Principal Tax Manager

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Job Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic guidance and direction to executive leadership and business units regarding complex tax issues, including product/service taxability, audit exposure, legislative change management, and operational integration. Leads readouts to executives and cross-functional partners. Serves as a senior voice in matters of risk management, strategy, and operational improvement related to tax issues.
• Conducts and leads research, planning, and interpretation of complex business transactions such as M&A, intercompany transactions, restructures and/or indirect tax regulations and transactions. Prepares and presents executive-ready summaries and documentation to internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborates with teams across legal, accounting, IT, and operations to implement and communicate tax policy, ensuring compliant execution of business objectives. Supports tax technology integration and data-driven decision making.
• Provides coaching and mentorship to tax professionals and cross-functional team members. Encourages technical growth, promotes audit readiness, and ensures consistency across documentation and reporting.

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree and 7 years of related work experience
  OR a combination of education and experience deemed equivalent (Required)
• Acceptable areas of study include Accounting or related field
  Master's/Advanced Degree Accounting or related field (Preferred)
• 7-10 years Progressively responsible income tax experience with emphasis on research, tax planning, technology solutions and/or audits (Preferred)
• 4-7 years Mentoring others and consulting as subject matter expert in one or more tax specialties (indirect or direct) (Preferred)
• 4-7 years Experience with tax compliance software, emerging tax technology, applications and data management tools. (Preferred)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Critical Thinking (Required)
• Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) (Required)
• Peer Mentoring (Required)
• People Management (Required)
• Strategic Planning (Required)
• Tax Accounting (Required)
• Tax Compliance (Required)
• Tax Law (Required)
• Tax Planning (Required)
• Tax Research (Required)

Licenses and Certifications:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (Preferred)

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

The Total Target Cash Earnings Opportunity represents the expected total cash compensation for this role at target performance, combining base salary and annual incentive opportunity. Actual earnings may be higher or lower depending on individual performance and overall company results. 

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