Tax Manager - Military veterans preferred

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The purpose of your role as a Tax Manager

As a Tax Manager, you will lead sales and use tax compliance, managing audits and providing guidance on tax-related matters. We are looking for an individual with strong leadership skills and extensive knowledge of multi-state sales and use tax regulations.

Sales and Use tax:

• Create and implement sales and use tax strategy.
• Partner with operations teams proactively on sales and use tax topics.
• Develop and maintain a sales tax tool to assist Operations with job estimates.
• Provide exemption management, ensuring proper exemption certificates are maintained.
• Lead timely and accurate filing and remittance of sales and use tax returns across multiple jurisdictions on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis
• Manage sales and use tax audits, including responding to audit inquiries, gathering documentation, and negotiating with tax authorities.
• Research and analyze complex sales and use tax issues, providing recommendations to internal stakeholders.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of tax laws and regulatory changes, ensuring compliance with evolving requirements.
• Respond to sales and use tax inquiries from business units, vendors, and customers.
• Drive tax planning initiatives and provide recommendations to minimize tax liabilities.

Organizational Support and Process Improvement:

• Develop and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy in sales tax reporting and compliance.
• Lead tax technology efforts and automation initiatives to streamline tax reporting and operational tasks.
• Provide training and education related to Sales + Use Tax to internal departments, including accounting, finance, and operations, to address tax-related matters and ensure proper tax treatment of transactions
• Create written documentation of procedures and research support
• Lead special projects, tax research and ad hoc analysis as needed.

What we're looking for in you

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in sales and use tax, with 2+ years in a leadership role
• 5+ years of strong knowledge of multi-state Sales and Use tax laws, regulations, and compliance requirements
• 2+ years of experience managing tax audits and working with state tax authorities
• 5+ years of proficient in tax compliance software and ER systems (Vertex, Avalara)
• 5+ years of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other relevant tax technology tools

Your life at Harris

As one of the country's leading mechanical contractors, Harris offers you the best of both worlds: the stability, resources and opportunities of a national company, and the team culture, creative spirit and customer loyalty of a local business. If you thrive on variety and new challenges, we want to meet you!

From stadiums to manufacturing facilities, power plants to hospitals, concert halls to classrooms, we handle projects of all sizes and complexity from multiple regional locations across the country.

Harris Benefits + Compensation

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401K with company match
• Vacation time, sick time, and paid holidays
• Paid Parental leave
• Short-Term Incentive Plan

Visit our Careers Page for additional benefits details: https://www.harriscompany.com/careers/employee-benefits-at-a-glance

Pay Range: $108,352 - $162,528 per year

The actual salary offer will vary by candidate based on a wide range of factors such as specific skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)