Tax Manager — Lead Compliance, Planning & Process Innovation

Interstates; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Bonus incentives

401(k)

Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

PTO and Holiday Pay

Disability and Life Insurance

Parental Leave

Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

Interstates is recruiting a Tax Manager to lead the tax function across federal, state, and local levels. You will collaborate with Accounting, Finance, Project Accounting, Operations, and external advisors to ensure compliant, efficient tax processes.

The role emphasizes process improvement, guideline development, and training internal teams while staying current on tax laws and nexus requirements. Remote travel is limited.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or related field.
• 5–7 years of related tax experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local tax requirements.
• Experience with income, sales and use, property, and other transaction-based taxes.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate with internal teams and external tax advisors.
• Experience with tax audits, compliance, and process improvement preferred.
• Experience with tax systems, automation, or reporting tools preferred.
• CPA certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the tax function, including processes, priorities, standards, and federal, state, and local tax compliance.
• Manage tax return preparation, review, filing, payments, documentation, notices, audits, and related requests.
• Serve as the internal subject matter expert for income, sales and use, property, franchise, and other transaction-based taxes.
• Partner with external tax advisors and internal teams to support tax compliance, planning, reporting, and risk management.
• Develop tax guidelines, decision frameworks, and tools to promote consistency across jurisdictions and business activities.
• Monitor tax laws, regulations, and nexus requirements and recommend needed process or reporting changes.
• Partner with Accounting, Finance, Project Accounting, AP, Supply Chain, Estimating, Payroll, and Operations to ensure accurate tax processes and data.
• Support tax accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, audits, and process improvements.
• Identify opportunities to improve tax systems, automation, reporting, and document management.
• Provide tax guidance and training to internal teams and direction to Tax Specialists, Analysts, and other tax team members.

Skills

Tax compliance

Tax planning

Audits

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Tax systems

CPA certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or related field

Tools

Tax software

Automation tools

Reporting tools

Job description

Interstates is recruiting a Tax Manager to lead the tax function across federal, state, and local levels. You will collaborate with Accounting, Finance, Project Accounting, Operations, and external advisors to ensure compliant, efficient tax processes.

The role emphasizes process improvement, guideline development, and training internal teams while staying current on tax laws and nexus requirements. Remote travel is limited.