Grant Thornton (US)
Job Description
As the Global Indirect Tax Manager, you’ll deliver a full range of tax planning, consulting, and compliance services for your multiple clients – all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.
You’ll collaborate with the Global Indirect Tax team and lead staff on various tax matters, covering all phases of project and engagement management.
From day one, you’ll be empowered by high‑quality tools and resources to thrive in your role, meet client needs, and achieve more confidently.
Your Day-to-day May Include
Manage, direct, and monitor multiple client services teams on client engagements; plan, execute, direct, and complete tax projects across a wide variety of industries; provide tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise to clients.
Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on tax projects and assess performance for engagement and year‑end reviews.
Contribute to practice development through process improvements, thought leadership, and team collaboration.
Develop and deliver project proposals, including detailed workplans and fee quotes, to prospective clients.
Manage project budgets and financial administration, including preparing invoices and monitoring/collecting outstanding accounts receivable.
Serve as a US state and local Sales/Use Tax and related indirect taxes subject‑matter resource and contribute to the firm’s broader subject‑matter expert network.
Manage and deliver a broad range of US State and Local Indirect Tax consulting services, primarily focused on Sales/Use Tax. Examples of relevant consulting services may include:
Reverse audits (e.g., refund claims)
Audit defense and controversy support
Multi‑state nexus analyses
Researching state and local tax issues, including taxability treatment, preparing related technical memoranda, and drafting client correspondence
Exposure quantification and remediation planning
Navigating the Registration and Voluntary Disclosure Agreement process across various states
ASC 450 reviews
Performing sales/use tax due diligence analyses
Assisting with administrative and compliance aspects, including occasionally preparing, reviewing, and/or filing clients’ sales/use tax returns and responding to inquiries from state taxing authorities.
Other duties as assigned.
Technical Skills And Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
Minimum six years of progressive tax compliance and/or tax consulting experience.
CPA, JD, or Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation required.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong project management abilities, responsible for overall project and deliverables.
Support business development activities, such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities at clients.
Strong computer skills.
Ability to travel as needed.
About Us At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more opportunity, flexibility, and support. It’s what makes us different and we think being different makes us better.
In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting firm that provides audit and assurance services, and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC, which exclusively provides non‑attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.
In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans‑Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality‑driven professionals enjoying exceptional career‑growth opportunities and a distinctive cross‑border culture.
About the Team The team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here’s how:
Whether it’s your work location, weekly schedule, or flex time off, we empower you with the options to work in the way that best serves your clients and your life. Consistent with the firm’s hybrid work model, this position will require in‑person attendance at least two days per week, either at a GT office or client site.
Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well‑being through work‑life integration options that work best for you and those in your household.
We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different — and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. See how at www.gt.com/careers
When it comes to inclusion, we are committed to doing more than checking boxes. Explore all the ways we’re taking action for diversity, equity & inclusion at www.gt.com/careers
If You Apply Next When you apply and are selected to interview, a Grant Thornton team member will reach out to schedule a time to connect.
Benefits We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. For an overview of our benefit offerings, please visit https://www.grantthornton.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits.
Additional Details It is the policy of Grant Thornton to promote equal employment opportunities. All personnel decisions (including, but not limited to hiring, training, working conditions, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, evaluations, and termination) are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or civil union status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws, it is the policy of Grant Thornton to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. To make an accommodation request, please contact HR@us.gt.com.
For Los Angeles Applicants only: We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
For Massachusetts Applicants only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Grant Thornton does not require or administer lie detector tests as a condition of employment or continued employment.
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You’ll collaborate with the Global Indirect Tax team and lead staff on various tax matters, covering all phases of project and engagement management.
From day one, you’ll be empowered by high‑quality tools and resources to thrive in your role, meet client needs, and achieve more confidently.
Your Day-to-day May Include
Manage, direct, and monitor multiple client services teams on client engagements; plan, execute, direct, and complete tax projects across a wide variety of industries; provide tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise to clients.
Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on tax projects and assess performance for engagement and year‑end reviews.
Contribute to practice development through process improvements, thought leadership, and team collaboration.
Develop and deliver project proposals, including detailed workplans and fee quotes, to prospective clients.
Manage project budgets and financial administration, including preparing invoices and monitoring/collecting outstanding accounts receivable.
Serve as a US state and local Sales/Use Tax and related indirect taxes subject‑matter resource and contribute to the firm’s broader subject‑matter expert network.
Manage and deliver a broad range of US State and Local Indirect Tax consulting services, primarily focused on Sales/Use Tax. Examples of relevant consulting services may include:
Reverse audits (e.g., refund claims)
Audit defense and controversy support
Multi‑state nexus analyses
Researching state and local tax issues, including taxability treatment, preparing related technical memoranda, and drafting client correspondence
Exposure quantification and remediation planning
Navigating the Registration and Voluntary Disclosure Agreement process across various states
ASC 450 reviews
Performing sales/use tax due diligence analyses
Assisting with administrative and compliance aspects, including occasionally preparing, reviewing, and/or filing clients’ sales/use tax returns and responding to inquiries from state taxing authorities.
Other duties as assigned.
Technical Skills And Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
Minimum six years of progressive tax compliance and/or tax consulting experience.
CPA, JD, or Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation required.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong project management abilities, responsible for overall project and deliverables.
Support business development activities, such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities at clients.
Strong computer skills.
Ability to travel as needed.
About Us At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more opportunity, flexibility, and support. It’s what makes us different and we think being different makes us better.
In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting firm that provides audit and assurance services, and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC, which exclusively provides non‑attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.
In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans‑Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality‑driven professionals enjoying exceptional career‑growth opportunities and a distinctive cross‑border culture.
About the Team The team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here’s how:
Whether it’s your work location, weekly schedule, or flex time off, we empower you with the options to work in the way that best serves your clients and your life. Consistent with the firm’s hybrid work model, this position will require in‑person attendance at least two days per week, either at a GT office or client site.
Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well‑being through work‑life integration options that work best for you and those in your household.
We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different — and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. See how at www.gt.com/careers
When it comes to inclusion, we are committed to doing more than checking boxes. Explore all the ways we’re taking action for diversity, equity & inclusion at www.gt.com/careers
If You Apply Next When you apply and are selected to interview, a Grant Thornton team member will reach out to schedule a time to connect.
Benefits We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. For an overview of our benefit offerings, please visit https://www.grantthornton.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits.
Additional Details It is the policy of Grant Thornton to promote equal employment opportunities. All personnel decisions (including, but not limited to hiring, training, working conditions, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, evaluations, and termination) are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or civil union status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws, it is the policy of Grant Thornton to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. To make an accommodation request, please contact HR@us.gt.com.
For Los Angeles Applicants only: We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
For Massachusetts Applicants only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Grant Thornton does not require or administer lie detector tests as a condition of employment or continued employment.
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