Assistant Tax Manager

Benefits: 401(k) with Company Match, Employee Discount Program, Lifestyle Allowance, Mobile Phone Plan Reimbursement, Comprehensive Health/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance, Generous Paid Time Off, Flexible Work Hours, Wellness Days, Creative Leave, Monthly Team Building Budget and Additional employee benefits.

About Us

CJ Olive Young introduced the first Korean Health & Beauty store in 1999, pioneering the industry and becoming Korea’s No. 1 Health & Beauty store. With over 1,390 stores across Korea and a global network reaching 150 countries, OLIVE YOUNG is now evolving into a Global Lifestyle Platform that brings the best of Health & Beauty to customers worldwide.

CJ Olive Young USA, Inc. is a dynamic Health & Beauty retailer specializing in skincare and cosmetics in North America! As we expand, we are also curating a selection of local U.S. beauty brands, bringing innovative and high-quality products to our customers.

Job Overview

The Tax Assistant Manager is responsible for managing and reviewing sales and use tax compliance, reconciliations, registrations, audits, and taxability support for multi-state retail and e-commerce operations. This role serves as a key reviewer and process owner for indirect tax compliance and also coordinates corporate income tax and tax provision matters handled by external service providers, including US GAAP/IFRS tax provision support, federal and state income tax return review, account reconciliations, and related documentation.

The position requires strong technical judgment, project management capability, cross-functional communication, and the ability to improve tax processes, controls, and documentation standards in a fast-paced retail environment.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Manage and review sales and use tax compliance for retail stores and e-commerce operations across applicable state and local jurisdictions, ensuring timely and accurate filings and payments.
• Review reconciliations of POS sales, exempt sales, returns, discounts, gift card activity, payment settlements, bank deposits, and general ledger balances to tax return work papers.
• Oversee preparation and maintenance of sales and use tax return support, journal entries, account reconciliations, exemption certificates, audit-ready documentation, and internal control evidence.
• Monitor nexus, registrations, permits, resale certificates, business licenses, and filing obligations for new store openings, relocations, closures, marketplace activity, and expansion into new jurisdictions.
• Lead taxability analysis for retail products and transactions, including product tax codes, shipping charges, discounts, coupons, loyalty programs, samples, promotional items, and consumer use tax considerations.
• Manage responses to sales and use tax audits, notices, refund claims, voluntary disclosure projects, and correspondence with taxing authorities, including coordination of supporting schedules and documentation.
• Coordinate with external service providers and review corporate income tax compliance deliverables, including federal and state income tax work papers, estimated tax payments, apportionment, book-to-tax adjustments, tax depreciation, and related account reconciliations.
• Review and support quarterly and annual US GAAP/IFRS tax provision prepared with external advisors, including current/deferred tax, effective tax rate, uncertain tax positions, and provision-to-return true-up analysis.
• Partner with accounting, treasury, store operations, IT/POS, e-commerce, external advisors, and tax technology providers to improve tax processes, data quality, controls, and filing efficiency.
• Identify process improvement opportunities, develop tax compliance calendars and review checklists, and support automation initiatives for retail tax reporting and reconciliation workflows.
• Provide guidance and review support to junior tax/accounting staff, including workpaper review, issue escalation, documentation standards, and deadline management.
• Perform other tax compliance, accounting, reporting, and special projects as assigned.
• Strong working knowledge of multi-state sales and use tax rules, retail taxability, nexus, exemption…