Director Sales Tax

Target Target · Retail · NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park, MN

Director of Sales Tax responsible for multi-category retail item taxability determination, business initiative evaluation and support, compliance, accounting, forecasting, and procurement tax operations and administration. Establishes and enforces SOX and operational controls for sales tax operations. Optimizes team and process for accuracy and efficiency, supporting Target’s guest experience through accurate and transparent taxation. Works with Accounting, Finance, Technology and Product, Merchandising, Procurement, Government Affairs and Legal. Manages external advisors. Requires strong leadership, team development, complex sales and use tax operations experience, partnership management, communication, and advocacy skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead a team of experts responsible for multi-category retail item taxability determination, business initiative evaluation and support, compliance, accounting, forecasting, and procurement tax operations and administration.
  2. Establish and enforce best in class SOX and operational controls and documentation for sales tax operations related to compliance, accounting, and tax decisions.
  3. Help set the strategy to optimize team and process, championing accuracy and efficiency.
  4. Support Target’s guest experience, ensuring process and technology support accurate and transparent taxation.
  5. Work closely with many partner groups, including Accounting, Finance, Technology and Product, Merchandising, Procurement, Government Affairs and Legal as an integrated business partner supporting Target initiatives, establishing shared priorities, and developing Target’s tax positions.

Skills

Required

  • Sales Tax experience
  • Leadership skills
  • Team development
  • Managing complex sales and use tax operations
  • Partnership management
  • Communication skills
  • Advocacy skills
  • Decision making
  • Analytical/problem solving skills
  • Business acumen
  • Customer focus
  • Knowledge of Vertex, Avalara or similar tax software
  • Knowledge of RPA and automation
  • Knowledge of data tools such as Alteryx and DOMO
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business and professional designation

Nice to have

  • professional designation

What the JD emphasized

  • multi-category retail item taxability determination
  • business initiative evaluation and support
  • compliance
  • accounting
  • forecasting
  • procurement tax operations and administration
  • SOX and operational controls
  • documentation
  • tax decisions
  • optimize team and process
  • accuracy and efficiency
  • Target’s guest experience
  • accurate and transparent taxation
  • Target’s retail operations
  • new business initiatives
  • pending legislation
  • communicating our tax vision
  • setting goals
  • defining measures of success
  • Tax Leadership group
  • broader team engagement
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Technology and Product
  • Merchandising
  • Procurement
  • Government Affairs
  • Legal
  • external advisors
  • measuring and reporting advisor performance
  • achieving planned outcomes within budget
  • strong leadership skills
  • focus on developing teams and team members
  • experience in managing complex sales and use tax operations
  • ability to manage multiple partnerships across a complex and dynamic organization
  • strong communication and advocacy skills
  • passion for driving outcomes
  • deliver optimized tax outcomes
  • develop future leaders
  • ensure regulatory and compliance obligations are met
  • controlled and efficient processes
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business and professional designation
  • 10+ years of Sales Tax experience with a national public firm or equivalent experience in a large corporate tax department
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to develop top talent and motivate a team through a shared sense of purpose
  • Independently drive accountability, instill confidence, and influence outcomes
  • Proven decision making and analytical/problem solving skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills advocating for tax matters both internally and with external auditors
  • Strong business acumen and customer focus including ability to clearly articulate technical matters and financial statement impacts
  • Knowledge of Vertex, Avalara or similar tax software
  • Knowledge/proficiency in technology including background in RPA and automation and data tools such as Alteryx and DOMO