Sales Tax Compliance Manager

Job Overview:

If you are seeking an exciting opportunity that offers room for growth and advancement, look no further! Linde has an immediate need for a talented Sales & Use Tax Compliance Manager to join our dynamic Tax team in Tonawanda NY. We work together with Treasury, Corporate Accounting and other Linde business groups. We are dedicated to minimizing time spent processing tax filings and enhancing the professional growth of our team members.

Sales Tax Manager Responsibilities:

• Motivate, manage, coach, and develop a staff of three.
• Independently and regularly manages important information up as appropriate and to staff.
• Handle all aspects of compliance to ensure timely and accurate filings for all divisions.
• Notice resolution.
• Management of current Registrations and overall nexus tracking for any future registrations, if and where applicable
• Lead implementations of continuous process improvements in accordance with best practices
• Responsible for maintenance of Vertex Tax Decision Maker software
• Conduct research on tax issues, new product offerings etc.
• Compliance for other indirect taxes as needed.
• Works extended hours as needed during close and to meet key deadlines.
• Creates, reviews and updates SOP's and processes to ensure department efficiencies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting required, MST degree or courses a plus
• 7 years Sales Tax experience in either a large industry or Big 4 Public Accounting with a Manufacturing or retail background
• Experience using Vertex or other sales tax software required.
• Tech savvy demonstrated experience quickly learning new systems and creating efficiencies through systems.
• Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements utilizing innovative solutions.
• Ability to work cross functionally in a matrix organization.
• Ability to drive value and minimize tax within the sales tax function.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong desire to work in a progressive tax department where meeting the compliance deadlines are considered the minimum requirements for the position. Desire to work on "value added" special projects beyond compliance and audit defense.
• Prior experience managing a team preferred.

About Linde:

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit www.linde.com.

• We offer a comprehensive competitive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, health, dental, disability, life insurance, 401(k) (with matching), and pension benefits.
• At Linde, we strive to create a work environment that treats all employees with respect, supports new thoughts and ideas, encourages growth and development, celebrates our differences, and embraces inclusion. Linde is committed to remaining an employer of choice for the diverse, ever-increasing pool of global talent.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde thanks all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those applicants who are being considered for an interview will be contacted.

Pay commensurate with experience. Open to salary range $88,875 - $130,350.

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