Sr. Corporate Tax Manager - Americas

About RS Group

RS is a high-service global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, enabling them to operate efficiently and sustainably.

We operate in 33 markets, stock over 875,000 industrial and specialist products and list an additional five million relevant for our industrial customers, sourced from over 2,500 suppliers. This extensive range supports our customers across the industrial lifecycle of designing, building and maintaining equipment and operations. We enhance their experience through a tailored service model, leveraging our efficient physical, digital and process infrastructure sustainably. We combine a technically led and digitally enabled approach with an exceptional team of experts; ultimately, it’s our people that make the difference.

Our purpose, making amazing happen for a better world, reflects our focus on delivering results for people, planet and profit.

About the Role

Role Purpose

Reporting to the Group Head of Tax Reporting & Compliance, the Senior Tax Manager will serve as the lead tax professional for the United States and Americas region. The role is responsible for overseeing all aspects of direct and indirect tax compliance, tax reporting, governance, tax risk management, and tax authority audits across the region.

The Senior Tax Manager will lead the continued evolution of the Company's tax operating model, including transitioning a significant portion of the US state income tax compliance process from an outsourced model to an internally managed function. This position will oversee a Senior Tax Accountant and provide functional guidance to indirect tax resources supporting sales and use tax compliance activities.

The role will partner closely with Finance, Treasury, Legal, Accounting, Shared Services, Group Tax, and external advisors to ensure compliance with all tax obligations while driving process improvements, strengthening controls, and reducing tax risk.

Responsibilities

Tax Compliance

• Lead all US federal, state and local income tax compliance activities.
• Oversee tax compliance activities in Mexico and other Americas jurisdictions as required.
• Establish and manage the annual tax compliance calendar and ensure filing and payment obligations are completed accurately and timely.
• Direct the transition of state income tax return preparation from third-party providers to an internally managed compliance model.
• Determine which returns and tax matters should remain outsourced due to technical complexity and manage external advisor relationships accordingly.
• Review and approve federal and state income tax returns, extensions, estimated tax calculations, apportionment schedules and supporting workpapers.
• Oversee US international tax compliance requirements and related reporting obligations.
• Monitor changes in US tax legislation and assess impacts to the business.
• Ensure robust documentation is maintained to support tax positions and compliance obligations.

Tax Reporting & Accounting

• Lead quarterly and annual income tax provision processes under ASC 740 and IFRS.
• Oversee current and deferred tax calculations.
• Manage effective tax rate forecasting and reporting.
• Review tax account reconciliations and journal entries.
• Support tax disclosures for statutory and consolidated financial reporting.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting teams to ensure tax balances are properly recorded.
• Support external and internal audit requirements.

Indirect Tax Oversight

• Provide overall governance and oversight for US sales and use tax compliance activities.
• Partner with the Global Indirect Tax team to ensure compliance with indirect tax requirements.
• Monitor exposure related to exemption certificate management, audit assessments, and taxability determinations.
• Support indirect tax audits and tax authority examinations.
• Drive improvements in sales tax processes, controls and compliance practices.

Audit, Governance & Risk Management

• Lead federal, state, local and indirect tax audits.
• Serve as the primary liaison with tax authorities and external auditors.
• Identify and communicate tax risks and remediation actions.
• Maintain and enhance the Company's tax governance framework.
• Ensure tax processes are documented and supported by effective controls.
• Support SOX compliance and internal control activities.

Business Partnering & Advisory

• Provide practical and commercially focused tax advice to business leaders.
• Support acquisitions, integrations, legal entity restructurings and business transformation initiatives.
• Assess tax implications of strategic business decisions.
• Support cash tax forecasting and tax planning initiatives.
• Collaborate with Group Tax on global tax projects.
• Review technical research, tax memoranda and position papers.

Process Improvement & Technology

• Lead automation and continuous improvement initiatives across the tax function.
• Improve tax data quality and reporting capabilities.
• Optimize SAP and other tax technology solutions.
• Evaluate opportunities to reduce compliance costs while improving control and efficiency.

Team Leadership

• Directly manage and develop the Senior Tax Accountant.
• Provide functional leadership to indirect tax resources.
• Establish performance objectives and development plans for tax team members.
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and strong business partnership.

Candidate Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax or related discipline; or equivalent practical experience
• CPA, MST, JD/LLM (Tax) preferred.
• 7-10+ years of progressive corporate tax experience.
• Significant experience with US federal and state income tax compliance and reporting.
• Strong ASC 740 and tax accounting experience.
• Experience managing tax audits and tax authority examinations.
• Experience within multinational organizations.
• Combination of public accounting and industry experience preferred.
• Experience supporting M&A, restructurings and business transformation projects.
• Experience working with SAP preferred.
• Fluent Spanish is a plus.

Desirable:

• Strong leadership and people management capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Commercial business mindset.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to influence senior leadership and drive change.

Equal Employment Opportunity

RS Americas is an equal opportunity employer and maintains policies and practices that are designed to prevent and prohibit unlawful discrimination against any qualified employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military/veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other unlawful classification to the extent protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination applies to all employment practices, including hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, training and termination. Employees who engage in unlawful discrimination will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

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