Senior Tax Strategy Lead - Compliance, Planning & Audits

Vaco; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Senior Tax Manager to lead the tax function with broad ownership across the organization. This role combines hands-on technical work with strategic advisory to senior leadership on tax planning, risk, and business initiatives.

You will oversee compliance and reporting, manage external advisors, support the income tax provision, and drive process improvements to increase accuracy and efficiency across multi-entity operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive corporate tax experience with broad exposure to income and indirect taxes and prior leadership or supervisory responsibility.
• Strong knowledge of ASC 740, federal and multistate taxation, tax compliance, provision work, audit defense, risk management, and tax planning.
• Experience supporting international or cross-border tax matters, including VAT/GST, transfer pricing, withholding tax, or related compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the company-wide tax function, establishing priorities, processes, controls, and best practices across a multi-entity organization.
• Oversee federal, state, local, and international income tax compliance, including returns, estimated payments, extensions, elections, and information reporting.
• Manage the annual income tax provision process under ASC 740, including current and deferred taxes, uncertain tax positions, reconciliations, and financial statement disclosures.
• Oversee indirect tax matters including sales and use tax, VAT/GST, property tax, franchise and gross receipts taxes, registrations, and business licenses.
• Evaluate nexus, entity structures, intercompany activity, transfer pricing, and cross-border transactions while identifying tax exposures and planning opportunities.
• Partner with senior finance and business leadership on the tax implications of transactions, operational changes, contracts, entity decisions, and growth initiatives.
• Lead tax audits, notices, voluntary disclosures, refund claims, and controversy matters while coordinating with tax authorities and outside advisors.
• Manage relationships with external tax firms and specialty providers, including scope, timelines, technical matters, deliverables, and quality of work.
• Develop and improve tax processes, internal controls, reporting, reconciliations, and workflows to increase accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Monitor tax law and regulatory developments, assess potential business impact, and communicate risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to leadership.

Skills

ASC 740

Tax planning

Transfer pricing

Audit defense

Multistate tax

International tax

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA or advanced tax degree

Job description

Vaco by Highspring in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Senior Tax Manager to lead the tax function with broad ownership across the organization. This role combines hands-on technical work with strategic advisory to senior leadership on tax planning, risk, and business initiatives.

You will oversee compliance and reporting, manage external advisors, support the income tax provision, and drive process improvements to increase accuracy and efficiency across multi-entity operations.