Indirect Tax Manager

Computacenter; Norcross (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter is seeking an Indirect Tax Manager to lead a team across sales, use, and property tax obligations in the Americas. You will partner with IT, Commercial, and Finance to ensure accurate data for the tax engine and support audits with comprehensive documentation.

The role requires 5+ years in corporate tax, a relevant degree, and strong analytical skills. CPA preferred; US work eligibility is essential. This on-site position is based in Norcross, GA.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional experience in a corporate tax function (public or private)
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Tax, or a related business area
• CPA preferred
• Legally eligible to work in the United States
• Good knowledge and experience of SAP, MS Office and MS Teams
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strategic thinking and tactical execution skills
• Good knowledge of the IT industry and an understanding of IT technologies and products
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable communicating with colleagues in different countries where English is not the first spoken language
• Good self-organization and time management skills
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple requests simultaneously
• Can build trust, be assertive when required and shows initiative and enthusiasm
• Resilience, and able to deal with stressful situations
• Business and financial acumen with strong analytical skills
• Demonstrate an understanding of product supply chains
• Commercially astute
• Team-oriented working and thinking

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of tax professionals to deliver all sales, use, and property tax obligations on time
• Prepare, review, and analyze tax data; improve processes and automate where possible
• Partner with IT, Commercial, and Finance to ensure accurate upstream data feeding the tax engine
• Support indirect tax audits; compile documentation and implement solutions to reduce exposure
• Review month-end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations for tax accounts
• Research and communicate the impact of indirect tax developments
• Monitor business activities for nexus exposure and filing responsibilities
• Determine taxability of goods and services sold and purchased
• Support special projects and other duties as needed by leadership

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, Tax, or related business area

Tools

SAP

MS Office

MS Teams

Job description

As the Indirect Tax Manager, you will report to the Head of Tax, Americas. Your primary responsibilities include working with internal and external partners to ensure all indirect tax compliance, audit, and accounting obligations are completed. This role requires a strong drive to identify and implement process improvements, lead change, maintain acute attention to detail, and proactively seek opportunities to improve established ways of working.

What you'll be doing

• Manage a team of tax professionals to consistently deliver all sales, use, and property tax obligations in a timely manner.
• Prepare, review, and analyze sales, use, and property tax compliance data; continuously improve processes, and recommend automation integration to improve the end-to-end compliance process and reliability of results.
• Partner with IT, Commercial, and Finance teams to ensure accurate upstream data (product master, ship-to/ship-from logic, pricing, customer exemptions) feeding the tax engine.
• Expertly support indirect tax audits; compile and review requested documentation and audit workpapers, document results and assist in implementing solutions to reduce future exposure.
• Review month end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations for indirect tax accounts.
• Research, analyze, and communicate the impact of indirect tax law developments.
• Monitor and evaluate business activities for filing responsibilities and nexus exposure to mitigate indirect tax deficiencies.
• Research, understand, and determine the taxability of the goods and services being sold and purchased by the company.
• Facilitate special projects, and perform other duties and responsibilities as requested by leadership.
• Partner with internal teams to ensure proper tax treatment for new products and business initiatives.
• Partner with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
• Embrace and support Computacenter's mission and core values.

What you have

• At least 5 years of professional experience in a corporate tax function (public or private)
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Tax, or a related business area
• CPA preferred
• Legally eligible to work in the United States
• Good knowledge and experience of SAP, MS Office and MS Teams
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strategic thinking and tactical execution skills
• Good knowledge of the IT industry and an understanding of IT technologies and products
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable communicating with colleagues in different countries where English is not the first spoken language
• Good self-organization and time management skills
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple requests simultaneously
• Can build trust, be assertive when required and shows initiative and enthusiasm
• Resilience, and able to deal with stressful situations
• Business and financial acumen with strong analytical skills
• Demonstrate an understanding of product supply chains
• Commercially astute
• Team-oriented working and thinking

What you can expect

There's so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long-term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. We help our world-renowned customers to source, transform, and manage their IT infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling users and their business. We're a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250 (CCC.L) and employ over 21,000 people worldwide. In the US, we support some of the country’s best-known businesses with regional hubs in San Francisco and Irvine, CA; Norcross, GA; Plano, TX; and New York City; and Integration Centers in Silicon Valley and Atlanta. www.computacenter.com/us