Senior Tax Manager, North America

Magnum Icc Sweden Supply Ab; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Magnum Icc Sweden Supply Ab seeks a Senior Tax Manager to lead U.S. and Canada tax operations, ensuring timely, accurate compliance and reporting across both jurisdictions. The role drives automation, process improvements, and scalable tax processes in a newly standalone, publicly listed environment.

You will partner with IT, Finance, and business teams, oversee indirect tax and transfer pricing, and support cash tax forecasting and risk management with hands‑on leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required.
• 8–12 years of progressive corporate tax experience.
• Strong U.S. corporate income tax and ASC 740 experience.
• Experience with U.S. federal, state, and local tax compliance.
• Experience with Canadian corporate tax compliance.
• Experience supporting audits, tax notices, and tax authority inquiries.
• Experience in consumer products, retail, FMCG, manufacturing, or other transaction‑intensive environments preferred.
• Familiarity with distribution‑driven business models, inventory flows, and indirect tax considerations.
• Experienced with ERP and tax technology platforms such as SAP, Vertex O Series, OneSource, Sage Fixed Assets, Avalara, Checkpoint, or similar systems.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with IT and Finance on tax technology implementations and process improvements.
• Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills.
• Hands‑on, detail‑oriented, and process‑driven mindset with a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead day‑to‑day U.S. and Canada tax operations, including income tax, indirect tax, provisions, reconciliations, audits, notices, and compliance calendars.
• Prepare and review semi‑annual, and annual tax provisions in accordance with ASC 740 and support IFRS/IAS 12 reporting, as applicable.
• Oversee U.S. federal, state, and local income tax compliance, including estimates, extensions, return filings, and provision‑to‑return true‑ups.
• Coordinate and review Canadian federal and provincial corporate income tax filings.
• Manage indirect tax compliance, including U.S. sales and use tax, Canadian GST/HST/PST/QST reporting, use tax calculations, and related account reconciliations.
• Review tax account reconciliations, journal entries, and close‑related deliverables.
• Respond to tax notices and lead audit support activities across federal, state, local, and Canadian jurisdictions.
• Oversee business license, annual report, property tax, and other state and local compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with external service providers to ensure timely, accurate, and cost‑effective compliance and reporting.
• Partner with Finance, Controllership, IT, Legal, Supply Chain, and business teams on tax matters impacting operations and strategic initiatives.
• Support cash tax forecasting, effective tax rate analysis, and tax risk management.
• Maintain tax calendars, documentation, controls, and audit‑ready workpapers.
• Drive process improvement, automation, and standardization initiatives across tax compliance and reporting processes.
• Support ERP, tax engine, and tax technology initiatives, including tax configuration, testing, data validation, reporting, and ongoing monitoring.
• Support transfer pricing compliance, documentation, and related data requests.
• Assist in building and enhancing standalone tax processes, controls, and governance within a newly public company environment.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Tax technology

Cross-functional partnering

Attention to detail

Process improvement

ERP systems

U.S. corporate tax

ASC 740

Audits & notices handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA

Tools

SAP

Vertex O Series

OneSource

Sage Fixed Assets

Avalara

Checkpoint

Job description

Life tastes better with ice cream

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall's, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry's, loved in 76 countries, we are the world's largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.

We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world's biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference.

What truly sets us apart is how we work.

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.

We're curious and ready for what's next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.

The Role

Senior Tax Manager will lead U.S. and Canada tax operations, with responsibility for tax compliance, tax reporting, indirect taxes, audit management, tax technology initiatives, and continuous process improvement across both jurisdictions. This is a hands‑on leadership role responsible for managing day‑to‑day tax operations in a newly standalone, publicly listed environment. The position will play a key role in ensuring timely and accurate compliance, supporting quarterly and annual tax reporting, driving automation and process improvements, and building scalable tax processes and controls.

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Lead day‑to‑day U.S. and Canada tax operations, including income tax, indirect tax, provisions, reconciliations, audits, notices, and compliance calendars.
• Prepare and review semi‑annual, and annual tax provisions in accordance with ASC 740 and support IFRS/IAS 12 reporting, as applicable.
• Oversee U.S. federal, state, and local income tax compliance, including estimates, extensions, return filings, and provision‑to‑return true‑ups.
• Coordinate and review Canadian federal and provincial corporate income tax filings.
• Manage indirect tax compliance, including U.S. sales and use tax, Canadian GST/HST/PST/QST reporting, use tax calculations, and related account reconciliations.
• Review tax account reconciliations, journal entries, and close‑related deliverables.
• Respond to tax notices and lead audit support activities across federal, state, local, and Canadian jurisdictions.
• Oversee business license, annual report, property tax, and other state and local compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with external service providers to ensure timely, accurate, and cost‑effective compliance and reporting.
• Partner with Finance, Controllership, IT, Legal, Supply Chain, and business teams on tax matters impacting operations and strategic initiatives.
• Support cash tax forecasting, effective tax rate analysis, and tax risk management.
• Maintain tax calendars, documentation, controls, and audit‑ready workpapers.
• Drive process improvement, automation, and standardization initiatives across tax compliance and reporting processes.
• Support ERP, tax engine, and tax technology initiatives, including tax configuration, testing, data validation, reporting, and ongoing monitoring.
• Support transfer pricing compliance, documentation, and related data requests.
• Assist in building and enhancing standalone tax processes, controls, and governance within a newly public company environment.

We're looking for someone who...

• Has a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA required.
• Has 8-12 years of progressive corporate tax experience.
• Brings strong U.S. corporate income tax and ASC 740 experience.
• Experienced managing U.S. federal, state, and local tax compliance processes.
• Experienced with Canadian corporate tax compliance.
• Experienced supporting audits, tax notices, and tax authority inquiries.
• Experienced in consumer products, retail, FMCG, manufacturing, or other transaction‑intensive business environments preferred.
• Familiarity with distribution‑driven business models, inventory flows, and indirect tax considerations.
• Experienced with ERP and tax technology platforms such as SAP, Vertex O Series, OneSource, Sage Fixed Assets, Avalara, Checkpoint, or similar systems.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with IT and Finance on tax technology implementations and process improvements.
• Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills.
• Hands‑on, detail‑oriented, and process‑driven mindset with a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate is a...

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on tax operations leader with a strong blend of direct tax, indirect tax, tax accounting, compliance, audit defence, and tax technology experience. This individual is comfortable owning the details, improving processes, leveraging technology, and partnering across functions to build a scalable, efficient, and best‑in‑class tax function.