Lead Specialist - Tax

Overview

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

Responsibilities

• Oversee accurate and timely sales and use tax returns, reconciliations, filings, and payments across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
• Manage outsourced compliance delivery and annual personal property tax filings.
• Lead state registrations and de-registrations, including nexus determinations, business licensing, and exemption certificate programs.
• Provide practical guidance on product taxability, customer questions, 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 tax engine requirements, tax logic, testing, tax-code maintenance, and process optimization (including Vertex requirements).
• Monitor and manage relevant global VAT/GST obligations for US entities operating internationally, including registrations, filings, reporting, and e-invoicing obligations.

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 with confidence operating independently in a remote environment.

Location & Working Pattern

United States – Remote.

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

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation is influenced by skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the minimum full-time salary range is between $110,000 - $120,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. Benefits are available as part of the employer’s benefits information.

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

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business need, with consideration for protected statuses as required by law.

Qualified applicants who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act are actively sought.