Senior Manager

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Working within Tax, your mission will be to drive value-added work and support our core retail business goals.  Our tax team focuses on all aspects of tax reporting including enhancing productivity and efficiency of core compliance through process and technology, monitoring tax risk and opportunities across all tax disciplines, engaging and educating Finance and the broader organization regarding tax considerations, and prioritizing team resources to support key work streams.

As a Senior Manager of International Tax, you will be responsible for various aspects of the international income tax function.  This role primarily leads the international income tax planning and controversy processes and supports aspects of the IRS and foreign audits, compliance, and forecasting tax matters.  You will prepare technical memorandums and tax audit responses, lead tax projects that support enterprise growth initiatives, and maintain strong relationships with business partners to ensure our tax compliance reflects ongoing business changes. 

In this role, you will lead a team, either directly or indirectly, of tax experts and advisors and support the growth, development, and cross training of team members.  You will develop and implement work plans and timelines to proactively prepare for peak workload demands and uphold best in class business control processes and tax documentation to be used for tax and financial statement audits.  You will also monitor tax legislative changes (both proposed and enacted) in order to quantify and communicate the impact to Target.  In this role, you will leverage your strong communication and problem solving skills while advising internal business partners of tax implications and considerations of new business initiatives and partner to create solutions that will help Target grow.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About you:

• Four-year degree in Accounting, Finance or related business area or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of International Income Tax experience with an accounting firm or equivalent experience in a large corporate tax department
• Strong understanding of US GAAP accounting principles
• Proven ability to effectively develop, manage, and inspire team members and work together as a team
• Ability to investigate, strategize, and solve problems while working with ambiguity
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience advocating tax matters both internally and with external auditors and government officials
• Proven tax technical research skills
• Experience with OneSource Income Tax and Tax Provision, SAP or similar general ledger system, and data analytics tools such as Alteryx, PowerBI, DOMO or other analytics software is preferred

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.