Sr Tax Manager

Overview

The organization is seeking a Senior Manager, Tax Planning, Transfer Pricing & International Tax to lead the development and execution of the global tax strategy, transfer pricing framework, and tax compliance for jurisdictions outside the United States (“OUS”). This role serves as a strategic partner to Finance, FP&A, Legal, Treasury, Operations, and commercial leaders, providing practical tax guidance on business initiatives, operating-model changes, intercompany arrangements, geographic expansion, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions.

Responsibilities include leading transfer pricing strategy and OUS compliance, evaluating tax implications of business initiatives, supporting legal entity and supply chain changes, and identifying tax-efficient structures aligned with business objectives while managing risk. The role also monitors global legislative developments and emerging international tax regulations, including Pillar Two and other international tax reforms.

The Senior Manager will partner with the Tax Accounting lead to model the effective tax rate, cash tax, and risk objectives and will oversee non-U.S. direct tax matters in partnership with local finance teams and external advisors. The position translates evolving business facts and tax law into recommendations, governance, controls, and timely inputs for tax accounting, compliance, forecasting, and executive decision-making.

This role leads internal team members and external service providers, develops scalable processes, and promotes collaboration across the global tax function. Reporting line: Head of Tax.

Responsibilities

Tax Planning

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of products, legal entities, value chain, intellectual property, manufacturing footprint, intercompany flows, distribution model, and key business initiatives.
• Lead global tax planning by identifying, modeling, recommending, and implementing practical strategies supporting business growth, effective tax rate, cash tax, and risk-management objectives.
• Advise business and functional leaders on tax implications of operating-model changes, supply-chain initiatives, manufacturing and sourcing decisions, market entry, legal-entity changes, financing, intellectual property, acquisitions, divestitures, and integrations.

Transfer Pricing

• Oversee the global transfer pricing framework, including policies, functional analyses, economic studies, intercompany agreements, pricing methodologies, governance, documentation, and audit defense.
• Partner with Finance and local controllers to establish, monitor, and adjust intercompany prices for products, services, royalties, financing, and other related-party transactions so results align with business facts, contractual terms, and the arm’s-length principle.
• Oversee quarterly transfer pricing forecasting and monitoring; explain jurisdictional or entity-level results; coordinate prospective or true-up adjustments; and communicate impacts to Tax Accounting, FP&A, Controllership, and senior leadership.

OUS Compliance

• Oversee OUS direct tax matters, including local-country risk assessments, technical consultations, tax authority inquiries, controversy support, withholding-tax considerations, and coordination of return and payment requirements with internal owners and external advisors.
• Oversee OUS indirect tax matters, including VAT/GST, sales and use taxes, customs and duties, indirect tax registrations and filings, audit and controversy support, process and control governance, and coordination with local finance teams and external advisors to assess business changes and manage compliance and risk.
• Monitor and assess OUS legislative, regulatory, treaty, OECD, and global minimum-tax developments; quantify impacts and ensure timely communication to Tax Accounting, Finance, and business stakeholders.
• Provide input to quarterly and annual income tax provision, OUS tax rates, enacted-law changes, uncertain tax positions, cash-tax items, Pillar Two considerations, and discrete transactions.
• Support tax audits and controversies by developing technical positions, coordinating responses, maintaining examination-ready documentation, managing advisors, and recommending resolution strategies.
• Manage external advisors (scope, budgets, timelines, deliverables, and technical quality) and identify opportunities to improve processes, data, systems, analytics, and internal ownership.

Team Development and Leadership

• Coach, delegate, provide feedback, share knowledge, and document procedures to develop team capability.
• Foster an accountable, inclusive, and collaborative culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive U.S. federal and international income tax experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 5+ years with a relevant advanced degree.
• Significant experience in tax planning and transfer pricing, including policy design, financial modeling, intercompany agreements, operational implementation, documentation, and audit support.
• Experience leading OUS tax matters across multiple jurisdictions and coordinating with local finance teams and external advisors.
• Experience in a multinational corporate tax department, public accounting firm, or law firm.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, J.D., LL.M. in Taxation, Master of Taxation, or comparable advanced degree.
• Medical technology, manufacturing, or regulated-industry experience.
• Experience managing large global special projects or teams.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. and international income tax principles, transfer pricing regulations and OECD guidance, tax treaties, withholding taxes, and global tax developments.
• Familiarity with tax accounting, effective tax rate, cash-tax forecasting, and Pillar Two.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP, consolidation, tax provision, data, and workflow tools; SAP and OneStream experience preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with executive presence.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary (U.S.)

• Salary range for U.S. (excluding PR) locations (USD): $136,000.00 - $230,000.00
• For roles located in California, Seattle WA, Washington DC, Boston MA, and New York City, the salary range is $150,000 - $256,000 USD.
• Actual compensation may vary based on experience, education, certifications, skills, market conditions, internal equity, and geographic location.
• Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

Benefits (Regular employees)

Regular employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for a robust benefits package, including:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability leave
• Dependent daycare spending account
• Incentive plans
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Short-term disability coverage
• Paid time off and holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan (subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements)

Note: “Regular employees” refers to those who are not temporary staff (e.g., interns), and some benefits may not apply to employees in Puerto Rico.

Location

U.S. locations, with salary ranges varying by geography.

Application Deadline

Applications are anticipated to close on - 2 Nov 2026

Equal Employment Opportunity

The organization provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Reasonable accommodations are provided for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance (Where Applicable)

If applying for work that will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, the employer may consider criminal history in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.