Indirect Tax Strategy Leader

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

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.