Senior Indirect Tax Analyst

Senior Indirect Tax Analyst

*** Hybrid schedule: 3 days per week on-site ***

About the Company

Our client is an established global industrial manufacturing and engineering organization serving customers across several essential industries. The company offers the stability and resources of a global business while providing the opportunity to make a visible impact within its U.S. tax function.

Position Overview

Our client is seeking a Senior Indirect Tax Analyst to take ownership of key U.S. indirect tax activities, with a primary focus on multistate sales and use tax.

This is a hands-on role that combines nationwide compliance, complex transaction analysis, tax technology initiatives, and process improvement. The successful candidate will work closely with tax leadership, IT, external providers, and business stakeholders to resolve tax-data and sourcing challenges while improving the systems and processes supporting the indirect tax function.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support sales and use tax compliance across approximately 45 states in coordination with external tax providers
• Analyze complex multistate sales transactions to determine the appropriate tax treatment, sourcing, and ultimate destination
• Review transactions involving multiple parties, jurisdictions, and product movements
• Manage sales tax exemption documentation and resolve exemption-related questions
• Oversee business license compliance and related regulatory requirements
• Provide support for VAT-related matters as needed
• Partner with IT and business stakeholders to investigate and resolve tax-data and system issues
• Support Vertex integration and other tax technology initiatives
• Lead indirect tax projects and process improvements
• Identify opportunities to use technology, automation, and AI to improve the tax function

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on indirect tax experience, with a specialization in sales and use tax
• Experience managing sales and use tax compliance across a broad range of states
• Strong understanding of multistate taxability, transaction sourcing, and exemption requirements
• Experience with business license compliance and external tax providers
• Comfort working with ERP systems and investigating incomplete or inconsistent tax data
• Ability to collaborate effectively with IT, finance, and operational stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex indirect tax responsibilities
• Technology-focused mindset with an interest in process improvement
• Vertex experience, particularly with integrations or system-related projects, is preferred
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial products, equipment, distribution, or another complex multijurisdictional environment is beneficial

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Take ownership of a critical indirect tax function within an established global organization
• Work directly with senior U.S. tax leadership
• Gain exposure to complex, high-volume multistate transactions
• Move beyond routine return preparation into transaction analysis and problem-solving
• Contribute to ERP, Vertex, automation, and AI-related initiatives
• Help shape and improve the processes supporting the indirect tax function