Charlotte North America Indirect Tax Manager Job - NC, 28201

North America Indirect Tax Manager-GEN000180

Description

Merck is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and consumer health products, as well as animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company - one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of people like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

The Record to Report group within Americas Commercial Services seeks a qualified candidate for a position as North America Indirect Tax Manager. This position will have Ownership of Sales and Use, VAT/GST & Withholding tax processes related to North America Shared Business Services (SBS) activity including invoice processing & customer billing questions & issue resolution, maintain & change management of process documentation, execute internal controls, prepare and analyze key metrics, assist in internal and external tax audits. The Indirect Tax Manager will ensure the accuracy of Indirect Tax filings for Canada, USA, Mexico and Puerto Rico as well as drive continuous improvement to enable automation of Sales and Purchase Tax Reporting and Accounting.

Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Expert role:

* Provide Indirect Tax expertise to the SBS Regional and Local teams.
* Provide guidance and act as the SBS Tax Power User for transactional tax.
* Ensure accuracy of the Product and General Ledger configuration mapping for nature, use, taxability & recoverability.
* Lead employee expense management VAT/GST reclaim activities.
* Active member of the Global Indirect Competency Center.
* Work with Corporate Tax' Global Tax planning group on compliance projects.

Execute Controls:

* Strengthen relevant tax controls on data quality and awareness within the business, incl. running standard controls on Master data and Transactional.
* Review and analyze internal controls and additional controls imposed by internal or external audit to ensure accurate reporting and accounting.

Metrics:

* Prepare and analyze key metrics to ensure continuous improvement of processes.

Process documentation maintenance & change management:

* Ensure process documentation addresses tax aspects incl. dissemination and approval from relevant Business areas of standard operating procedures.
* Provide guidance to local and regional SBS teams or other stakeholders involved in tax related processing decisions.
* Establish best practice optimizing the underlying information managed within our SAP ERP system.

Liaison:

* Act as a liaison to other parts of the business in resolving transactional tax issues identified within the North American Region.
* Central contact for SAP ERP COE Team to receive updates on system changes and to ensure that these have no adverse impacts to transactional or indirect tax processes.
* Central contact in SBS Regional for Indirect Tax Competency Center.

Withholding Tax:

* Ensure accuracy and timely filing of Withholding Tax documentation to vendors/suppliers (e.g. 1099, 1048 in US).

Qualifications

Education:

* Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting or Tax is preferred

Required:

* Minimum of 5 years relevant experience preferably with a Multinational company or a large consulting/accounting firm.
* Experience with VAT/GST, Sales and Use reporting.
* Ability to think broadly while handling the details as required.
* Ability to focus on continuous process improvement.

Preferred:

* Experience with SAP desirable.
* Knowledge of tax engines such as Sabrix/Vertex desirable.
Our employees are the key to our company's success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Merck's benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives.

merck.com/careers to create a profile and your resume for requisition # GEN000180.

Merck is an equal opportunity employer, M/F/D/V - proudly embracing diversity in all of its manifestations.

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully:

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Job
: General Accounting

Primary Location: US-NC-Charlotte
Other Locations: US-NJ-Whitehouse Station
Employee Status: Regular

Travel
: Yes, 10% of the time
Number of Openings: 1

Nearest Major Market: Charlotte
Job Segments: Accounting, Animal Health, Business Process, Change Management, Consulting, ERP, Finance, Management, Manager, SAP, Tax, Technology, Veterinary

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