Sr. Manager Sales Tax Compliance

Date Posted:

2025-02-24

Country:

United States of America

Location:

UT56: 8 Farm Springs 8 Farm Springs, Farmington, CT, 06034 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

Job Description

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

The following position is to join our RTX Corporate team: 

The Corporate Tax Dept is responsible for managing all aspects of sales & use tax compliance for more than 100 different legal entities with nexus reaching every state of the US. We are seeking a Sr Manager Sales Tax and Compliance to join our team.

What You Will do:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Overall responsibility is to manage all aspects of the sales & use tax compliance for assigned business units
• Collaborate with the business to provide timely and expert advice on the S&U tax treatment of sales and purchases, providing clear communication and guidance that explains tax issues to non-tax professionals
• Review monthly data files for accuracy, submit data to 3rd party return preparer and review funding requests for payments
• Perform use tax reviews each month to identify over/under accruals.  If errors are found, underlying issues should be identified and corrected by educating individuals or updating system configuration or processes
• Review and resolve issues with account reconciliation items, credit carry forwards and calendar exceptions each month
• Proactively identify areas of opportunities or exposure and implement process improvements as necessary
• Manage or assist with special projects while concurrently handling day to day compliance activities
• Work effectively with Tax Technology team when system process issues are discovered and help resolve through proper configuration, testing and rollout
• Ensure exemption certificates are applied correctly by investigating issues in the exemption certificate management application
• Perform tax research using applications such as CCH AnswerConnect

Qualifications You Must Have:

• This role typically requires a BS degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 7 years’ experience
• Position requires 7 or more years of sales tax compliance experience preferably gained in a large US multi-jurisdictional organization with manufacturing operations
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access the financial management system due to government contractual requirements
• Candidate must have at least 7 years of experience and strong knowledge of current tax regulations and possess a comprehensive understanding of the sales & use tax compliance tax function
• Candidate must have at least 7 years’ experience with  and the ability to effectively comprehend transactional sales and purchasing issues and perform necessary tax research into taxability of such transactions
• Candidate must have at least 7 years’ experience with common ERP System, Tax Automation software, and exemption certificate management applications
• Candidate must at least 7 years’ experience and working knowledge of MS Office suite of products including Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with the following systems and applications is preferred: SAP, OneSource or Vertex and an exemption certificate management application such as Avalara CertCapture
• The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter with excellent communication, analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills
• Candidate must have the ability to independently manage multiple projects and be able to prioritize and complete competing tasks in a timely and efficient manner
• Candidate should have a strong understanding of how tax determination process works between the related applications such as the ERP system, tax automation software and exemption certificate management systems
• Proven track record of being able to analyze and problem solve issues
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fas