Senior Manager, Indirect Tax

Arm; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 187,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm is seeking a Senior Manager, Indirect Tax in San Jose, CA to lead global indirect tax compliance and drive strategic tax initiatives. You will oversee tax planning, contract reviews, audits, and cross‑functional collaboration with finance, legal, and operations to scale the tax function for a growing business.

The role requires 8+ years in multinational indirect tax, CPA desirable, and the ability to translate complex tax issues into practical business guidance with strong leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in accounting, finance, tax or a related field.
• CPA and sophisticated certifications are desirable.
• 8+ years of dynamic indirect tax experience with a multinational organization and/or a major public accounting firm.
• Excellent skills in factual development, tax research, documentation, and communication with third‑party advisors and internal stakeholders.
• Strong technical knowledge of indirect tax principles.
• Experience designing and working with systems and software used to comply with indirect tax requirements.
• The ability to translate sophisticated tax issues into practical business advice and influence decision‑making across multiple functional areas.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands and deliver high‑quality work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Leadership experience, including hiring and developing tax professionals.

Responsibilities

• Compliance & Reporting – Lead indirect tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Technical Tax Leadership – Advise on tax implications of transactions, contracts, and new business initiatives.
• Audit & Risk Management – manage indirect tax audits, notices, and information requests and develop strategies to minimize tax risk.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration – Work with finance, legal, procurement, accounting, sales operations and our tax team to ensure accurate taxability determinations, and support system updates, business expansions, and product launches from a tax perspective.
• Technology & Process Optimization – oversee configuration and maintenance of indirect tax systems and drive process improvements and automation to increase efficiency and reduce errors.
• Leadership & Team Development – manage and develop a team, including external advisors, and ensure high‑quality technical output.
• Additional duties, including participation in our trade and customs area, as requested.

Skills

Indirect tax expertise

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tax research

Communication

System/tools experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

Tax software

Job description

Job ID 2026-17644 | Date posted 06/07/2026 | Location San Jose, California | Category Finance & Accounting

As Senior Manager, Indirect Tax, you will report to the head of tax and partner closely with business operations and administrative teams to support our expanding, global business. This role will cover traditional indirect taxes like sales tax and VAT as well as import duties, business taxes that are not income based, and incentives. Your tax responsibilities will include global compliance, systems set‑up, sale and purchase contract review and negotiations, tax audits, and supply‑chain planning.

Our company and our industry are growing rapidly. Our growth and change mean this role requires being in the details, running multiple projects at once, simplifying the complex, and participating in higher‑level decision‑making. It’s a unique and exciting role to provide business critical tax advice and help build a tax department at a company operating at scale and growing!

Responsibilities

• Compliance & Reporting – Working with our accounting group and external advisors, lead indirect tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Technical Tax Leadership – Advise on tax implications of transactions, contracts, and new business initiatives, monitor regulatory changes and ensure the company adapts accordingly.
• Audit & Risk Management – manage indirect tax audits, notices, and information requests and develop strategies to minimize tax risk.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration – Work with finance, legal, procurement, accounting, sales operations and our tax team to ensure accurate taxability determinations, and support system updates, business expansions, and product launches from a tax perspective.
• Technology & Process Optimization – oversee configuration and maintenance of indirect tax systems and drive process improvements and automation to increase efficiency and reduce errors.
• Leadership & Team Development – manage and develop a team, including external advisors, and ensure high‑quality technical output.
• Additional duties, including participation in our trade and customs area, as requested.

Required Skills And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in accounting, finance, tax or a related field.
• CPA and sophisticated certifications are desirable.
• 8+ years of dynamic indirect tax experience with a multinational organization and/or a major public accounting firm. Experience in global indirect tax and experience in trade and customs are desirable.
• Excellent skills in factual development, tax research, documentation, and communication and coordination with third‑party advisors and internal stakeholders.
• Strong technical knowledge of indirect tax principles.
• Experience designing and working with systems and software used to comply with indirect tax requirements.
• The ability to translate sophisticated tax issues into practical business advice and influence decision‑making across multiple functional areas.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands and deliver high‑quality work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Leadership experience, including hiring and developing tax professionals.
• High degree of initiative, ownership, sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and interpersonal skills and a willingness to learn new technical areas and adapt to changing business needs.

Salary Range

10x mindset guides how we engineer, collaborate, and grow. Understand what it means and how to reflect 10x in your work: $187,000-$253,000 per year. We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email.

Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Equal Opportunities at Arm

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.