Our managers and employees are committed to helping one another succeed because when the company wins, we all win.

And Finally...

• Yamaha embodies "KANDO", the Japanese concept of creating feelings of excitement, satisfaction, and lasting fulfillment through exceptional products and experiences. It's what inspires us to create memories that last a lifetime for customers around the world.

Indirect Tax Manager

Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation (YMFC) is seeking an experienced Indirect Tax Manager to lead all aspects of sales and use tax compliance and outsourced property tax compliance for its finance, leasing, and protection products businesses. This role serves as a key tax resource supporting Yamaha leasing operations and Yamaha Extended Service operations while ensuring compliance with multi-state tax requirements.

What You'll Do

• Lead and supervise indirect tax compliance staff responsible for sales, use, and property tax compliance activities.
• Oversee the preparation, review, and timely filing of multi-state sales and use tax returns for leasing and Yamaha Extended Service operations.
• Ensure compliance with applicable state and local tax regulations while maintaining accuracy and strong internal controls.
• Partner with accounting, leasing operations, extended services teams, and external vendors to address indirect tax matters and improve compliance processes.
• Manage external service providers responsible for preparing and filing property tax returns and coordinating timely property tax payments.
• Oversee the Company's property tax compliance requirements and identify opportunities to enhance outsourced compliance processes.
• Determine appropriate sales and use tax treatment for leasing and extended service arrangements, including distinctions between operating leases and finance/conditional sales-type leases.
• Manage customer exemption certificate processes and ensure proper documentation is obtained, maintained, and retained.
• Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and best practices across tax-related systems and workflows.
• Support tax compliance and operational initiatives involving Odessa, Vertex, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), and other proprietary YMFUS systems.
• Maintain a strong focus on audit readiness, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, taxation, or a related field.
• 6-8 years of accounting and sales tax compliance experience.
• 1-3 years of leadership or people management experience.
• Experience working in a multi-state tax environment.
• Strong knowledge of sales and use tax compliance and indirect tax regulations.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical, data mining, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with sales tax automation tools such as Vertex.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA designation.
• Big 4 or large regional public accounting firm experience.
• Experience in financial services, consumer finance, automotive leasing, or a related industry.
• Experience with leasing platforms such as Odessa.
• Experience supporting extended service or warranty business operations.
• Familiarity with SAP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365).

Don't Meet Every Requirement?

At YMFC we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

What's In It For You

YMFC is committed to supporting employees' financial, mental, and emotional well-being. We offer a flexible work environment with four days on-site and one day remote, a comprehensive benefits package, and work schedules designed to support both professional success and personal balance. Our onsite culture encourages collaboration, growth, communication, and connection at every level of the organization.

• 401(k) and Profit Sharing
• Fertility Benefits
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Wellness Program
• Long-Term Disability
• Student Debt Repayment Benefits
• Ability to borrow Yamaha product

Pay

The pay range for this position is $90,000 - $106,000 per year. Yamaha intends to offer the selected candidate base pay dependent on job-related experience. Base pay is part of Yamaha's Total Reward Program; our Talent Acquisition Team will share more details as candidates progress through the Recruiting Process.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation, USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.