Manager - Personal Property Tax, State and Local Tax Services (52725)

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We are seeking a Manager – Personal Property Tax, State and Local Tax Services, to join our State and Local Tax Services team.

Responsibilities are, but not limited to:

- Business Personal Property Tax Compliance & Management

Oversee the preparation, review, and timely filing of all business personal property tax returns across state and local jurisdictions.

- Ensure accurate asset classification, valuation, and situs determination in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

- Maintain and enhance processes for tracking fixed assets subject to BPP taxation, collaborating with Fixed Asset and Accounting teams.

- Manage assessment notices, tax bills, and payment processes to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

- Planning, Strategy & Risk Management

Identify opportunities to minimize BPP tax exposure through effective classification, exemptions, abatements, and planning strategies.

- Monitor legislative, regulatory, and administrative developments affecting BPP and SALT and assess their impact on the business.

- Develop and recommend process improvements to strengthen controls, improve efficiency, and mitigate tax risk.

- Audits, Appeals & Controversy

Manage BPP tax audits and inquiries from state and local taxing authorities.

- Prepare and oversee appeals, exemptions, and refund claims; coordinate with internal stakeholders and external advisors (as needed).

- Negotiate with assessors and taxing authorities to achieve favorable resolutions.

- Collaboration & Leadership

Serve as the primary internal resource on business personal property tax matters.

- Partner with Finance, Accounting, Operations, Supply Chain, and Legal teams to align tax treatment with business activities.

- Manage relationships with third-party tax service providers and consultants.

- Mentor and provide technical guidance to staff or cross-functional partners, as applicable.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate must:

- Have a bachelor's and/or masters degree in accounting, finance, business or another relevant field.

- Have a minimum of 5+ years of current or recent experience in sales and use tax compliance.

- Have experience leading teams and mentoring associates, as well as a successful record of directing and deploying staff and senior associates on multiple, simultaneous engagements.

- Understand of sales and use tax rules and regulations impacting companies.

- Have project management experience including balancing workflow, activity scheduling, problem solving facilitation, prioritizing multiple complex tasks, and meeting deadlines.

- Possess strong communication skills with experience conveying complex SALT-related information and associated business impacts to non-technical audiences.

- Unwavering integrity and ethics.

- Have experience interacting with clients, establishing credibility, trust and healthy relationships.

- Demonstrate examples of innovative thinking and problem solving.

- Be willing and able to travel to client sites across the country, as dictated by business need (possibly up to 25%).

- Have a CPA or CMI or be a CPA or CMI candidate (preferred).