Indirect Tax Manager

The Indirect Tax Manager will play an integral role in the operation, management, and direction of outside service providers and both remote and co-located service teams in support of Ford's North American indirect tax compliance function, which includes US sales, use tax, motor fuel and other US Federal and state excise taxes, Canadian federal and provincial goods and services taxes and provincial sales taxes, and Mexican value-added taxes.

In this position…

The Indirect Tax Manager will have a portfolio of indirect tax reporting, controversy, transaction support, and business advisory work streams for Ford's North American reporting entities, support for global SAP deployment and production and and their integration with Vertex, Ford's global tax engine, and development of and operational support for end-to-end solutions concerning North American indirect taxes for new business projects and activities.

This will be a hybrid role out of Dearborn, MI (relocation package available).

The Indirect Tax Manager will play an integral role in the operation, management, and direction of outside service providers and both remote and co-located service teams in support of Ford's North American indirect tax compliance function, which includes US sales, use tax, motor fuel and other US Federal and state excise taxes, Canadian federal and provincial goods and services taxes and provincial sales taxes, and Mexican value-added taxes.

What you'll do…

• Lead, mentor, and develop indirect tax team members in indirect tax compliance, research, and tax automation recurring and project work.

• Participate in design, build, operation and maintenance of systematic, analytical, and reporting solutions in Vertex on Demand and Vertex TPE in support of North American indirect tax compliance needs.

• Provide subject matter expertise to skill teams and business development project teams on indirect tax-related issues and interests.

• Identify and document business, functional and technical requirements to support new business initiatives (e.g., SAP S/4HANA) and scope effects on existing transaction tax calculation processes and systems.

• Monitor, identify, and resolve tax system and reporting issues.

What you'll do…

• Lead, mentor, and develop indirect tax team members in indirect tax compliance, research, and tax automation recurring and project work.

• Participate in design, build, operation and maintenance of systematic, analytical, and reporting solutions in Vertex on Demand and Vertex TPE in support of North American indirect tax compliance needs.

• Provide subject matter expertise to skill teams and business development project teams on indirect tax-related issues and interests.

• Identify and document business, functional and technical requirements to support new business initiatives (e.g., SAP S/4HANA) and scope effects on existing transaction tax calculation processes and systems.

• Monitor, identify, and resolve tax system and reporting issues.