Sales and Use Tax Manager

WHO WE ARE

Elliott Davis pairs forward-thinking tax, assurance and consulting services with industry-leading workplace culture. Our nine offices — located in the fastest growing cities in the US — are built on a foundation of inclusivity, collaboration, and collective growth. We work daily to provide exceptional service to our people, customers, and our communities. Audit and assurance services are provided by Elliott Davis, LLC (doing business in NC and D.C. as Elliott Davis, PLLC), a licensed CPA firm.

About the Role

The Elliott Davis State and Local Tax (SALT) practice helps businesses navigate the increasingly complex state and local tax environment. Our team combines deep technical knowledge with a practical, client-focused approach to help companies manage risk, improve compliance, identify tax savings opportunities, and make better business decisions.

We are seeking a Sales and Use Tax Manager to join our growing SALT practice. This individual will lead sales and use tax advisory engagements, manage client relationships, develop and mentor team members, and help identify opportunities to expand our work with both existing and prospective clients.

This is an opportunity for an experienced sales and use tax professional who enjoys solving complex tax issues and wants to operate as a trusted advisor to clients rather than focusing solely on compliance.

What You Will Do

• Lead and manage multiple sales and use tax advisory engagements across a diverse client base, including manufacturers, distributors, technology companies, service businesses, and other multistate organizations.
• Advise clients on complex sales and use tax matters, including taxability, nexus, sourcing, exemptions, marketplace issues, registration requirements, and multistate compliance.
• Identify tax savings and planning opportunities, including sales and use tax refund reviews, reverse audits, exemption opportunities, and process improvements.
• Conduct and oversee multistate nexus and taxability studies and translate technical findings into practical recommendations for clients.
• Assist clients with sales tax audits and controversy matters, including responding to information requests, evaluating assessments, developing technical positions, and working with state taxing authorities.
• Evaluate clients' sales and use tax processes and recommend improvements related to data, systems, exemption certificate management, and tax determination.
• Work with sales tax technology solutions such as Avalara and Vertex and assist clients with technology implementation, optimization, and related process improvements.
• Research complex state and local tax issues and prepare or review technical memoranda, taxability analyses, matrices, client correspondence, and other deliverables.
• Manage engagements from planning through completion, including project scope, budgets, staffing, deadlines, billing, and overall client communication.
• Develop strong client relationships and serve as a trusted resource for finance, tax, accounting, and operational teams.
• Identify opportunities to expand relationships with existing clients and collaborate with other Elliott Davis professionals to bring appropriate SALT and broader firm resources to clients.
• Participate in business development, proposals, prospect meetings, presentations, and thought leadership activities.
• Coach, supervise, and mentor SALT professionals, providing technical guidance and helping develop the next generation of the practice.
• Collaborate across the broader SALT practice on income and franchise tax, credits and incentives, property tax, unclaimed property, and other multistate matters when appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Business, or a related field.
• Approximately 5+ years of relevant sales and use tax or state and local tax experience, preferably with a public accounting firm, consulting firm, corporate tax department, or state taxing authority.
• Strong technical knowledge of multistate sales and use tax concepts, including nexus, taxability, exemptions, sourcing, and compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple engagements and client relationships simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and develop new client opportunities and expanded service opportunities within existing relationships.
• Strong research, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience reviewing the work of others and providing technical guidance to professional staff.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Accounting, Taxation, or a related field.
• CPA, JD, or CMI, Sales Tax designation from the Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT), or progress toward an applicable professional credential.
• Experience with sales and use tax technology platforms such as Avalara, Vertex, or similar tax automation solutions.
• Experience conducting reverse audits, refund reviews, nexus studies, taxability studies, voluntary disclosure agreements, and audit defense.
• Experience working with multistate businesses in industries such as manufacturing, distribution, technology/SaaS, construction, or professional services.
• Experience managing and developing professional staff.

What Success Looks Like

A successful Sales and Use Tax Manager at Elliott Davis will be able to combine technical expertise, project leadership, client service, and commercial awareness. The Manager will not simply identify what the tax law says, but help clients understand what it means for their business, what risks or opportunities exist, and what they should do next.

The Manager will also play an important role in growing the SALT practice by developing team members, strengthening client relationships, identifying new opportunities, and helping Elliott Davis continue to build a highly regarded multistate tax advisory practice.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US

We believe that when our employees are able to thrive in all facets of life, their work and impact are that much greater.
That's right – all aspects of life, not just your life as an employee, because we understand that there's life beyond your job. Here are some of the ways our work works for your life, your growth, and your well-being: 
•    generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s
•    flexible work schedules
•    16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, 4 weeks of paid  and caregiver leave (once eligible) 
•    first-class health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
•    one-on-one professional coaching
•    Leadership and career development programs
•    access to Beyond:  a one-of-a kind program with experiences that help you expand your life, personally and professionally

NOTICE TO 3RD PARTY RECRUITERS
Notice to Recruiters and Agencies regarding unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions without prior express written approval. Resumes submitted or candidates referred to any employee of Elliott Davis by any external recruiter or recruitment agency by any means (including but not limited to via Internet, e-mail, fax, U.S. mail, and/or verbal communications) without a properly executed written contract for a specified position by an authorized member of the Talent Acquisition team become the property of Elliott Davis. Elliott Davis will not be responsible for, or owe any fees associated with, referrals of those candidates and/or for submission of any information, including resumes, associated with individuals.
 

ADA REQUIREMENTS
The physical and cognitive/mental requirements and the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:
•    Regularly required to remain in a stationary position; use hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment; and to talk or hear, both in person and by telephone
•    Required to have specific vision abilities which include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Cognitive/Mental Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
•    Use written and oral communication skills. 
•    Read and interpret data, information, and documents. 
•    Observe and interpret situations. 
•    Work under deadlines with frequent interruptions; and
•    Interact with internal and external customers and others in the course of work.