Tax Manager

Tax Manager

Role Summary:

The Tax Manager is responsible for the development, maintenance, and ongoing support of assigned tax compliance product line(s). This role oversees all compliance and preseason products across the markets served and leads a team of Tax Analysts in delivering highquality, timely solutions.

The Tax Manager serves as a key liaison between product development teams and external clients or vendors, as well as between development teams and internal business sponsors and stakeholders. The position has responsibility for daytoday team operations, including planning and scheduling, work review, hiring, process management and improvement, and successful delivery of assigned initiatives.

About the Role

In this opportunity as a Tax Manager, you will:

Duties and Responsibilities

Project Management and Process Improvement (70%)

• Translate and communicate business requirements between development teams and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with design specifications, documentation standards, and product objectives.
• Identify and implement process improvements and enabling technologies to streamline workflows, accelerate timetomarket, and reduce costs where possible.
• Manage critical processing deadlines within complex environments, making informed decisions that directly impact product delivery timelines.
• Apply strong analytical and problemsolving skills to understand complex concepts and identify issues that may not be readily apparent.
• Develop initiatives and program enhancements that positively impact the customer experience.
• Receive broad objectives and independently determine appropriate use of resources to meet schedules, deliverables, and strategic goals.
• Scope complex initiatives based on business requirements and develop project plans, timelines, or statements of work as needed.

Leadership (20%)

• Establish performance goals for team members that align with and support organizational goals and strategic direction.
• Demonstrate effective people leadership and performance management skills, including attracting talent, motivating teams, and developing employees.
• Provide direction and guidance to team members within established company policies and practices.
• Recommend policy changes and establish procedures that impact the immediate organization.
• Act as a trusted advisor to team members by offering guidance, resolving technical issues, and ensuring commitments are met.
• Partner effectively across teams and functions to identify project risks, develop mitigation plans, and address issues proactively.

Communication (10%)

• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Lead client meetings and respond to issues with minimal oversight or intervention.
• Clearly communicate the rationale, scope, and impact of new initiatives or changes in product direction to internal teams and stakeholders.

About You

You'rea fit for the role of Tax Manager, if you have the following required qualifications:

Required Experience and Skills

• Demonstrated experience working directly with clients to define needs and deliver effective solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Creative, innovative, and adaptable, with the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment.
• Proven success managing and delivering complex, timesensitive projects.
• Experience developing and executing hiring and talent strategies.
• Strong ability to coordinate crossfunctional teams and perform effectively under tight deadlines and competing priorities.
• Solid cost management skills, with an understanding of how departmental costs impact product development and overall financial performance.
• Ability to coach, develop, and manage staff with limited reliance on direct supervisory support.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, or a related field required; MBA or CPA preferred.

Working Conditions

This position may require periodic evening and weekend availability during peak periods to monitor email and address timesensitive client escalations.

Direct Reports

• Tax Analysts
• Senior Tax Analysts
• Lead Tax Analysts
• Tax System Specialists

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What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $100,100 USD - $185,900 USD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual's knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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