Sales & Use Tax Manager

Teradata Group; California (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata seeks a seasoned sales and use tax expert to serve as the company’s tax subject matter expert and primary contact. You will collaborate with Products, Sales, Billing and Order Management to identify tax issues and report sales and use tax accurately, while guiding cross-functional teams to ensure ongoing compliance.

You will oversee tax compliance with Vertex, manage OneSource tax tools, stay current on state tax rules, support audits, and coordinate with external vendors to minimize

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Accounting/Business or related field.
• 6+ years of related corporate tax experience.
• Thorough knowledge of sales and use tax rules and regulations and their application.
• Experience working with sales tax software platforms (OneSource) and ERP systems (Oracle Fusion).

Responsibilities

• Manage tax compliance processes with external outsource provider (Vertex) to ensure accurate tax payment and timely filed returns, including amended returns to seek refund claims.
• Manage the functionality of OneSource tax determination tool and collaborate with IT and external service providers for optimal operation, including exemption certification management.
• Stay current with sales/use tax laws, regulations, updates and issues to identify process improvements or tax-saving opportunities.
• Conduct monthly review of purchasing to validate use tax determinations and liabilities, and reconcile tax balances in the GL.
• Coordinate and negotiate state/local sales/use tax audits, ensuring documentation and audit readiness to mitigate risks.
• Maintain accurate tax matrices in Oracle ERP using OneSource matrices and classify products correctly.
• Define and implement tax-related requirements for cross-functional teams to ensure compliance.

Skills

Corporate tax

Sales & Use Tax

Regulations knowledge

ERP experience

Education

BS/BA in Accounting or Business

Tools

OneSource

Oracle Fusion

Job description

Our company

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform activates enterprise intelligence by unifying data, knowledge and business context to achieve tangible outcomes. With Teradata, organizations can provide agents with full context for impact when it matters. Our solution lets businesses connect and scale on premises, in the cloud, or through a hybrid approach. Teradata delivers real business value with AI.

What You'll Do

In this role, you willServe asthe Company’ssales/use tax subject matter expert and point of contact.You will work closely withvarious teams within Teradata, such asProducts,Sales, Billing and Order Management, to effectivelyidentifysales taxcategories /issues and accurately report sales and use tax.Your supervision of allfacetsof sales and use taxissues andcompliancecoordinationwith an external outsource providerwill ensure that Teradata meets allsales and use taxcompliance,reducetaxexposure andbetax auditready.

• Manage tax compliance processes with external outsource provider (Vertex) to ensureaccuratetax payment andtimelyfiled returns, including assessment/completion of amended returns to seek refund claims for excess credit generated, asrequired
• Manage the functionality of OneSource tax determination tool and work with Teradata technical team as well as external service providers to ensure tool is operating optimally, which also include managing tax exemption certification to ensure current status is properly reflected in the Oracle ERP / tax engine and maintain expertise knowledge of state requirements to provide guidance to associates and external customers
• Keep current with sales/use tax laws, regulations,updatesand tax issues pertinent to Teradata to helpidentifyanddetermineopportunities for process improvements or tax saving opportunities and solutions
• Completely monthly review ofpurchasingto validate use tax determination and liabilities, including verifying the accuracy of sales/use tax balances through monthly general ledger reconciliation process and reviewing new assets to ensure that tax obligations have been met and audit risks are eliminated
• Manage,coordinateand negotiate state and local sales/use tax audits, which includes management of all compliance documentation to ensure audit readiness andtimelyidentifypotential audit risks
• Assure current andaccuratetax matrices aremaintainedin the Oracle ERP system using Thomson Reuters OneSource matrices including managing taxability category for all new products through knowledge of Teradata products and services
• Define and implement specific tax related requirements for cross-functional teams to ensure complianceofsales and use tax reporting

Who You'll Work With

You will be joining our US Corporate Tax team to serve the US territory in the sales and use tax area (and some indirect tax filing,as needed).In addition to our tax team members, you will have the opportunity to work withProducts, Sales, Billing and Order Managementteams atdifferent stagesin your day-to-day activities as the tasks require.You will report to the Senior Tax Director, and Corporate Tax Manager will also be there to help guide and provide relevant support.

What Makes You a Qualified Candidate

• BS/BA degree in Accounting/Business or related field
• 6+ years of related corporate tax
• Thorough technical knowledge of sales and use tax rules and regulations and their application
• Experience working with sales tax software platforms (OneSource) and ERP systems (Oracle Fusion)
• Experience in software/technology industry a plus
• Experience working with outside compliance vendor a plus

What You'll Bring

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver results ahead of deadlines
• Strong critical and analytical thinking skills and problem-solving capabilities with close attention to details
• Energetic and flexible team player with the ability to adapt in a fast-growing environment
• Self-starter and individual contributor with excellent work ethic and a willingness to do wh

Why We Think You'll Love Teradata

We prioritize a people-first culture because we know our people are at the very heart of our success. We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work. We focus on well-being because we care about our people and their ability to thrive both personally and professionally. We are committedto actively workingto foster an inclusive environment that celebrates peoplefor all of who they are.

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