Manager, Tax - Indirect Tax (Sales and Operations)
Walmart
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Position Summary...
Manager, Tax - Indirect Tax (Sales and Operations)Location: Bentonville, AR
In this role, you will work with a dynamic team of tax professionals to ensure that Walmart, a Fortune 1 market leader, accurately applies transaction taxes to customers and members shopping online and at our over 5,000 brick-and-mortar Walmart and Sam’s Club locations in the United States and Puerto Rico. The transaction scale and scope of complexity of taxation at Walmart will attract individuals who are excited to navigate novel challenges and engaged by intellectually stimulating work.
As a Manager, you will research and analyze complex transaction tax issues, leverage your sales tax engine experience to monitor and apply tax changes, and play a key role in leading a successful journey towards Tax Modernization.
About Indirect Tax at Walmart
The Indirect Tax Team plays a critical role in Walmart’s ability to navigate the complex landscape of indirect taxation, ensuring compliance and maximizing profitability across the corporation. The complexity and scale of taxation at Walmart encompasses our ecommerce business, brick & mortar stores, other business ventures and beyond.
The Sales Tax Operations (STO) team at Walmart is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of transaction taxes charged to customers and members shopping online and at our brick-and-mortar locations. The STO team performs research and assessments of transactional tax law changes and implements any necessary configuration changes of indirect taxes to thousands of jurisdictions each year. This is a unique opportunity to join the team during an end-to-end tax modernization project and assist in the transformation of the Sales Tax function at an industry leader.
What you'll do...
Configure Sales Tax engines for Walmart.com, Walmart Marketplace, and SamsClub.com, including Vertex O Series and Thomson Reuters OneSource Indirect to comply with tax rate and rule changes.
Research legislative and regulatory changes to state and local sales tax law, analyze the impact on our business and compliance requirements, effectively communicate necessary changes, and work as a team to successfully implement those changes.
Assist in review and categorization of item level attributes to assign proper taxability.
Manage multiple projects and provide guidance and support to other STO associates.
Bring sales tax and systems experience to become an active participant in the Tax Modernization project.
Effectively communicate tax technical requirements to technology partners.
Assist with special projects as needed.
What you’ll bring:
3-5 years of indirect tax experience that includes a mix of sales tax, use tax, product tax, excise tax, transaction tax, gross receipts tax, and tax technical concepts.
1-2 years of hands-on sales tax engine experience including system integration work, rule creation and other general system management.
An undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Advanced degree or certification (e.g., JD, LLM, Master's Degree, CPA, or CMI) related to Taxation is preferred.
Past roles in industry (retail and/or ecommerce) and/or consulting (Big 4).
Strong tax research and writing skills.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
Desire to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
A passion for tackling challenges and engaging at Fortune 1 scale.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00-$155,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Minimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field and 2 years’ experience in accounting, finance, income tax
compliance, or related area OR 4 years’ experience in accounting, finance, income tax compliance, or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Leading cross-functional projects, License to practice law in at least one state, Supervisory experience J.D., Masters: Accounting, Masters: Business, Masters: Economics, Masters: Finance, Masters: Law Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Certificate
