KERING Senior Manager, Indirect Tax

KERING Senior Manager, Indirect Tax

Job Family: Indirect Tax/Finance

Job Title: Senior Manager, Indirect Tax

Location: Wayne, NJ

Kering is a global, family-led luxury group, home to people whose passion and expertise nurture creative Houses across couture and ready-to-wear, leather goods, jewelry, eyewear and beauty: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo, Qeelin, Ginori 1735, as well as Kering Eyewear. Inspired by their creative heritage, Kering Houses design and craft exceptional products and experiences that reflect the Group’s commitment to excellence, sustainability and culture. This vision is expressed in our signature: Creativity is our Legacy.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

• Building and maintaining a best-in-class Indirect Tax function
• This position provides a unique opportunity to build and further enhance processes and infrastructure relating to the recent implementation of SAP.
• Establish key relationships with business partners across Kering and the brand finance and legal teams
• Maintain and enhance the sales and use, property, escheat & other indirect tax compliance processes
• Review and manage tax exemption and resale certificates
• Manage and oversee a team of seven or eight people, ensuring timely filing of all returns and proper workpaper documentation for audit support
• Coordinate, manage and prepare responses to tax authorities on audit, as well as preparing responses to notices
• Have an in-depth understanding of end-to-end system, process, accounting and controls for all sales tax collection, payment and recovery systems
• Research and analysis of indirect tax issues
• Highlight and remediate issues and bring forward resolution plans to senior leadership
• Manage the Tax Calendar, including the tracking of electronic payments and checks
• Assist with indirect tax due diligence on new business initiatives, M&A, contract reviews, legislative analyses, implementation of tax technology and general technical indirect tax questions
• Promote indirect tax awareness and knowledge including training and liaising with business partners
• Propose recommendations for changes to policies, procedures and systems as needed to improve internal controls, tax minimization, integrity of financial information and departmental efficiencies

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• 10+ years of tax experience in an accounting firm or corporate tax department, managing several direct reports
• In-depth knowledge of indirect taxation in US and Canada with experience in marketplace facilitator laws and economic nexus
• Excellent computer and communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex concepts to management and non-tax practitioners
• Comfortable as a "hands-on" manager and willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills with the ability to commit and push through decisions
• Ability to adjust rapidly to changing demands and priorities

Salary: $150,000 - $165,000 per year

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing programs.

Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.