Lead Specialist - Tax

Overview

This role involves leading and overseeing US indirect tax activity across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions, with a focus on sales and use tax compliance governance, audit management, practical advisory support, and technology-enabled improvement.

You will manage outsourced compliance delivery, state and local tax audits, exemption certificates, registrations, business licenses, and indirect tax accounting. The position also includes advising on product taxability, nexus, customer questions, and evolving business models. Monitoring global VAT/GST exposure for US entities operating internationally is also part of the scope.

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 and de-registrations, including nexus, business licensing, and exemption certificate programs
• Provide 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-related 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

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 and detail-oriented; able to manage concurrent monthly, quarterly, and annual deadlines
• Self-starting approach and confidence operating independently in a remote environment

Preferred Qualifications

• None specified.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation is influenced by skill set, level of experience, and specific location.
• Minimum full-time salary range (per California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws): $110,000 - $120,000
• Eligible to participate in an annual incentive program
• Benefits are available as described in the employer’s benefits information

Location & Working Pattern

• United States – Remote
• Requires sufficient working-hours overlap with the UK-based Manager and global tax colleagues

Application Deadline

• Applications will be accepted through Tuesday 22nd September (may be extended depending on business needs).