Sales and Use Tax Manager

Elliott Davis • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

Elliott Davis is seeking a Sales and Use Tax Manager to join its growing State and Local Tax (SALT) practice. The role leads sales and use tax advisory engagements for a diverse range of multistate clients and provides practical guidance on complex tax matters, risk management, compliance, tax savings, and business decisions. The Manager manages client relationships and engagement delivery, identifies opportunities to expand client services, and contributes to business development and the growth of the SALT practice. The role also coaches and mentors SALT professionals and collaborates with colleagues across the firm on other multistate tax matters.

The Manager is expected to combine technical expertise, project leadership, client service, and commercial awareness. Rather than focusing solely on compliance, the role helps clients understand the business implications of tax rules, identify risks and opportunities, and determine practical next steps.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Business, or a related field.
• Approximately 5 or more years of relevant sales and use tax or state and local tax experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of multistate sales and use tax concepts, including nexus, taxability, exemptions, sourcing, and compliance.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements and client relationships simultaneously.
• Ability to identify and develop new client opportunities and expanded service opportunities within existing relationships.
• Strong research, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience reviewing others' work and providing technical guidance to professional staff.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Accounting, Taxation, or a related field.
• CPA, JD, or CMI Sales Tax designation from the Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT), or progress toward an applicable professional credential.
• Experience with sales and use tax technology platforms such as Avalara, Vertex, or similar tax automation solutions.
• Experience conducting reverse audits, refund reviews, nexus studies, taxability studies, voluntary disclosure agreements, and audit defense.
• Experience working with multistate businesses in manufacturing, distribution, technology/SaaS, construction, or professional services.
• Experience managing and developing professional staff.
• Experience at a public accounting firm, consulting firm, corporate tax department, or state taxing authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple sales and use tax advisory engagements for clients across diverse industries and multistate organizations.
• Advise clients on taxability, nexus, sourcing, exemptions, marketplace issues, registration requirements, and multistate compliance.
• Identify tax savings and planning opportunities, including refund reviews, reverse audits, exemption opportunities, and process improvements.
• Conduct and oversee multistate nexus and taxability studies and translate findings into practical client recommendations.
• Assist clients with sales tax audits and controversy matters, including responding to information requests, evaluating assessments, developing technical positions, and working with state taxing authorities.
• Evaluate client sales and use tax processes and recommend improvements related to data, systems, exemption certificate management, and tax determination.
• Work with sales tax technology solutions such as Avalara and Vertex, assisting with implementation, optimization, and process improvements.
• Research complex state and local tax issues and prepare or review technical memoranda, taxability analyses, matrices, client correspondence, and other deliverables.
• Manage engagements from planning through completion, including scope, budgets, staffing, deadlines, billing, and client communications.
• Develop client relationships and serve as a resource to finance, tax, accounting, and operational teams.
• Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships and collaborate with Elliott Davis professionals to provide SALT and broader firm services.
• Participate in business development, proposals, prospect meetings, presentations, and thought leadership activities.
• Coach, supervise, and mentor SALT professionals, providing technical guidance and supporting their development.
• Collaborate across the SALT practice on income and franchise tax, credits and incentives, property tax, unclaimed property, and other multistate matters when appropriate.

Benefits

• Generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s.
• Flexible work schedules.
• 16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave.
• 8 weeks of paid parental leave.
• 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave once eligible.
• Health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling.
• One-on-one professional coaching.
• Leadership and career development programs.
• Access to Beyond, a program offering personal and professional development experiences.

What This Job Offers

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