Domestic Tax Manager

Clarios • Milwaukee, WI

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Clarios is looking for a Tax Manager to become a key member of its Domestic Tax team. Reporting directly to the Domestic Senior Tax Manager, the role will collaborate on all aspects of Domestic Tax, including but not limited to the U.S. federal and state income tax compliance, quarterly tax provision support, state income tax planning, and tax controversy matters. The role requires strong technical tax competence in U.S. federal and state income taxation and will serve as a key technical resource across the Domestic Tax function. This position will support the Clarios Global Tax Reporting team as part of the quarterly US tax provision process, coordinate with the US Finance team, offshore business center team based in Bratislava, and Clarios Treasury team. The role will also work closely with external tax service providers to facilitate the efficient and timely completion of federal and state income tax filings, while improving the processes, controls, documentation, and automation supporting those filings. The role requires a high level of technical proficiency of tax compliance and tax accounting in a multinational environment with U.S. federal, state, and international tax exposure. The successful candidate must be comfortable applying federal and multi-state income tax concepts to compliance, provision, planning, tax controversy, and business expansion matters. The role demands developing leadership qualities, strong interpersonal skills, a robust desire to get things done, challenge the status quo, and drive improvements. Domestic Tax is an ambitious team, and we want you to be ambitious too! At the heart of the role will be responsibility for U.S. federal and state income tax matters, with a focus on the end-to-end income tax compliance process and its integration with the quarterly tax provision process. A deep multi-state income tax competence will be important to success in the role. With high volume state data, prior involvement in tax automation and transformation efforts is also ideal. This role will be a key person responsible for state income tax matters supporting business expansion, nexus and apportionment considerations, state audit defense, notices, refund claims, and other tax controversy matters.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive responsibility in a US domestic tax role, with meaningful experience in federal and multi-state income tax compliance
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Strong technical competence of US Tax Compliance processes and tax accounting concepts under ASC 740, including the ability to connect compliance matters to the quarterly and annual tax provision.
• High competency level with various income tax provision and compliance software applications including Corptax and OneSource Tax Provision
• Experience with automation tools preferred (i.e., Excel Power Query, Alteryx, Microsoft Flows, or equivalent), including the ability to identify manual process steps that can be standardized or automated
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate) a plus, especially as applied to tax requesting, workflow tracking, data validation, or compliance process management
• Experience with SAP, Sage FAS, and OneStream a plus
• Ability to lead and work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, including cross-functional coordination with Finance, Treasury, business operations, external advisors, and offshore support teams
• Basic tax planning skills; strong research skills; ability to develop clear technical documentation supporting federal and state income tax positions
• Developing leadership skills and demonstrated ownership of complex compliance, provision, or state tax workstreams

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a Big 4 Public Accounting and multinational corporation is a plus
• CPA or equivalent preferred
• MST or other advanced tax degree a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the Domestic federal and state income tax compliance processes to ensure adherence to deadlines; work with external tax service providers and other members of the Clarios tax team to plan, manage, review, and complete federal and state income tax filings; Ensure compliance positions are technically supportable and appropriately documented
• Support the preparation and review of the quarterly and annual Domestic income tax provision computations; assist in coordination of effective tax rate, uncertain tax positions and cash tax deliverables
• Serve as a key resource for federal and state tax controversy, including managing responses to taxing authority information requests and notices, supporting U.S. domestic tax audits, developing technical responses, coordinating with external advisors where appropriate, and supporting appeals of tax assessments
• Drive process improvements and automation across the income tax filing process, including data collection, workpaper preparation, review workflows, documentation standards, return-to-provision processes, and compliance/provision data integration; enhance controls and repeatability across the end-to-end process
• Understand the business and related tax matters and develop the ability to translate this knowledge into tax planning and forecasting, with particular focus on state income tax implications of business expansion, manufacturing footprint changes, legal entity changes, supply chain changes, and other operational developments
• Research US domestic tax-related issues, and analyze the tax effects of proposed transactions, including reorganizations, acquisitions, and divestitures, draft supporting memoranda; provide technical analysis on federal and state income tax issues, including state filing positions, apportionment, nexus, income tax accounting implications, and relevant tax controversy positions
• Monitor and evaluate tax legislation to identify its applicability to the company and articulate such application; stay current with income tax accounting requirements and developments
• Assist in the development of less experienced tax team members and the Domestic tax team, as a function; help build technical capability, process discipline, and consistent documentation standards across the team
• Support SOX compliance and documentation

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire
• Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts
• Parental and caregiver leave programs
• All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level