Indirect Tax Manager

Job Description

Job Description

About Us:

Liberty Tire Recycling is a high-growth company and the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America with operations throughout the United States and Canada. Liberty Tire annually transforms more than 210 million tires into raw materials for smart, sustainable products that improve our environment and people’s lives. The Company is private equity owned, has approximately 60 sites in the US and Canada, and nearly 4,000 employees. With innovative tools, technologies and processes, Liberty Tire is a revolutionary American conservation enterprise – from coast to coast, and from whole tire to end products. The company’s commitment to finding new and better ways to RECLAIM, RECYCLE and REUSE bridges the sustainability goals of scrap tire generators nationwide with those of local scrap rubber consumers.

Position Summary

The Tax Manager – Indirect Tax is a hands-on role responsible for managing the company’s indirect tax compliance obligations. The position focuses on sales and use tax, property, gross receipts, and other transaction-based taxes. It is execution-oriented and includes the direct preparation, review, and filing of returns, as well as day-to-day issue resolution. The role also partners with accounting, procurement, and operations to ensure accurate tax treatment across service, manufacturing, distribution, and sales activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Compile monthly sales data for the third-party return preparer, review preliminary liabilities, and confirm required sales tax payments
• Prepare, review, and file property tax and other transaction-based tax returns across multiple jurisdictions
• Perform monthly and quarterly indirect tax account reconciliations and resolve variances
• Analyze the taxability of products, customers, and transactions
• Support indirect tax planning for capital projects and acquisitions
• Identify and implement process improvements and internal controls for indirect tax compliance
• Conduct transaction taxability reviews and support exposure and nexus analyses
• Monitor compliance calendars and ensure timely filing and payment of indirect taxes
• Manage indirect tax audits, including data collection, document preparation, and draft responses
• Document processes and maintain workpapers to support filings and audit defense
• Maintain exemption certificates and resale documentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field
• At least 3 years of hands-on indirect tax experience, preferably in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong Excel skills
• High attention to detail and the ability to work independently while meeting recurring deadlines
• Solid understanding of state and local indirect tax rules and filing requirements
• Experience preparing returns, reconciliations, and audit support documentation
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with practical problem-solving ability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-state indirect tax compliance
• Experience working directly with tax authorities on audits or notices

Why This Role

• Opportunity to join a dynamic company with $1 billion in sales and operations in more than 45 states
• Hands-on individual contributor role with direct ownership of the indirect tax function
• Stable, recurring workload with exposure to complex compliance and audit matters
• Opportunity to continue driving automation

EEO Statement:

Liberty Tire Recycling is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.