SALT Tax Manager

Snipes•Bensalem, PA

12h•Hybrid

About The Position

The SALT Tax Manager owns SNIPES’ U.S. sales and use tax function, with responsibility for compliance, audit defense, nexus management, and accurate tax determination across stores, ecommerce, and procurement. The company is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, so the manager also serves as the day-to-day tax contact for the parent company, providing data, schedules, and analysis to support parent-level income tax provision, compliance, and reporting. The role calls for a broadly trained tax professional with knowledge spanning income, franchise, property, and employment taxes, and specialized expertise in sales and use tax in a multistate retail environment. The manager advises business teams, oversees external tax advisors and service providers, and develops scalable processes, documentation, and staff as the U.S. business grows. The position reports to the Chief Financial Officer and is hybrid in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Taxation.
At least 7 years of progressive tax experience, primarily focused on multistate sales and use tax, including experience in public accounting (Big Four or comparable national firm) and a corporate tax department.
Broad technical grounding in federal and state income and franchise tax, indirect tax, property tax, and employment tax, with demonstrated depth in sales and use tax.
Experience supporting pass-through or disregarded entity structures, including delivering data for a parent company’s income tax provision, compliance, and reporting.
Hands-on Avalara experience, including AvaTax configuration, tax code and product taxability mapping, returns processing, exemption certificate management, and integration troubleshooting.
Demonstrated ability to manage state and local sales and use tax audits from initial notice through resolution, including sampling methodology and assessment negotiation.
Practical experience with post-Wayfair nexus analysis, multistate registrations, and voluntary disclosure agreements.
Experience designing and performing self-audits or reverse audits of tax configurations and transaction data, and working directly with large POS and ecommerce data sets.
Experience with a major ERP system such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite, and retail POS and ecommerce platforms.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain sales and use tax concepts and risks to non-tax stakeholders and executive leadership.
Highly organized and deadline-driven, with judgment to manage a high-volume compliance calendar alongside audits and advisory work.

Nice To Haves

CPA, CMI (Sales Tax), and/or a Master’s in Taxation.
Retail or multi-unit experience.
Experience with data analysis tools such as Alteryx, SQL, or Power BI.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end U.S. sales and use tax compliance across states and localities, including filing calendars, return preparation and review, remittances, notice resolution, and monthly reconciliation of sales tax payable and accrual accounts.
Administer, configure, and optimize Avalara products, including AvaTax, Returns, and exemption certificate management; maintain tax codes, product taxability mapping, rates, jurisdictions, and integrations with ERP, POS, and ecommerce platforms.
Conduct recurring self-audits and reverse audits of sales tax configurations and transaction data, validate taxability determinations, identify overpayments and exposures, pursue refunds, and coordinate remediation with IT and business owners.
Monitor economic and physical nexus as the company expands; manage registrations, deregistrations, voluntary disclosure agreements, and exposure and reserve estimates for unregistered jurisdictions.
Manage state and local sales and use tax audits from data extraction and sampling through workpapers, information requests, proposed assessment negotiations, and appeals, coordinating with external advisors.
Serve as the primary liaison to the parent company’s tax function and provide trial balance data, book-to-tax adjustment support, state apportionment and footprint data, intercompany detail, and schedules for parent-level provision and compliance.
Advise merchandising, ecommerce, store operations, supply chain, marketing, and accounts payable on tax treatment of products, promotions, delivery and fulfillment models, store openings, vendor purchases, and consumer use tax accruals.
Document tax positions, taxability matrices, and process controls; partner with the Controller on accruals, reserves, and audit support; and maintain control-ready processes as the company scales.
Monitor legislative, regulatory, and case law developments affecting retail sales and use tax and translate changes into system, process, and policy updates.
Manage external tax advisor and service provider relationships and develop scalable processes, documentation, and staff as the U.S. business grows.