Direct Tax State Income Tax Sr Mgr

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Direct Tax State Income Tax Sr Mgr

We are seeking a Senior Manager – US State Income Tax who combines deep technical judgment with a collaborative, forward looking mindset. This role goes beyond managing compliance: it is an opportunity to shape how state income tax is delivered across the organization—improving quality, reducing risk, and continuously modernizing processes through technology, automation, and thoughtful integration of our Global Business Service team in Costa Rica.

The successful candidate will bring strong expertise in US state income tax and apply it with creativity and pragmatism to deliver audit ready outcomes, anticipate and interpret law changes, and reduce controversy risk, and identify practical opportunities to use technology, automation, and AI to improve quality, consistency, documentation, and cycle time.

Equally important, this leader will act as a coach and partner—working closely with Direct Tax colleagues, business stakeholders, external advisors, and our GBS team in Costa Rica to build capability, ensure quality at source, and challenge the status quo in a constructive way.

We are looking for a values driven leader who fosters psychological safety, collaboration, and co-creation and thoughtful adoption of new digital ways of working. This role is ideal for someone who leads through influence rather than hierarchy, assumes positive intent, and consistently balances technical excellence with empathy, curiosity, and impact.

The primary responsibilities of this role Direct Tax – State Income Tax Senior Manager are to:

This position reports directly to the North America Head of Tax and has close working relationships with the Direct Tax Lead, the other functional US Tax Teams and GBS. The jobholder provides content and support for all state income tax activities in scope. The position requires deep knowledge and consistent application of relevant tax rules and internal procedures for tax returns.

• Supports all legal entities regarding state income tax from a content, compliance and process perspective;
• Provides knowledge and support as needed in the frame of the abovementioned activities;
• Interprets new / changed tax laws and regulations and the respective application of these (within the frameworks given) to the legal entities in scope in close cooperation with Direct Tax Lead as well as with internal and external partners;
• Partners effectively with US Tax R2R/Partnering team, Tax GPOs and GBS to optimize any of the relevant Tax processes through the identification and implementation of continuous improvement, automation and data quality opportunities;
• Identifies, prioritizes, and helps implement practical technology and AI use cases in state income tax processes, with focus on stronger controls, better documentation, improved reviewability, reduced manual effort, and sustainable knowledge transfer to GBS Costa Rica;
• Partners effectively with Enabling function and divisions to ensure quality at source (wherever applicable);
• Assesses new / changed business scenarios to minimize tax exposures and risks in close cooperation with Direct Tax Lead as well as with internal and external partners;
• Collaborates with and supports internal Bayer and external advisor(s) in their work.

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

• B/BS in Finance, Accounting, Law and/or Tax;
• Deep knowledge in the fields of Direct Tax, Tax procedural law and Tax Accounting;
• Excellent knowledge about local tax law and regulations related to direct taxes and more…