Indirect Tax Manager - United States and Canada

Indirect Tax Manager - United States and Canada

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

The Indirect Tax Manager - United States and Canada will provide leadership, policy definition and risk management to the Indirect Tax function for the United States and Canada. This includes oversight of outsourced compliance, engagement management, full audit cycle and post audit controversy resolution, planning, implementation of planning opportunities, risk management, including contingency reporting and account determination, business support, new offering definition.

Responsibilities

• Manages a team of exempt individual contributors and/or Manager 1s for a type of tax or medium country by monitoring and/or setting performance goals and objectives, staffing project teams, and ensuring timely and effective delivery of various tax efforts and programs.
• Guides team to define program parameters and sets expectations for tax efforts; motivates, coaches, and fosters creativity within teams.
• Reviews the tax issues country.
• Provides guidance on tax issues of the highest level of complexity.
• Is accountable for assigning and reviewing tax returns and for their financial, business, and legal outcomes.
• Recommend and approves audit settlements.
• Identifies potential compliance issues and recommends solutions.
• Communicates and consults with senior management on strategic and tax- related issues.
• Collaborates with senior business leaders to resolve highly complex tax issues; represents the company to external stakeholders, such as tax authorities.
• Develop relationships with tax industry professionals and/or organizations.
• Maintains current market trends knowledge and keeps abreast of latest developments as they affect Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the company's standards and policies.

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor's Degree required; advance degree preferred
• 10+ years of related experience Indirect Tax in the US with exposure and experience with Canada
• 2+ years of previous supervisory or leadership experience.

Knowledge and Skills

• Content expert in the field of tax matters.
• Exceptional financial and business acumen; in-depth business and industry knowledge.
• Advanced knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment as it relates to federal and state income tax transactions.
• Excellent leadership and supervisory skills, including goal-setting, conflict resolution, performance management, meeting leading, budget planning, problem solving, and evaluation.
• Excellent influence and negotiation skills and ability to persuade both tax authorities and convince businesses to comply.
• Excellent project management and process development skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including both written and verbal forms catered to a wide variety of audiences.
• Ability to think about issues relating to treasury or financial accounting, in addition to tax-related matters.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing: We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development: We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion: We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.