Senior Tax Manager - Indirect Taxes

Caterpillar Inc.•Nashville, TN

4d•$151,440 - $242,304•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager Tax leads the North American indirect tax function supporting Caterpillar’s captive finance businesses across the United States and Canada. The role manages indirect tax matters for Caterpillar Financial Services, with particular emphasis on sales and use tax, property tax, and Canadian GST/HST/PST/QST. It combines indirect tax leadership, captive finance expertise, accounting knowledge, tax compliance, and strategic business partnership. The position oversees and develops a team responsible for thousands of U.S. sales and property tax filings and Canadian indirect tax returns annually. It serves as a senior advisor on complex tax issues, provides guidance to business partners and leadership, and considers enterprise implications and financial statement consequences. Success requires the ability to assess complex issues calmly, establish priorities, mobilize resources, and drive timely resolution with an appropriate sense of urgency. The successful candidate is required to work full time, five days per week onsite in Caterpillar’s Nashville main office. Relocation is available. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Requirements

Experience in captive finance, equipment finance, leasing, lending, or financial services, with an understanding of loans, leases, and financing transactions.
Strong knowledge of sales and use tax and property tax, including experience managing complex or high-volume tax compliance activities.
Experience with U.S. and Canadian indirect taxes and multiple tax jurisdictions; Canadian GST/HST/PST/QST experience is ideal.
Strong accounting or financial background and the ability to connect tax requirements, accounting treatment, and financial impacts to business decisions.
Proven ability to lead, coach, teach, and develop tax professionals while setting priorities and supporting a large, complex compliance workload.
Strong business partnership and communication skills, with the ability to remain calm under pressure, quickly assess and resolve issues, and operate with an appropriate sense of urgency.
Ability to work onsite five days per week in the Nashville main office.

Responsibilities

Manage indirect tax matters across the United States and Canada for Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, Caterpillar Financial Services Limited, Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation, and Caterpillar Financial Commercial Account Corporation.
Oversee, coach, teach, and train the team responsible for thousands of U.S. sales and property tax returns and Canadian GST/HST/PST/QST returns annually.
Oversee accurate tax reporting and advise business partners and leadership on complex technical tax issues, enterprise implications, and related financial statement consequences.
Apply indirect tax expertise to captive finance transactions involving loans, leases, financing transactions, and related financial products, recognizing the tax implications of different transaction structures.
Identify emerging indirect tax risks, develop mitigation strategies, recognize beneficial tax opportunities, and implement solutions that balance compliance, financial impact, and business objectives.
Guide responses to tax authority inquiries and audits, providing technical direction to managers and analysts while considering broader enterprise impact.
Evaluate proposed tax legislation and regulatory developments, determine potential financial and operational impact, and help ensure material tax positions are properly researched and documented.
Assess complex issues, engage appropriate stakeholders, establish priorities, and drive issues to resolution with an appropriate sense of urgency.