Manager, North America Tax & Financial Compliance

Bavarian Nordic•Durham, NC

About The Position

The Manager, North America Tax & Financial Compliance supports the Director, North America Finance in managing tax compliance, financial reporting obligations, and evolving regulatory requirements across the United States and Canada. The role coordinates federal, state, provincial, and other applicable tax estimates and filings; works directly with external tax advisers; and monitors business growth and operational changes to identify new or expanded reporting obligations. It also supports healthcare professional and healthcare organization transparency reporting, environmental and sustainability-related state reporting, and other compliance activities within the North America Finance function. The position partners with Finance, Global Tax, Legal, Compliance, Commercial, Supply Chain, Procurement, Payroll, and sustainability stakeholders, and works with external tax advisers, reporting vendors, and regulatory authorities as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in corporate tax, public accounting, financial compliance, or a related field, preferably across multiple jurisdictions.
Working knowledge of U.S. federal and state tax compliance.
Experience coordinating external tax advisers and managing recurring deadlines and deliverables.
Strong analytical, reconciliation, documentation, and project-management skills, with close attention to detail.
Ability to interpret evolving requirements, assess business implications, and clearly communicate risks and recommendations to management.
Strong Excel and financial systems proficiency.
Demonstrated discretion with confidential financial, tax, employee, and third-party information.

Nice To Haves

CPA, Canadian CPA, or an advanced tax credential.
Canadian corporate tax and indirect or provincial tax experience.
Experience in HCP/HCO transparency reporting, life sciences compliance, EPR, ESG, or other regulatory reporting.
Reporting automation or data visualization experience.

Responsibilities

Support the preparation, review, coordination, and timely filing of annual and quarterly U.S. and Canadian tax estimates, returns, extensions, and payments across applicable jurisdictions.
Support Canadian GST/HST returns, remittances, reconciliations, and documentation, including import taxes and input tax credits; coordinate applicable import VAT reporting, payments, and recoveries.
Coordinate U.S. tariff and customs duty compliance for products ultimately sold in the United States, including monitoring changes, assessing financial impacts, and managing calculations, payments, reconciliations, documentation, and reporting with advisers, customs brokers, and Supply Chain.
Support Global Tax on other products as needed, without primary ownership.
Partner with Supply Chain to understand product and inventory flows and ensure transactions, costs, taxes, and compliance obligations align with the correct legal entity and jurisdiction.
Support current and deferred tax calculations, reconciliations, documentation, and information requests for period-end and year-end reporting.
Track changes in tax laws, filing thresholds, nexus, registrations, and reporting requirements, and assess additional obligations arising from business growth, new products, organizational changes, or geographic expansion.
Serve as a primary day-to-day contact for tax consultants by coordinating accurate and timely data, tracking open items, reviewing deliverables, and escalating risks or decisions to the Director.
Support collection, validation, reconciliation, and submission of healthcare professional and healthcare organization spend data under applicable requirements.
Monitor and coordinate Extended Producer Responsibility and applicable ESG, packaging, waste, recycling, and state sustainability reporting, including registrations, data collection, fees, submissions, and record retention.
Maintain compliance calendars, filing trackers, workpapers, approvals, and submission records; support balance-sheet reconciliations and controls for tax and regulatory accounts.
Support state vendor registrations, compliance submissions, and financial applications by validating financial and tax documentation, coordinating approvals, and tracking deadlines, renewals, and requirement changes.
Gather, validate, and provide financial data and documentation for FSS award submissions, reporting, and follow-up requests. Commercial Pricing and Contracting retains submission ownership.
Coordinate responses to tax notices, audits, regulatory inquiries, and information requests with internal stakeholders and external advisers.
Collaborate across Finance, Legal, Compliance, Commercial, Supply Chain, Procurement, Payroll, and other functions to ensure accurate, complete data and integrate compliance into business processes.
Standardize, automate, and strengthen tax and compliance processes, controls, data quality, and management reporting.
Research and support additional tax, financial compliance, transparency, and regulatory reporting needs as the North American business evolves.