Lead Specialist - Tax

Overview

This is an autonomous, manager-level individual contributor role within Group Tax. The position provides lead oversight of US indirect tax across multiple US legal entities, combining multi-state sales and use tax compliance governance, audit management, practical advisory support, and technology-enabled improvements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee accurate and timely sales and use tax returns, reconciliations, filings, and payments across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
• Manage outsourced compliance providers and annual personal property tax filings.
• Lead state registrations, de-registrations, nexus activities, business licensing, and exemption certificate programs.
• Provide practical guidance on product taxability, customer queries, new initiatives, sales channels, and operating-model changes.
• Manage indirect tax accounting, including reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, financial reporting, and supporting documentation.
• Lead state and local tax audits and represent the organization with tax authorities, auditors, advisers, and service providers.
• Partner with Technology on Vertex requirements, tax logic, testing, tax-code maintenance, and process optimization.
• Monitor and manage relevant global VAT/GST registrations, filings, reporting, and e-invoicing obligations for US entities operating internationally.

Requirements

• Deep technical knowledge of multi-state US sales and use tax.
• Experience overseeing high-volume, multi-jurisdiction compliance, ideally in a large corporate environment.
• Strong state and local tax audit experience, including information requests, documentation, and audit defense.
• Experience managing outsourced providers, external advisers, and finance or shared-service teams.
• Ability to clearly advise non-tax stakeholders on taxability, nexus, exemptions, and changing business activity.
• Indirect tax accounting experience, including reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, and balance-sheet controls.
• Comfort with ERP-connected tax engines; Vertex experience is highly beneficial.
• Strong stakeholder management across Tax, Finance, Technology, Legal, Operations, and commercial teams.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage concurrent monthly, quarterly, and annual deadlines.
• Self-starting approach with confidence operating independently in a remote environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a large corporate environment overseeing multi-jurisdiction sales and use tax.
• Familiarity with integrating tax requirements into system and process changes (including Vertex-related requirements).

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay range: $110,000 - $120,000 (minimum full-time salary range).
• Eligible to participate in an annual incentive program.

Applications will be accepted through Tuesday 22nd September. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Location & Working Pattern

United States – Remote.

The role requires sufficient working-hours overlap with the UK-based Manager and global tax colleagues.