Manager, Indirect Tax

Job Overview

The Manager, Indirect Tax reviews all sales tax returns for the company and ensures compliance with all sales and use tax laws. This leader will exhibit JD Finish Line’s core values of Customer, People, Winning, Community, and Financial Responsibility by performing the following key duties.

• Reviews sales tax returns prepared in house and outsourced, payment requests, and payment logs.
• Manages sales tax outsourcing vendor relationships and ensures compliance with all sales and use tax laws.
• Calculates monthly use tax expense and amount to be capitalized to fixed assets.
• Manages and handles all sales tax audits and notices.
• Researches and analyzes sales and use tax laws and law changes to ensure the company is in compliance with sales and use tax laws.
• Engages with other departments to ensure vendors are in compliance with all sales and use tax laws.
• Gathers and communicates information regarding sales tax holidays.
• Ensures sales tax rate changes are implemented properly to the digital and store businesses.
• Analyzes opportunities for sales tax refunds.
• Drives initiatives designed to improve the efficiency and quality of the sales and use tax processes.
• Directly supervises and develops 1 employee, including interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning, appraising performance, rewarding, disciplining, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
• Additional duties and projects as required.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from a 4‑year college or university.

Experience: 5–7 years of experience in sales tax, preferably in a leadership capacity, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Computer and Technical

Skills:

Basic to intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office, Vertex, and Google Suite.

Physical Demands: The job requires sitting for more than 6 hours per shift, using hands, reaching, talking, walking, climbing, stooping, kneeling, and occasionally lifting up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally. Punctuality and regular attendance are required.

Average work week is 45–50 hours, which can vary depending on business need. The work environment is a moderately noisy office setting.

Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per company policy.

The Finish Line, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local EEO laws. The company prohibits discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on race or color, religion or creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, sex, pregnancy status, age, military status, disability, or any other characteristic or class protected by law.

The company provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws.