Job Description

Are you looking to use your expert financial, analytical and leadership skills in an industry that supports and protects explorers and heroes? We could use your expertise on our team! As a Tax Manager I you will manage and coordinate our business operations with specific focused responsibility on supporting tax compliance, tax audits, tax forecasting, and planning. You\'ll participate in indirect planning and tracking and provide oversight, review, and direction relating to existing tax laws, court cases, regulations, and rulings to ensure proper tax budgeting. You\'ll lead our team of tax accountants in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual indirect tax filings. You will also work projects and maintain deliverables with other teams at SNC including finance, legal, accounting, and audit.

Sierra Nevada Corporation is seeking an indirect tax manager to lead the indirect tax function. This job is focused on indirect compliance, taxability position support, and audit defense as well as helps to ensure that SNC has adequate and adhered to tax policies and procedures that ensure compliance to state and municipal tax requirements. The position is in charge of tax compliance, policy, research, and strategic tax planning that minimizes the company\'s tax burden and risk in the areas of sales and use tax, property tax, and unclaimed property. The position also requires strong understanding of the audit process as the position will oversee indirect tax audits and defense as well.

As SNC\'s corporate team, we provide the company and its business areas with strategic direction and business support spanning executive management, finance and accounting, operations, human resources, legal, IT, information security, facilities, marketing, and communications.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices to ensure the organization promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results.
• Supports the implementation of company programs, procedures, methods and practices to promote key corporate messages
• Challenges and inspires employees to achieve business results
• Ensures employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements
• Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions
• Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to employees in order to achieve department, company and customer results.
• Assists Vice President and Director in creating and implementing effective policy and operations for managing and complying with tax regulations for state and local municipal sales and use tax as well as property tax and unclaimed property compliance
• Ensures effective business planning for the indirect tax units\' annual operations, compliance, audit, and staffing requirements
• Leads the indirect tax teams development, management, and operation of company policies and compliance processes to ensure team can function effectively in guiding managers through tax and payroll operations and policies
• Leads company preparation for indirect tax audits from State and Local municipal authorities, as well as with the company\'s auditors and examiners with support and coordination with Vice President and Director.
• Assists in creating change in company indirect tax policies and procedures to better achieve economies, efficiencies, and better management of tax operations
• Ensures all vendor interfaces with indirect tax are assessed and monitored for efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with contracts for operations and services affecting the indirect tax unit
• Collaborates with all members of the Tax Department and ensures department leadership is informed and appraised of tax positions and filings in line with the department delegation of authority.

Must Haves:

• A Bachelor\'s degree in finance, accounting, economics
• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• Experience working with tax law and procedures
• Leadership abilities inclusive of successful change management, mentoring, career development, training, succession planning, holding people accountable, and conducting yearly reviews
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data and prepare financial reports and/or projections
• CPA Certification, CMI Certification, IPT Certification, or equivalent
• Knowledge of business principles from multiple disciplines and ability to apply these principles in driving change/outcomes in cross-functional projects and activities
• Builds capacity of individuals and teams through effective employee development, involvement, communication, and supervision efforts
• Creates a strong mutually supportive work spirit and culture where people can do their best
• Establishes trust and inspires others
• Delivers on commitments and hold others to same
• Champions the organization and advocate solutions in the overall company\'s best interest
• Consolidates information from various sources including feedback from others to reach sound decisions
• Considers the ultimate impact of decisions and actions on internal and external customers and coordinates such with department leadership
• Fosters change in company direction
• Effectively plans and executes changes
• Experience in managing indirect taxation and tax policy for companies multi-state operations
• 3+ or more years of supervisory or management experience in indirect taxation
• Project management experience including tax policy revision and implementation of new processes and procedures

Preferred:

• Masters Degree in Taxation
• Juris Doctor or license to practice law

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America\xe2\x80\x99s fastest-growing companies.

SNC offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and .

IMPORTANT NOTICE: To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), our mission is to dream, innovate, inspire and empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.

Sierra Nevada Corporation