Domestic Tax Manager

What you will do

Clarios is looking for a Tax Manager to become a key member of its Domestic Tax team. Reporting directly to the Domestic Senior Tax Manager, the role will collaborate on all aspects of Domestic Tax, including compliance, quarterly tax provision support, state income tax planning, and tax controversy matters.

• Lead and coordinate the Domestic federal and state income tax compliance processes to ensure adherence to deadlines.
• Work with external tax service providers and other members of the Clarios tax team to plan, manage, review, and complete federal and state income tax filings.
• Ensure compliance positions are technically supportable and appropriately documented.
• Support the preparation and review of the quarterly and annual Domestic income tax provision computations; assist in coordinating effective tax rate, uncertain tax positions and cash tax deliverables.
• Serve as a key resource for federal and state tax controversy, including managing responses to taxing authority information requests and notices, supporting U.S. domestic tax audits, developing technical responses, coordinating with external advisors where appropriate, and supporting appeals of tax assessments.
• Drive process improvements and automation across the income tax filing process, including data collection, workpaper preparation, review workflows, documentation standards, return‑to‑provision processes, and compliance/provision data integration; enhance controls and repeatability across the end‑to‑end process.
• Understand the business and related tax matters and develop the ability to translate this knowledge into tax planning and forecasting, focusing on state income tax implications of business expansion, manufacturing footprint changes, legal entity changes, supply chain changes, and other operational developments.
• Research U.S. domestic tax‑related issues, analyze the tax effects of proposed transactions (reorganizations, acquisitions, divestitures), draft supporting memoranda, and provide technical analysis on federal and state income tax issues, including state filing positions, apportionment, nexus, and accounting implications.
• Monitor and evaluate tax legislation to identify its applicability to the company, articulate such application, and stay current with income tax accounting requirements and developments.
• Assist in the development of less experienced tax team members, help build technical capability, process discipline, and consistent documentation standards across the team.
• Support SOX compliance and documentation.

• Required: Minimum of 5 years of progressive responsibility in a U.S. domestic tax role with meaningful experience in federal and multi‑state income tax compliance; experience in a Big4 public accounting firm and multinational corporation is a plus; bachelor’s degree in accounting; strong technical competence of U.S. Tax Compliance processes and tax accounting concepts under ASC
  740; high competency with various income tax provision and compliance software applications (Corptax, One Source Tax Provision); experience with automation tools preferred (Excel Power Query, Alteryx, Microsoft Flows); working knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate) is a plus; experience with SAP, SageFAS, and One Stream is a plus; ability to lead and work in a fast‑paced, team‑oriented environment with cross‑functional coordination;
  
  basic tax planning skills; strong research skills; ability to develop clear technical documentation supporting federal and state income tax positions; developing leadership skills and demonstrated ownership of complex compliance, provision, or state tax work streams.
• Preferred: CPA or equivalent preferred; MST or other advanced tax degree a plus.

• Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire.
• Tuition reimbursement, perks and discounts.
• Parental and caregiver leave programs.
• Paid time off, flexible spending, short‑ and long‑term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance and Employee Assistance Program.
• Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership.
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